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Tonight sees the 70th Ivor Novello awards taking place at Grosvenor House in London. They are coveted in the UK music industry because they specifically celebrate songwriting. Singer-songwriter Lola Young leads the nominations this year including one for 'best song musically and lyrically' for her breakthrough hit Messy, which spent a month at number one in the UK earlier this year. Does this spell good news for women in the music industry? Anita Rani is joined by Linda Coogan-Byrne to discuss. If you've ever had the bad luck of getting a UTI - or Urinary Tract Infection - you'll know how painful they can be. It's a bacterial infection which can affect the bladder, urethra or kidneys and give a burning or stinging sensation when you urinate. Yesterday, in a powerful parliamentary session, the Labour MP Allison Gardner spoke through tears as she described her experiences of chronic UTIs. The MP for Stoke on Trent is now hoping to launch a cross-party parliamentary group to look at chronic UTIs - Allison joins Anita, as does the GP Ellie Cannon. A major new exhibition opens this week at The Imperial War Museum in London. Called Unsilenced: Sexual Violence in Conflict, it looks at the atrocities inflicted during war and conflict from the First World War until the present day. Helen Upcraft is the exhibition's lead curator and Sara Bowcutt is the Managing Director of Women for Women International, one of the NGOs working in the field of sexual violence in conflict, who've also contributed to this exhibition. They join Anita in the studio.Women and listening... how do women listen? How good a listener are you? Two books out this month focus on listening, from listening to sounds to listening more deeply to other people. Anita speaks to writers Alice Vincent, and Emily Kasriel.Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Corinna Jones
In our teenage years, music can be everything. But as we age, our relationship with music changes.Alice Vincent was a music journalist for many years, and in this frank conversation tells Kate Mossman how childbirth, PTSD and depression turned her love of music into something darker. In her new book, Hark: How women listen, Alice recounts her quest to rediscover the power of music as an adult, a mother and after mental health battles. In this conversation, Alice and Kate discuss how her quest took her from an anechoic chamber in south London to the Mojave desert - and how music is finally returning to her life.Hark: How women listen is available to buy here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11114/9781805302063Read Kate Mossman's review here: https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2025/04/sounds-that-shape-us Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's the biggest gardening show on earth - and this spring, the Why Women Grow podcast is finding out what it's really like to be a female designer at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. This is The Designers, our Spring miniseries, which has taken us from dappled shade of South London gardens to the foothills of Welsh mountains and straight to Main Avenue. We're troubling gardening's toughest glass ceiling - and learning about grief, joy, survival and creation on the way. Join me, Alice Vincent, for all-new episodes of the Why Women Grow podcast, launching on the 20th May.
We explore the tactile beauty of stone with Momina Watton of Atelier278, the importance of sound with Alice Vincent’s new book, Hark, and stop by the Miu Miu Literary Club in Milan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Alice Vincent was a music journalist for many years, which had already started to shift how she listened, but then pregnancy and a deep trauma when her baby was very small led to her relationship with sound fracturing. In her new book, Hark: How Women Listen, she explores how she rebuilt that relationship, and also talks to other women about their experiences with sound and listening. Our Mick got on the Zoom to talk about the different way sounds land in female bodies, and how we could all be listening more mindfully. Hark: How Women Listen is available for pre-order now and out on May 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
W tym odcinku Big Book Podcast w rozmowie z Pauliną Wilk debiutuje Hanna Kubaszewska, filozofka i księgarka.Rozmawiamy - bo już wiosna! - o ogrodach, ich wielu znaczeniach: botanicznych, politycznych, społecznych i feministycznych.Hania przybliża nową książkę Olivii Laing "Ogród poza czasem. W poszukiwaniu wspólnego raju" (tłum. Dominika Cieśla - Szymańska), brytyjska autorka tuż przed pandemią wyprowadza się do domu z ogrodem i to doświadczenie staje się płaszczyzną do botanicznych doświadczeń i wielowątkowych obserwacji.Zapowiadamy też dwie inne - sensacyjnie ciekawe! - książki inspirowane botaniką i ogrodnictwem, czyli "Sztukę przetrwania" Anki Wandzel oraz "Dlaczego kobiety uprawiają ogrody. Opowieści o ziemi" Alice Vincent.Poza tym w odcinku:- o nowym w Polsce wydawnictwie literatury pięknej- o tym, kogo może (niestety) ucieszyć spór autorki "Chłopek" z wydawcą- o wymianie książkowej w londyńskim metrze- jakie książki warto czytać na fali popularności serialu "Dojrzewanie"- i jakich premier nie przegapić w najbliższych dwóch tygodniachPodkast nagrywamy w Big Book Cafe MDM, jednym z dwóch centrów literackich prowadzonych w Warszawie przez Fundację "Kultura nie boli".Dziękujemy osobom wspierającym nasz podkast w Patronite i zapraszamy kolejne: https://patronite.pl/bigbookcafeW czerwcu po raz 13. zorganizujemy Big Book Festival - Duży Festiwal Czytania. Dołącz do wydarzenia!https://www.facebook.com/bigbookfestivalhttps://www.facebook.com/bigbookcafe
