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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 28: Rebecca Vincent

Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor ·

2021/04/12

I have been following tattoo artist Rebecca Vincent on instagram since I saw a beautiful tattoo which she did for one of my earlier SP interviewees, Sali Hughes.Rebecca's style is usually botanical-inspired pure black ink.She reinvented herself as a tattoo artist when she felt her previous job as a pub landlady didn't fit well with becoming a mum.Her child is now ten and has recently started identifying as non-binary - a decision which Rebecca and husband Lee have welcomed and embraced.She's a

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Episode 27: Giovanna Fletcher

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2021/03/29

Giovanna Fletcher is a writer, presenter and blogger who has a hugelysuccessful podcast Happy Mum Happy Baby. When we chatted I asked aboutthe course which took her to marrying her childhood sweetheart, TomFletcher, she also told me how her three boys loved watching her onI'm a Celebrity and we compared notes on how many people ask her, asthe mum of sons, whether she really wanted a girl!Aaaaghhh! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 26: Ellie Taylor

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2021/03/22

This week I talk to stand up and soon-to be-published writer EllieTaylor. She went from being completely disinterested in children to,now that she has a little girl herself, finding new mums 'like catnip'and striking up conversations with them whenever she can. We talkedabout having a baby when you're not really maternal, performing onstage when heavily pregnant, and writing in a pandemic. Her first book'My Child and other Mistakes' is out in July. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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Episode 25: Mim and Liv NERVO

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2021/03/15

I first met Australian DJ twin sisters Mim and Liv (aka @nervomusic) over 10 years ago when we wrote a song called Not Giving Up On Love together. It was the most fun writing week. I immediately adored them both. Such smart, talented and gorgeous women - and so much positive energy! When they both became pregnant around the same time it seemed the fates were smiling on them. They both have gorgeous baby daughters now but for Liv, she has had to face a very different beginning to motherhood than the

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Episode 24: Cariad Lloyd

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2021/03/08

This week I'm talking to Cariad Lloyd, actor, comedian, writer, podcaster and mum of two.I hope you'll agree that this is a really positive and uplifting chat, even though we are talking aboutdeath.Cariad lost her Dad when she was 16 and we talk about how that has affected her through her life, including when she became a mum. In the last 4 years she has spoken toover a hundredpeople about their own experiences of losing loved ones, in her popular podcast, Griefcast, which she launched just as she

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Episode 23: Rosa Bloom

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2021/03/01

This week I meet Rosa Bloom, designer of the sequinned capes and cat suits that have brightened so many festivals. They've been described by one of her customers as 'wearable happiness' and I love the superhero feeling I get when I wear her clothes on stage.In our chat I hear about growing up in a household shared by three families, and about how she and her husband chose a new family name when they had their little boy.She also tells me about how her husband offered to take over as primary carer of

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Episode 22: Jess Phillips

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2021/02/22

I really wanted to meet Jess Phillips.We are just about the same age and I have followed her career with interest and affection. I was very glad to say that I liked her just as much in real life as I have done from afar. Jess is the Labour MP for Yardley in Birmingham, serving the same area she grew up in.It's also where she has brought up her 2 sons with her husband Tom, who has always done the lion's share of the childcare and cooking. Jess jokes that she sometimes feels like a 1950s househusband

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Episode 21: Jack Monroe

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2021/02/15

Jack Monroe is a cook, a writer, a campaigner and also a mum to 10 year old Johnny.We talked about Jack's dream job in the fire service, experiences of not having enough to eat as a new mum, what it means to identify as non-binary, and how you should never panic when your child only wants to eat chicken nuggets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 20: Róisín Murphy

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2020/12/21

Musician Róisín Murphy can be a creative ‘bag of baldoons’ - a phrase her mum uses to conjure up what she’s like when she’s working on multiple projects. She is also mum to 10 year old Clodagh and 8 year old Tadhg. We talked about savouring every moment while your children are little. And I learned a lot about elaborate bedtime tucking-in routines, which I’ve been practising on my boys ever since! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 19: Carrie Reichardt

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2020/12/14

Let me introduce you to Carrie Reichardt.She's an artist who lives round the corner from me in little old suburban Chiswick.Andshe has completely covered her home with mosaic so that it's now an eye-popping work of art.When I met her, she did not disappoint.She's refreshingly honest, she's brave and she's a bit bonkers. And she says that as a post-menopausal woman, she now feels more like a teenager than she ever has before.We talked death row, her mum's ferocious knitting, and being honest with

