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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 108: Alice Roberts

Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor ·

2023/09/25

Professor Alice Roberts is a TV presenter and biological anthropologist - in her own words, she looks at old bones and tries to construct the person's history from their skeleton, and she loves the link betwwen the living and the dead.Her pink hair hints at her less traditional and more playful side, also illustrated by the amazing story that as a junior doctor she did some of her paediatric ward rounds on rollerblades, much to the children's joy!Alice was offered her first solo TV series just

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Episode 107: Laura Lee Dockrill

Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor ·

2023/09/18

Laura Lee Dockrill is an author of both adult and children's books.She went to Brit School, she's married to the love of her life, musician Hugo White, and her best friend is Adele.After giving birth to her son Jet, Laura suffered severe postpartum depression which saw her waking up alone in a psychiatric ward on her first Mother's Day.One of her books based on her experience is called What Have I Done?She also has a new children's picture book out next year called Gray.It's about depression and

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Episode 106: Helen Pankhurst

Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor ·

2023/09/11

Helen Pankhurst is a writer and a scholar who works for women's rights.Her grandmother Sylvia and her great grandmother Emmeline were both suffragette leaders, and Helen carries her family name with pride.We talked about how Helen kept her family name of Pankhurst when she married, and about how she and her husband shared both their surnames with their children, in a clever way theat I've not heard before.I first met Helen when we were involved in a podcast for Care International, where we were

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Episode 105: Suzi Ruffel

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2023/09/04

Suzi Ruffell is a writer and stand up at the top of her game, playing to packed audiences at her comedy gigs and with numerous TV appearances on panel shows. She also has two podcasts - 'Like Minded Friends' with Tom Allen and 'Out' showcasing gay success stories.She uses her personal experiences of being ADHD, of having anxiety and of being the parent of a toddler, in her act. It's important for her to share the joys of family life, she says, because as a gay teenager she thought she might not get

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Episode 104: Ruby Hammer MBE

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2023/08/21

Ruby Hammer MBE is a make up artist and entrepreneur. I first met Ruby when she made me up for a Christmas cover of Red magazine.I love her hardworking ethics as well as her helpful and gentle honesty.I spoke to Ruby earlier this year and she told mehow her family moved to the UK from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) during the civil war there. Shetalked honestly and movingly about her strong connection with her late mum, who had her at the age of 17. She also told me how she believes the layers and

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Episode 103: Rachel Riley

Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor ·

2023/08/14

Rachel Riley is the co-host and face of maths on Countdown and a self-confessed 'proper maths geek'.I first met Rachel 10 years ago when we were both on Strictly together. When we chatted recently we touched on those rollercoaster competition weeks, and the mild PTSD which Rachel experienced afterwards.However she also said she got some good things out of it, namely a lovely husband and two children.Last month Rachel picked up her MBE for services to Holocaust Education.She also told me about the

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Episode 102: Laura Whitmore

Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor ·

2023/08/07

Laura Whitmore is a broadcaster and writer.Born in Bray in Ireland, she started out in live TV after winning an MTV competition in 2008 and moved to London in her early 20s where she remembers being suddenly sent to LA to interview Coldplay. She told me how she thrives on being flung into the deep end and loves multitasking, which comes in handy when you are presenting live TV.In 2022 she appeared on the West End stage in 2:22 A Ghost Story.Her most recent TV project is a documentary series for ITVX

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Episode 101 : Sam Dabb

Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor ·

2023/07/31

Sam Dabb has loved live music all her life and she has run the Le Pub music venue in Newport for decades.Le Pub is one of the 130 venues being supported by the National Lottery this summer, as part of the United By Music tour.I talked to Sam about her love of small gigs, about growing up in a pub herself, and about bringing her own daughter up in a pub and live music environment.We also talked about her frequent visits to the jungle in Calais, when her daughter was a teenager, to help the refugees

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Episode 100: Julia Haart

Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor ·

2023/06/26

Julia Haart is an American fashion designer, entrepreneur and author of her bestselling autobiography 'Brazen'.She was also the subject and executive director of the Netflix documentary series 'My Unorthodox Life', about her life as a working mother of 4, after she left her ultra-orthodox Jewish life.Julia updated me on her latest projects including a new type of shapewear that she has developed.She explained how her little daughter Miriam gave her the courage to leave her husband and their

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Episode 99: Kate Ferdinand

Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor ·

2023/06/19

Kate Ferdinand is a TV personality and author who is married to footballer Rio Ferdinand. Kate was best known on TV for appearing on Towie and now has a successful podcast called Blended.1 in 4 families in Britain are now blended and Kate is stepmum to Rio's 3 older children Lorenz, Tate and Tia.She loves them as her own children.She and Rio also have a toddler called Cree and she is expecting a new baby next month.So soon she'll have five children, just like me!Kate talked to me about her two