Introducing Earthly MattersA new season of Why Women Grow is coming soon - and this time, we're getting dirty. After two years of celebrating the bold and the beautiful, we're back - and we're going under the surface to explore what lies beneath. In Earthly Matters, the first of four brand new miniseries for this year, we'll be exploring the powerful possibilities of soil, peatlands and fungi with some incredible women. And we can't wait for you to dive in with us. Join me, Alice Vincent, for all-new episodes of the Why Women Grow podcast, launching on the 25th February.
Oscar-winning Michelle Yeoh's career has spanned four decades. Starting out as a martial arts actor, she became a key figure in the Hong Kong action scene. But it was her role in James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies that catapulted her into Hollywood. She's since starred in many hits including Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the multi-Oscar winning movie - including for her own performance - Everything Everywhere all At Once. Now, she's in the film adaptation of the musical Wicked. She joins Nuala McGovern live in the studio to discuss it.The Women's Equality Party voted to dissolve the organisation at a special conference this weekend. The political party was launched in 2015 to campaign for gender equality. Citing financial challenges and a changed political landscape, the leadership chose to recommend members vote to close down the party. In an exclusive interview, the two party co-founders - Catherine Mayer and Sandi Toksvig - join Nuala. In a recent article, the author and writer Alice Vincent asks: Why does nobody speak about post-breastfeeding depression? This was something she experienced after she stopped breastfeeding her son. Alice joins Nuala to discuss her experience of stopping breastfeeding along with Hilda Beauchamp, perinatal and infant mental health lead at the Institute of Health Visiting, and a midwife and health visitor by background.Es Devlin is the artist and stage designer responsible for some of the most iconic moments in recent popular culture. Her innovative staging is currently on display at the National Theatre's The Lehman Trilogy at the Gillian Lynne Theatre and her new work, Face to Face, is coming soon to Somerset House. She joins Nuala to discuss her career. Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Emma Pearce
We LOVE a beautiful table, and we're sharing our favorite tips for making it an occasion. It's the perfect time to think about your table, since the holidays are upon us. To see how to properly set a table, you can check in with Emily Post HERE. We participate in the affiliate program with Amazon and other retailers. We may receive a small fee for qualified purchases at no extra cost to you. Chargers are a must for an elegant table. We love rattan chargers like HERE and HERE. Anita's exact chargers are out of stock, but these from William Sonoma are almost exactly the same HERE. The cabbage salad plates are HERE. Anita's favorite French flatware that comes in a variety of colors HERE. Flatware with bamboo handles are HERE. Anita's favorite water bottles HERE DTT DEFINES: Windsor chair CRUSHES: Kelly's crush is a podcast you will want to tune into - Why Women Grow hosted by Alice Vincent. Listen on any podcast player or click HERE for more info on the show from the Garden Museum ( one of Kelly's favorite places to visit in London :) Anita's crush is this set of invisible wall plate hangers HERE. CONSULTS: Need help with your home? We'd love to help! We do personalized consults, and we'll offer advice specific to your room that typically includes room layout ideas, suggestions for what the room needs, and how to pull the room together. We'll also help you to decide what isn't working for you. We work with any budget, large or small. Find out more HERE Hang out with us between episodes at our blogs, IG and YouTube channel. Links are below to all those places to catch up on the other 6 days of the week! Kelly's IG HERE Kelly's Youtube HERE Kelly's blog HERE Anita's IG HERE Anita's blog HERE Are you subscribed to the podcast? Don't need to search for us each Wednesday let us come right to your door ...er...device. Subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts. Just hit the SUBSCRIBE button & we'll show up! If you have a moment we would so appreciate it if you left a review for DTT on iTunes. Just go HERE and click listen in apple podcasts. XX, Anita & Kelly DI - 14:18/28:36 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alice Vincent is a writer and broadcaster, and the author of Rootbound: Rewilding a life and Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival, both of which were longlisted for the Wainwright Prize. In this conversation we talk about how books begin and evolve for Alice, how she structures her time between columns, book writing and her newsletter and finding home in a balcony garden.LinksWhy Women Grow - Alice VincentRootbound - Alice VincentHark - Alice Vincent (pre-order)Savour Newsletter - savour.substack.comHome Matters - Penny WincerNot Too Busy To Write on Substack - pennywincer.substack.comThe next Book Proposal Group Program begins Oct 1st. You can book your place at pennywincerwrites.comYou can find all the books from Series 9 of Not To Busy To Write at Bookshop.org