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Episode 18: Sali Hughes

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2020/12/07

This week I meet Sali Hughes beauty writer and co-founder of the Beauty Bank which distributes toiletries, self care products and make up to people who can't afford them.She's also been vocal on the subject of trolling which she experienced herself recently.She's a mum of two teenage boys, who she is proud of and loves spending time with. We started by talking about how people get really hung up on the subject of having all sons - something we've both experienced... Hosted on Acast. See

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Episode 17: Holly Tucker

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2020/11/30

This week I meet 'Hurricane Holly'.Real name Holly Tucker, she is the small businesses guru who founded Not on theHigh Street . She has helped many creative people start to sell from their homes and reach a wider audience.Holly has one son and many 'business babies'. And if you want to hear her recipefor following yourdream, she shares it near the end of our chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 16: Jessie Cave

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2020/11/23

This week I'm talking to Jessie Cave, writer, performer, cartoonist and soon-to-be author.She's an ex-national tennis player, she's played Lavender Brown in Harry Potter, and she refuses to be pigeon-holed.She shares with me the terrible, recent impact of losing her brother. She also shares the amazing story of getting pregnant after a one-night stand with comedian Alfie Brown. At the time of recording she was just about to have her third child with him - they now have baby Abraham (Bam for short),

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Episode 15: Sophie Robinson

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2020/11/16

This week I'm talking to Sophie Robinson, a woman who I've admired for a long time, for her passion for putting colour into houses who now runs courses online showing how other people how to be bold with colour and have fun with their interiors.We spoke between lockdowns at her house tucked away inthe East Sussex countryside...in fact so tucked away that even the sat nav got lost! Hers is a happy home is filled with her trademark mix of vibrant colours and wallpapers and I loved her infectious laugh

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Episode 14: Gina Miller

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2020/11/09

This week I think I met a real superhero.Remember Gina Miller who stood on the steps of the supreme court, seemingly alone, as she sued the government for being unconstitutional?Some misunderstood the case as being anti-Brexit but it was about standing up for failrness, something she's done ever since having a special needs daughter at the age of 25.This was something that affected her profoundly and that she has used in a positive way. We talked about some of the tough times she has gone through

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Episode 13: The Yorkshire Shepherdess / Amanda Owen

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2020/11/02

‘Yay! Someone with more children than me! I spoke to brilliant mother of 9 Amanda Owen aka the Yorkshire Shepherdess who appears on TV sharing her life as a hill farmer whilst raising her glorious family. We met up when she was in London to talk to her publisher about her 4th book.We spoke about how she tends to book the tooth fairy for a job lot, how she prefers dry stone walling with her children to doing jigsaws with them, and she also described her perfect birth - number 8 -on her own, in front

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Episode 12: Louise Redknapp

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2020/10/26

This week I talk to Louise Redknapp whopressed pause on her performing career when she became a mum. Now her two boys are older, Louise has thrown herself into writing and performing - something that she’s loved since she was young. We spoke about self-confidence, the concept of having it all and the urge to perform 'even' when you're a mum. we also compare notes as members of the ‘people who’ve done strictly ’ club! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 11: Nadiya Hussain

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2020/10/19

Welcome back to Spinning Plates! Series two starts here. Full candour - for some strange reason I wrote this blurb bit in the third person when I started uploading the first series but now, full disclosure - it’s me, Sophie! First person comes a lot more naturally to me. Anyhoo, for the first episode of the series I talk to chef and presenter Nadiya Hussain. Nadiya and I talked about family expectations versus career ambitions, anxiety about falling in love with your newborn baby and how she

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Episode 10: Hadley Freeman

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2020/09/07

In the final episode of the series, Sophie chats to author and journalist Hadley Freeman. Hadley has twin four year old boys and a baby girl (and also a dog called Arthur who interrupted the chat when he thought sophie had had enough time!). Hadley has written many books and her latest, House of Glass, was released in March this year. During their conversation, Sophie and Hadley discuss catastrophic imaginings, covering the oscars with a 6 month old baby and the need for earplugs when working from

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Episode 9: Thomasina Miers

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2020/08/31

Welcome to the 9th episode of the series where Sophie chats to chef and founder of Wahaca Thomasina Miers. Tommi has built her life around her love of food and cooking and she is keen to make a healthy, sustainable diet achievable for all. Her three little girls are aged 4, 7 and 9 and they eat a broad range of homemade food where kids meals aren’t infantilised and everyone eats better as a result. Here Sophie and Tommi talk food as a political issue, bad moods in lockdown and the eternal joy of

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