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Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Hello I’m Sophie Ellis-Bextor and this is my new series Spinning Plates where I speak to busy working women, who also happen to be mothers, about how they make it work. I am a singer and have released 7 albums in-between having my 5 sons who are aged between 1 and 16 so I spin a few plates myself. Being a mother can be the most amazing thing.. but it can also be hard to find time for yourself and your own ambitions. I want to be a bit nosy and see how other people balance everything. Join me while I

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Episode 68: Karen Elson

Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor ·

2022/06/13

Karen Elson is a supermodel and singer-songwriter. We were born in the same year and I’ve admired her from afar for a long time, so it’s great to have got to actually speak to her via zoom at her home in Nashville.Karen has a son and daughter with her ex, The White Stripes frontman Jack White.Karen was born in Manchester but by the age of 16 she was travelling the world as a model. We talk about the treatment of young girls in the industry when she was young, how that’s changing, and about how she’d

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Episode 67: Melissa Hogenboom

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2022/06/06

Melissa Hogenboom is a Dutch-born science journalist, now working at the BBC. A mother of two, she is also adocumentary-maker and author of a fascinating book (which she astoundingly wrote during her maternity leave) called The Motherhood Complex, which mixes her own personal experience of motherhood with proper science. It’s fascinating, as is the documentary ‘A Mother’s Brain’ which is still on bbc iPlayer now. There’s so much that happens when you become a new parent and Melissa introduced me to

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Episode 66: Stacey Heale

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2022/05/30

Stacey Heale is a writer and former fashion academic and mum to 2 little girls.I have followed her on Instagram for a long time.Five years ago her artist musician husband Greg was diagnosed with bowel cancer, on their second child’s first birthday. Stacey and I talked about how she then took voluntary redundancy to spend all the time she could with Greg, how she had to navigate first his illness, and then his death six months ago. She explained how she is now trying to establish life with her

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Episode 65: Sophia Webster

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2022/05/23

Sophia Webster is a sought-after British shoe designer whose business took off like a rocket soon after she left college.We sat at the kitchen table in her colourful house in East London and chatted over a cup of tea.Sophia described how her shoe designs have mirrored her own life, with her adding a bridal range and a children’s shoe range along the way. Also how her husband Bobby became her business partner very early on which means there is no work/life balance in their house - but she wouldn't

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Episode 64: Lorraine Kelly

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2022/05/16

Lorraine Kelly is a hugely-loved TV presenter and phenomenal communicator, and known by everyone in the land simply as ‘Lorraine’.Well, nearly everybody😉We sat down with a cup of tea to talk about what it’s like having a grown up child (Rosie, now in her 20s) and how their relationship has changed and become richer as she’s become an adult.We talked about Lorraine’s modest start in life in the Gorbals in Glasgow and she shared her recipe for staying young: to always be curious and open to new

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Episode 63: Lisa Eldridge

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2022/05/09

Lisa Eldridge is a make up artist with her own brand, who has also appeared on TV in ‘10 Years Younger - the Challenge’ and in a documentary series which I adored, called‘Makeup: A Glamorous History’ about the manufacture, use and politics of makeup. She grew up in New Zealand and then Liverpool and was at the top of her career, flying around the world and doing fashion shows and Vogue covers when she became pregnant and had her son. We talked about how Lisa managed to enjoy being a mum to the full,

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Episode 62: Claire Richards

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2022/05/02

Claire Richards - orClaire from Steps as most of us know her - left school at 17 and within 2 months had signed a record deal.So began a hugely successful pop career, with Steps still at the top of their game in this, their 25th anniversary year. They recently finished an arena tour - where I was their support act and experienced for myself what incredible fans they have - almost like a giant, joyful family!We talked about pre-performance nerves, how Claire manages to compartmentalise her work and

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Episode 61: Jools Oliver

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2022/04/25

Jools Oliver may be well-known for being married to chef Jamie Oliver but what I wanted to talk to her most about, was being a fellow ‘mum-of-five’. We talked about how we both coped with the eponymous ‘spinning plates’ of raising our children alongside our work, about how we both ended up turning the cameras on our otherwise private families during lockdown, and how we’re always trying to talk ourselves out of having another baby!Alongside her family life, Jools designs the 1970s-inspired Little

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Episode 60: Becky Unthanks

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2022/03/14

Becky Unthank is a folk musician best known for performing with her elder sister Rachel in The Unthanks. As well as singing and touring, she is also mum to 3 year old Wren who she says she loves hanging out with, like a little buddy. We talked about her childhood which was steeped in folk music from her musical parents to summers spent at folk festivals.She described the frankly sublime-sounding experience of harmonising, especially with her sister. We also talked about the joy of her recent move to