Due to phenomenal demand, 5x15 has programmed an additional London event with leading author and ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer. Don't miss the chance to hear this extraordinary writer share her unique perspectives on plants, ecology and the natural world. She will be in conversation with Alice Vincent- author of Rootbound- at Conway Hall on May 30th. Robin Wall Kimmerer's internationally bestselling books, Braiding Sweetgrass and Gathering Moss, not only teach us about the biology of different organisms, but show us other ways of living in the world. It is through celebrating our reciprocal relationship with nature that we can awaken our ecological consciousness, and better protect our planet's gifts. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She lives in Syracuse, New York, where she is a Professor of Environmental Biology and the founder and director of the Centre for Native Peoples and the Environment. Her current work spans traditional ecological knowledge, moss ecology, outreach to tribal communities and creative writing. Alice Vincent is a writer. Her books include Why Women Grow, Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival and Rootbound, Rewilding a Life. A columnist for The Guardian and The New Statesman, Alice writes for Vogue, The Financial Times and The Times. She is the host of the Why Women Grow and In Haste podcasts and creator of her bi-weekly newsletter, savour.
How can a musical soundscape shape a novel?For the final episode in this first season of In Haste literary conversations, authors Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie meet novelist Caleb Azumah Nelson, author of Open Water (which won the Costa Book Award) and Small Worlds, to discuss his writing process, as well as faith, love stories, and the importance of place. Plus, Alice and Charlotte talk about how music influences their writing.This episode is made in partnership with Backstory, the new books magazine from the independent South London bookshop. To get your copy of the magazine, go to Backstory.London and use the code INHASTE at checkout for 10% off a subscription.Each episode of In Haste is accompanied by an original essay on Substack by Alice Vincent or Charlotte Runcie exploring its wider themes at inhaste.substack.com.In Haste is produced by Holly Fisher for Hasty Productions, with original music by Maria Chiara Argiró and graphic design by Alicia Fernandes. Get full access to In Haste at inhaste.substack.com/subscribe
Why does it make us so uncomfortable when fiction feels like real life?Authors Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie meet Eliza Clark, author of the gloriously dark and unforgettable novels Penance and Boy Parts, and a member of Granta's most recent selection of best young British novelists. Eliza takes us through a sharp and candid discussion about the publishing industry, authorial voice and veracity in fiction, writing about dark themes, and what happens when your book goes viral on TikTok.Plus, as always, Alice and Charlotte discuss how their own writing is going.Each episode of In Haste is accompanied by an original essay on Substack by Alice Vincent or Charlotte Runcie exploring its wider themes at inhaste.substack.com.In Haste is produced by Holly Fisher for Hasty Productions, with original music by Maria Chiara Argiró and graphic design by Alicia Fernandes. Get full access to In Haste at inhaste.substack.com/subscribe
How does the natural world around us shape who we are?Authors Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie have both found themselves drawn to writing about landscapes. Today they're joined by the debut novelist Fiona Williams, author of The House of Broken Bricks, for a warm and inspiring discussion about Fiona's own relationship with books, gardens, food, and finding a sense of home in nature.The House of Broken Bricks is an immersive story of a family with twin boys, who are both of dual heritage, but who look strikingly different from one another. They also each have very different relationships to the English countryside around them.Each episode of In Haste is accompanied by an original essay on Substack by Alice Vincent or Charlotte Runcie exploring its wider themes at inhaste.substack.com.In Haste is produced by Holly Fisher for Hasty Productions, with original music by Maria Chiara Argiró and graphic design by Alicia Fernandes. Get full access to In Haste at inhaste.substack.com/subscribe
How does fiction explore deep-rooted sources of pain through history?Today in the In Haste writing hut, Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie are joined by the international bestselling novelist Emilia Hart, author of Weyward.Weyward is an unforgettable supernatural story about witches, but it's also about something all too real: the suffering and violence inflicted on women across history. It's a powerful and inspiring reclaiming of a historical narrative we think we know. We hear how Emilia came to write the novel, which was a remarkable process in strange times.Please note that this episode contains discussion of sexual violence and pregnancy loss.Each episode of In Haste is accompanied by an original essay on Substack by Alice Vincent or Charlotte Runcie exploring its wider themes at inhaste.substack.com.In Haste is produced by Holly Fisher for Hasty Productions, with original music by Maria Chiara Argiró and graphic design by Alicia Fernandes. Get full access to In Haste at inhaste.substack.com/subscribe