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Episode 98: Anne Fish

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2023/06/12

Anne Fish is a mum of two sons... and a pro gamer.When her younger son Benjy won a Fortnite tournament aged 14, he also won thousands of dollars and it became clear it was a serious sport that he wanted to pursue.Anne made the decision to homeschool him fromt he age of 15, to make room for the late-night tournaments and the long hours of practice that Benjy had to put into gaming.She also got more involved in Fortnite herself.As a self-confessed workaholic she put hours of practice in, became a pro

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Episode 97: Gemma Bird

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2023/06/05

Gemma Bird@moneymumofficialis a hard working mum of two from Essex who after years of working multiple jobs at the same time, managedto pay off her mortgage, and is now a constant source of money-saving tips and ideas on instagram, and a regular on Lorraine's Saver Squad. She's a fast-talking, determined and positive person, who is also very open about her struggles with anxiety and depression, and I really valued her honesty when we met.I went to visit Gemma at her home in Essex earlier this year,

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Episode 96: Emma Dabiri

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2023/05/29

Emma Dabiri is an Irish writer, academic and broadcaster - and an expert on race.Born to a Nigerian dad and an Irish mum, Emma experienced extremely different environments growing up: first in a predominantly black area of America and then moving to Southern Ireland where she found herself in the opposite - a very white and racist society.She remembered how a bookshop in Dublin was hersanctuary and saviour as a child.It turned out it was aradical bookshop - and we agreed that books can provide a

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Episode: 95 Heidi Range

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2023/05/22

Heidi Range is best known as a former member of the girlgroups Atomic Kitten and then Sugababes.It feels like she was destined to become part of pop history from an early age. A good start was being born in the very musical city of Liverpool!She was part of a children's road show from theage of 12, with her and herfriends performing songs such as Copacabana at all the social clubs in the area.She successfully auditioned to be part of Atomic Kitten aged 15, and later replaced Siobhan Donahy in

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Episode 94: Hannah Fry

Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor ·

2023/05/15

Hannah Fry is a mathematician, author, and radio and television presenter. She applies maths to pretty much everything in her life. She gave a TEDTalk in 2014 on the maths of dating, and in 2022 she made a documentary called ‘Making Sense of Cancer with Hannah Fry’ about her personal experience of cervical cancer, in which she unpacked the surprising statistics behind cancer diagnosis, treatment and success. It’s a fascinating watch which I have recommended to many friends.Hannah has two daughters

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Episode 93: Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton

Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor ·

2023/05/08

Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton (or Sab) took my breath away when I met her. She has achieved, and continues to achieve, so much despite her early life being incrediblytough.Sab found herself homeless aged 16 after her beloved Dad died and her mum's mental health crumbled.She talked to me about how she has sufferedfrom hyper-vigilance ever since, as the strategies she developed for keeping safe while sleeping rough, are still there.She eventually found a place to live and was determined to become a fire

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Episode 92: Tess Daley

Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor ·

2023/05/01

Tess Daly, known nationwide for her role fronting Strictly Come Dancing for the last two decades, is also mum to two teenage daughters, Phoebe andAmber.We spoke over zoom a couple of weeks ago (apologies for any little glitches caused by the technology) and we had a lovely chat.We talked about Tess's beloved dad who, despite being ill, made sure he walked her down the aisle, but who died during Tess and Vernon's honeymoon.She said he taught her gratitude for life, and how she'd have loved her

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Episode 91: Katie Melua

Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor ·

2023/04/24

Katie Melua had massive fame at the age of 19 with the release of her first album 'Call Off the Search', and then 2 years later with her hit 'Nine Million Bicycles'. She has brought out 8 albums since then, with her 9th album 'Love & Money' which she recorded last year while she was pregnant, just released last month.We met recently at her house when her gorgeous baby boy was just 3 months old.She talked about how her thoughts about parenthood have changed over the years from wondering whether

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Episode 90: Hannah Chambers

Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor ·

2023/03/13

Hannah Chambers has spent 25 years in the comedy management business looking after many famous comedians including Jimmy Carr, Sarah Millican, Joe Lycett and Aisling Bea.As she explains, she has given up herMonday to Friday fully for her job, and in fact it's not unusual for her to work 14 hour days, often spending evenings watching stand up shows or TV recordings that her clients are appearing in. She loves her job and says she's a bit like a Jewish mother to her clients: pushy, but wanting them to

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Episode 89: Siobhán Donaghy

Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor ·

2023/03/06

Siobhán Donaghy is a singer songwriter best known as one of the Sugababes. The Sugababes have now reformed in their original line-up and last year wowed Glastonbury to the extent they had to close the field they were performing to, because so many people wanted to get to see them - shows just how delighted people are to have the band back together.Siobhán signed her first record deal at the incredibly young age of 14, and told me how her mum and dad agreed to put their house on the line for her

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