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Episode 59: Karen Gurney

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2022/03/07

Dr Karen Gurney is a psychosexologist who has been helping couples overcome sexual problems since 2003. I can see why.She is a reassuring presence and talks in a straightforward way about sex.She is full of wisdom about how to futureproof a long term relationship, as well as how to guide your children, especially as they get into their teens.This is an important chat I feel - as we Brits are famously buttoned up about sex.We talked about how I want to give my children the information and guidance

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Episode 58: YolanDa Brown

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2022/02/28

YolanDa Brown is a saxophonist and broadcaster who has a constant, dazzling smile and an air of joy, which I hope comes across during our chat.In our house we know her best for her Cbeebies show YolanDa's Band Jam where she shows children the joys of music through singing, dancing and playing.Mum to 8 year old Jemima and 2 year old Alelphi, YolanDa talked to me about her two very different experiences of having her girls, and takes her hat off to all other parents who have had babies during the

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Episode 57: Nina Conti

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2022/02/21

This week’s guest for Spinning Plates is the wonderful comedian ventriloquist Nina Conti. I’m a huge fan of Nina, having seen her live a few times, so it’s particularly special for me that she agreed to chat. We spoke about her childhood memories of watching her actor father Tom Conti on broadway, the joy of bringing your real personality out on stage, how puppets and the conversations you have with them are good therapy and the relationship her two boys have with Nina’s main comedy companion -

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Episode 56: Clara Francis

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2022/02/14

Clara Francis is an actor and businesswoman, who’s recently started her own online dress company 'O Pioneers' with a friend. Happily married to actor Jason Watkins, she has an older daughter, Bessie, and a younger son, Gilbert.On the surface she has the perfect life.But Clara came to speak to me about how she is surviving the death of her child. Her middle child Maud, who was 2 when she died of sepsis, would have been 13 now.This is a difficult listen. It’s emotional, it’s painful, it’s

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Episode 55: Helen Glover

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2022/02/07

Helen Glover is a two-time gold medal winning rower and a mum to three under threes.She is also the first mother to have qualified for the GB Olympic rowing team.We talked about how lockdown hit when her twins were 6 weeks old and how Helen found herself training at home and then qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics.She explained how she found her body was actually stronger after giving birth - a discovery which she has since shared with Olympic coaches so thatmorewomen might be channeled into

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Episode 54: Hannah Graf

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2022/01/31

Hannah Graf is a transgender campaigner and mum to 21 month old Millie.Hannah came out as a trans woman in 2013, while serving in the British army, and met trangender Jake in 2015. When they married in 2018 they became the highest-profile transgender couple in the UK. I recommend watching the excellent Channel 4 documentary about their journey to parenthood 'Our Baby: A Modern Miracle'Hannah spoke to me about her wonderfully supportive parents, her deep feelings of gratitude to the surrogate mum

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Episode 53: Helena Merriman

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2022/01/24

Helena Merriman is a radio and podcast producer who discovered she was going deaf when her second child was 4 months old and she realised she wasn't being woken up by him crying in the night. She was working on her podcast Tunnel 29 at the time and found great solace in her work.She now has a BBC Radio 4 series 'Room 5'.It's based on her conversations with other people who have gone into an anonymous consultant's room, where they have received a shock diagnosis which has changed their lives

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Episode 52: Christine McGuinness

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2022/01/17

Christine McGuinness is a model and TV personality and a mum of three.She has just featured in a TV documentary with husband Paddy, talking about their life with their children, all of whom have been diagnosed with autism. Christine was also diagnosed herself during the making of the documentary.We spoke about her parenting journey so far, and how, during her own tough childhood, her wonderful mum showed her what a strong independent woman is. She also talked about how she has never heard anyone in

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Episode 51: Katie Piper

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2022/01/10

My guest this week is Katie Piper, who is a lovely woman.In itself this a massive achievement, considering her life story and the continuing challenges she has faced,since she was the victim of an acid attack in 2008. We spoke over zoom and I felt I got to know and like her immensely - and I hope you will feel the same. Katie talked about her love of being busy, her work on many things including the Katie Piper Foundation and how writing a book with her mum made her feel guilty for what her mum had

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Episode 50: Stacey Cordery

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2021/11/23

While I was preparing for my Children in Need 24 hour Danceathon, I was lucky enough to visit Bonny Downs community centre in Newham, East London which receives some funding from Children in Need to help local children attend their 3 week summercamp.I met some amazing people there and one of them was the powerhouse that is Stacey Cordery, a woman so full of energy, positivityand kindness that you can't help but have some of it rub off on you.So I thought, who better to speak to, for the last in this

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Episode 49: Harriet Gibsone

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2021/11/15

Harriet Gibsone is a freelance journalist and mum of a much-longed-for one year old. She recently interviewed my mum and I for a lovely Guardian feature called Flashback.But even before that meeting I liked her immensely as I hadcome across an incredible article she wrote about her journey to becoming a mum.At 31 and newly married, Harriet started suffering the symptoms of the menopause and, as soon as she was diagnosed with POI, she was on a race against time to try and have a baby.We talk about

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