How does reading and writing change you?Joining Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie this week is the author Cathy Rentzenbrink, who doesn't like being described as an “acclaimed memoirist”, and would rather we described her as an “honest puzzler” - or something even less kind.But she has, in fact, written many excellent memoirs and novels, and there's no getting around it. Her clear-eyed, truth-filled writing tackles subjects including profound grief, as well as her own very personal relationship with books and reading. In today's conversation, we discuss the strange otherworldliness of writing, and how sometimes an author needs to dive down into the book and away from reality:“I get very very lonely and then actually feel a bit mad. Especially writing fiction, I think you need to submerge. You need to go down a few layers and a few levels, but then you get the bends when you're trying to jump out.”Each episode of In Haste is accompanied by an original essay on Substack by Alice Vincent or Charlotte Runcie exploring its wider themes at inhaste.substack.com.In Haste is produced by Holly Fisher for Hasty Productions, with original music by Maria Chiara Argiró and graphic design by Alicia Fernandes. Get full access to In Haste at inhaste.substack.com/subscribe
Can books make us more patient?In Haste is back! This week, writers Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie speak to Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of three beautiful novels (The Sleep Watcher, Starling Days, and Harmless Like You) about teaching writing, learning about writing, whether writers tend to be dog people or cat people, and patience.“There are some writers I see who write something, and it isn't quite what they imagined, and so they throw it out, and they write something new. They're not able to sit with the discomfort of it not being quite right, and work through to something they're happy with.“And then I see, weirdly, the opposite thing, which I think comes from the same place. Which is writers who are constantly re-editing the first five pages, because they want to get the voice right, and they stick with those first five pages and go over and over and over them. I think for most people, if they write the rest of the story, it's much easier to figure out what those five pages need. But they're so impatient to have something that feels like the finished thing. If they could let themselves live with something imperfect, it would have the chance to grow.”Each episode of In Haste is accompanied by an original essay on Substack by Alice Vincent or Charlotte Runcie exploring its wider themes at inhaste.substack.com.In Haste is produced by Holly Fisher for Hasty Productions, with original music by Maria Chiara Argiró and graphic design by Alicia Fernandes. Get full access to In Haste at inhaste.substack.com/subscribe
What's the relationship between fantasy literature and real life?Writers Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie speak to Sunyi Dean, author of the bestselling novel The Book Eaters, and co-host of the excellent Publishing Rodeo podcast.Sunyi discusses how she came to write the book and what was going on in her life at the time, as well as her somewhat stormy publication journey, in an episode that also touches on what makes us readers of fantasy — and what makes us think of ourselves as fantasy readers.Each episode of In Haste is accompanied by an original essay on Substack by Alice Vincent or Charlotte Runcie exploring its wider themes. Subscribers can access more episodes at inhaste.substack.com.In Haste is produced by Holly Fisher for Hasty Productions, with original music by Maria Chiara Argiró and graphic design by Alicia Fernandes. Get full access to In Haste at inhaste.substack.com/subscribe
How do you expose emotion through writing?Writers Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie speak to Thomas Morris, whose short story suite, Open Up, was among the most widely admired literary publications of 2023.Thomas Morris is a Welsh writer who is the former editor of Stinging Fly and has been named as one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists. In this episode, he talks about writing masculinity and articulating emotions, going further into a story and the pursuit of “knowing more”, and the strange lives of seahorses. Thomas also shares how reading defines his work as a writer.Each episode of In Haste is accompanied by an original essay on Substack by Alice Vincent or Charlotte Runcie exploring its wider themes. New episodes are released weekly, but paid subscribers can access more episodes instantly at inhaste.substack.com, where there's a very welcoming literary community sharing our writing progress. In Haste is produced by Holly Fisher for Hasty Productions, with original music by Maria Chiara Argiró and graphic design by Alicia Fernandes. Get full access to In Haste at inhaste.substack.com/subscribe
Writers Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie meet Jennie Godfrey, debut novelist and author of The List of Suspicious things.Jennie discusses how she wrote her novel, which has garnered a huge amount of buzz in the British publishing industry and beyond, and which has themes that draw on Jennie's own childhood experiences growing up in Yorkshire during the strange and troubling time when the Yorkshire Ripper was at large. Alice and Charlotte share their own journeys to publication - from the rocky to the dreamlike - as well as speaking to Jennie about writing inspiration, crime fiction, what stops her from writing and what keeps her going.Each episode of In Haste is accompanied by an original essay on Substack by Alice Vincent or Charlotte Runcie exploring its wider themes. New episodes are released weekly, but paid subscribers can access more episodes instantly at inhaste.substack.com, where there's a very welcoming literary community sharing our writing progress. Come and join in with the conversation!In Haste is produced by Holly Fisher for Hasty Productions, with original music by Maria Chiara Argiró and graphic design by Alicia Fernandes. Get full access to In Haste at inhaste.substack.com/subscribe
Can a writer ever meaningfully take a break? And what's it like to get the call saying you've been longlisted for the Booker Prize?Today on In Haste, writers Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie are joined by the novelist Sophie Mackintosh. Sophie is the Booker-longlisted author of The Water Cure, Blue Ticket, and Cursed Bread, and was named one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists of 2023.Sophie takes us behind the scenes into her writing process and life as an author, including discussing the myths and folk tales where she finds literary inspiration. Alice and Charlotte couldn't help but notice that Sophie is also a particularly well-travelled novelist, so they had to ask: do you write when you're on holiday? And does a writing brain ever really take time off?Each episode of In Haste is accompanied by an original essay on Substack by Alice Vincent or Charlotte Runcie exploring its wider themes. New episodes are released weekly, but paid subscribers can access more episodes instantly at inhaste.substack.com, where there's a very welcoming literary community sharing our writing progress. Come and join in with the conversation! Ask us questions and tell us what stopped you writing this week - and what kept you going.In Haste is produced by Holly Fisher for Hasty Productions, with original music by Maria Chiara Argiró and graphic design by Alicia Fernandes. Get full access to In Haste at inhaste.substack.com/subscribe
You'd write a great book if only you had the time. Well, there are all sort of things we'd do if we had enough time. But what if you never have enough time? Would you try, anyway? What if, in fact, right now is the most time you'll ever have?In this episode of In Haste, authors Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie speak to Oliver Burkeman, the journalist and internationally bestselling author of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals.Oliver joins Alice and Charlotte in the writing hut to discuss how authors find time to write and the strange ways that our perception of time shifts when we have lots of things we really want to do. Why is it that, when we're sitting down to write something juicy and interesting, we have a strange urge to go and empty the dishwasher? And is it ever possible to feel as if we're spending enough time with family, with work, with friends and with ourselves?Each episode of In Haste is accompanied by an original essay on Substack by Alice Vincent or Charlotte Runcie, exploring its wider themes. New episodes are released weekly, but paid subscribers can access the first six episodes instantly at inhaste.substack.com, where there's a very welcoming literary community sharing our writing progress. Come and join in with the conversation! Ask us questions and tell us what stopped you writing this week - and what kept you going.In Haste is produced by Holly Fisher for Hasty Productions, with original music by Maria Chiara Argiró and graphic design by Alicia Fernandes. Get full access to In Haste at inhaste.substack.com/subscribe
It sounds like a dream: you write a diary, and one day it suddenly becomes a prize-winning Sunday Times Bestseller. It worked for Amy Liptrot. Could it work for us, too?This is episode one of In Haste, with authors Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie in conversation with Amy Liptrot. Amy is the author of two exquisite and prize-winning memoirs that have resonated with readers across the world: The Outrun and The Instant. The Outrun, Amy's account of her recovery from addiction while immersed in the vivid natural landscape of her native Orkney, has just been made into a critically acclaimed film starring Saoirse Ronan. Amy explains to Alice and Charlotte how writing is a connecting thread throughout her life, and discusses the challenges of turning real people and events into narrative, and writing through motherhood.Each episode of In Haste is accompanied by an original essay on Substack, by Alice Vincent or Charlotte Runcie, exploring its wider themes. New episodes are released weekly, but paid subscribers can access the first six episodes instantly at inhaste.substack.com, where there's a very welcoming literary community sharing our writing progress. Come and join in with the conversation! Ask us questions and tell us what stopped you writing this week - and what kept you going.In Haste is produced by Holly Fisher for Hasty Productions, with original music by Maria Chiara Argiró and graphic design by Alicia Fernandes. Get full access to In Haste at inhaste.substack.com/subscribe
Hello fellow garden enthusiasts!
In Haste is a new podcast about how great books really get written, from writers Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie. We'll be asking award-winning and bestselling authors how they write, what gets in their way, how they overcome that, and what keeps them going. The first episode is released Tuesday January 30th, 2024.Subscribe to catch the first episode when it launches. Our first guest is the wonderful Amy Liptrot, who'll be discussing her books The Instant and The Outrun – which has just been made into a film starring Saoirse Ronan. We'll also be finding out about time and mortality with Oliver Burkeman, taking inspiration from folklore with Sophie Mackintosh, and speaking to other extraordinary writers including Cathy Rentzenbrink, Thomas Morris, Emilia Hart, and lots more.We can't wait to share these inspiring, warm, funny and poignant literary conversations with you. Stay tuned!In Haste is presented by Alice Vincent and Charlotte Runcie and produced by Holly Fisher for Hasty Productions. Music is by Maria Chiara Argirò with design by Alicia Fernandes. Get full access to In Haste at inhaste.substack.com/subscribe
There are certain rites of passage that take place after a major break-up. For some, it's a hair-cut or a big solo trip, or a regrettable rebound with someone the polar opposite of your ex. My guest this week, Alice Vincent, departed from the cliches: for her, it was growing plants. In her partly autobiographical books, Rootbound and more recently Why Women Grow, Alice chronicles how she came to growing plants as a way to heal and regain a sense of control after a break-up in her late twenties. As her life has changed – Alice is now married with her first child – gardening has remained a constant for her. In this episode, we discuss how Alice has navigated the changes of the past seven years, how gardening has allowed her to maintain a version of independence throughout it, and why she never feels lonely while out in the garden. Later, Alice also shares her tips for beginning your gardening journey by yourself, whether it's just growing herbs on a windowsill, using a balcony space or joining a community garden. TakeawaysAlone time can be a valuable and fulfilling experience, allowing for personal growth and self-reflection.Creating personal space, whether through gardening or other activities, can provide a sense of independence and freedom.Navigating relationships and sharing space with a partner requires constant communication and a willingness to compromise.Taking time alone, whether through solo trips or dedicated alone time at home, can be rejuvenating and empowering.00:00Introduction 04:34Transition to Writing06:27Exploring Alonement07:43Defining Alone09:38Aloneness in Different Life Stages10:35The Luxury of Alone Time13:04Navigating Alone Time14:28Themes in Rootbound and Why Women Grow15:21Finding Solace in Gardening19:46Creating Space for Oneself20:46Gardening as a Solitary Activity24:41The Meditative Nature of Gardening27:03Living with a Partner and Maintaining Independence30:16The Ambivalence of Sharing Space34:32Choosing Relationships on One's Own Terms38:52Creating Personal Space43:37Tips for Starting a Growing Journey47:21Taking Time Alone50:07Ultimate Alone Time With a one-off payment of £5, you can listen to the Alonement podcast ad-free. https://plus.acast.com/s/alonement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
As the surrounding world starts looking a little bleaker, we've decided to explore how to best turn our homes into verdant oases. RHS Digital Editor Jenny Laville chats with Gareth Richards about the best low-maintenance houseplants, fun climbers for indoors, and underrated care tips and tricks. Social historian Catherine Horwood regales us with the history of ever-changing houseplant trends. And finally, author and podcaster Alice Vincent reveals the role houseplants played in her own gardening journey. Presenters: Gareth Richards and Jenny Laville Contributors: Catherine Horwood and Alice Vincent Links: Picking the right houseplant Houseplants for different locations Houseplants for students Potted History: How Houseplants Took Over Our Homes Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival Rootbound: Rewilding a Life
What draws women to gardening? That's what Alice Vincent delves into in her newest book, Why Women Grow - and Sam and Kim are here with a bottle of wine in tow to offer their thoughts on horticulture, womanhood, and the need to cultivate.
Welsh poet Jonathan Edwards is the latest subject of the Nothing But The Poem podcast. As always our host Sam Tongue takes a deep dive into two of his poems which were discussed at the online monthly meet-up of the Nothing But The Poem group. Jonathan Edwards is a multi-award winning poet - including the Costa Book Prize for Poetry (2014) and the Troubadour Poetry Prize in 2022 - and has had two full collections of poetry published: My Family And Other Superheroes (2014) and Gen (2018). Edwards' poems draw lovingly from pop culture and sport, as well as from his family, community and a sense of Welshness. His first collection was described by critic Alice Vincent as having poems "in which celebrities and fictional characters such as Sophia Loren and Evel Knievel collide with reflections on the social architecture of working class Welsh valleys." The two poems discussed in this podcast are Evel Knievel Jumps Over My Family and Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren in Crumlin for the Filming of Arabesque, June 1965
Grow, cook, eat, arrange with Sarah Raven & Arthur Parkinson
What is the inspiration behind your love of gardening and all things floral? Each of us tells a vastly different story, and that diversity is at the heart of Alice Vincent's new, heartwarming book.‘Why Women Grow' paints a stunning visage of the reasons that women take to the garden, reasons that often are buried deep within the work that they do. Consider Alice's work the chance to let those stories bloom… We hear a little of Alice's own muse, the balcony garden plants that allowed her passion to flourish, and a few of the moving stories from her book with such poignance.In this episode, discover:How Alice found inspiration in balcony gardening and nurtured it into an all-encompassing passionIdeal flowers for balcony pots, bringing structure, smell and spectacle to even the smallest of urban spacesThe one, deeply insightful question that elicits so many heartwarming stories for Alice to bring to life in her book, ‘Why Women Grow'Get in touch: info@sarahraven.comShop on the Sarah Raven Website: http://bit.ly/3jvbaeu Follow Sarah: https://bit.ly/3jDTvBpFollow Arthur: https://bit.ly/3jxSKK5
Linda Grant, Xiaolu Guo and Alice Vincent
Alice Vincent - 'How Gardening Creeps in When We're Least Expecting It' This episode features a conversation gardener, writer and author, the sensational Alice Vincent. Alice began her career with music journalism, before making a gear shift towards gardening and in this conversation we discuss exactly why that happened…enjoy! Alice's latest book ‘Why Women Grow' is out now from Canongate Books and is available in all good bookshops or online. You can find Alice on Instagram @noughticulture or on twitter at @alice_emily This is technically the last episode of the current season, but join me again soon for a couple of bonus episode with people from some companies that I think you'll enjoy as much as I do…more on that soon! Until then, you can follow me on Instagram at @viewfromthepottingbench to see what I'm upto in my garden or visit viewfromthepottingbench.com to read my blog and much more
At the RHS, we try to think critically about the ways we cultivate the earth and interact with the wildlife that inhabit our green spaces everyday. But this week, in honour of Earth Day, we wanted to take extra time to really celebrate our gardens – and to share our love for the many plants and animals that bring them to life. Gardener and writer Ben Dark shares a history of the tulip that stretches back 1,000 years, RHS Senior Ecologist Gemma Golding chats with us about her exciting wildlife research, and artist and author James Bridle takes us through his exploration of the intelligence of plants. Plus, throughout the show we've sprinkled in plant love letters from Alice Vincent, Victoria Bennett, and Sue Mabberley. Links: The Grove: A Nature Odyssey in 19 ½ Front Gardens iNaturalist Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence RHS Sustainability Strategy
We are absolutely delighted to introduce our latest ‘This is a Token' podcast episode, where Alex is joined by the wonderful Alice Vincent @noughticulture.After starting her career as a journalist, Alice has evolved into writing her own novels, including her latest book, ‘Why Women Grow'. Within the novel Alice tackles her personal journey towards motherhood, and details her deep love of all things gardening. She has continued these conversations on her own podcast, with the same name, which features incredible guests including Margaret Howell and Poppy Okotcha.Settle in as Alex and Alice have so much in common, from their shared love of South-East London, to their mutual enthusiasm for bikes and even some stories about Alice's most treasured jewellery pieces thrown in - it's a great listen.You can follow Alice on social media @noughticulture.Her book, ‘Why Women Grow' is available now: www.waterstones.com/book/why-women-grow/alice-vincent/9781838855437You can listen to Alice's podcast, 'Why Women Grow' on Apple Podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/why-women-grow/id1659885168Illustration by Connie Bella MonroeEdited by Emily SandfordMusic by Daniel Patrick Cohen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Alice Vincent is a multi-platform storyteller based in London, and examining with gusto and curiosity the intricacies of words and language, of what it is to be human, to be a woman, and to be always in service to the wonders – large and small, grief-laden and joy-spangled - of everyday life. The author of several previous books, including her nature memoir - Rootbound, Rewilding a Life, Alice goes by the name Noughticulture online. For our final episode in this year's five-part series of Cultivating Place in honor of Women's History Month, I caught up with Alice just a few short weeks ago to talk in-depth about her newest work: Why Women Grow, Stories of Soil, Sisterhood, and Survival. It is a moving, indeed verdant, tapestry of Alice's own story as a woman "going to ground" to grow herself, intertwined with that stories of other women gardening across Great Britain and beyond and what that has meant to their own lives and to our collective understanding of both gardens and women. Since we spoke, Alice has added one more title to her life list: mother. Enjoy! Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you so much for listening over the years and we hope you'll support Cultivating Place. We can't thank you enough for making it possible for this young program to grow even more of these types of conversations. The show is available as a podcast on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Podcast, and Stitcher. To read more and for many more photos please visit www.cultivatingplace.com.
Writer and Gardens Illustrated columnist Alice Vincent, author of new book and podcast Why Women Grow, talks to Stephanie about her dream garden, from her fantasy writing studio inspired by Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage to a mossy path, naturalistic planting and a glasshouse for entertaining friends such as Diana Ross (the garden writer, not the disco diva). As well as this, she explains how she once had dinner with Piet Oudolf without knowing who he was, and why she won't abide anything with a face in the garden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Roz is joined in the studio this week by Alice Vicent. Alice is a writer, ostensibly, who happens to garden. She has spent the last 15 years mostly as an arts journalist, She has spent a long time as a music journalist. The bulk of Alice's career was spent in house at the telegraph. In the last few years, Alice has been working all over the place, and she's written about gardening as well. Listen in to this weeks really interesting discussion 'Why Women Grow'. Key points Roz and Alice will be covering in today's episode:Introduction to today's guest, Alison Vincent. What did you discover in writing Why Women Grow? Gardening is not all roses and cute little trees. My dream was to sit once a day on a walk with the dog. Gardening is not perfect, it's a way of life. What's going to happen to the garden? The importance of having an open brief in a wedding. What's changing in the flower farming industry. What's your dream job? What's next for you?Alice Vincent Resources: IG handle: @noughticultureTwitter: @alice_emilyWebsite: alicevincent.co.uk This podcast episode is sponsored by First Tunnels, leaders in domestic and commercial product tunnels. A polytunnel is an amazing protective environment for plants, vegetables and flowers, extending any growing season, whether you're growing for pleasure or commercially. Whether you go for a small or a large tunnel, you can be assured of the same high quality product from First Tunnels, poly tunnels. Do pop over to their website and take a look at their range
Stevie and Tessa are joined by the amazing Alice Vincent, author of: 'Why Women Grow: Stories of soil, sisterhood and survival', to talk about all things growing. One expert and two people who have one massive cactus and one fake Gerbera between them, get right down to the roots of why we grow, and weed out the myths about gardening when you've only got a tiny window box to work with. A lovely, lovely episode.Subscribe to the Nobody Panic Patreon at patreon.com/nobodypanicWant to support Nobody Panic? You can make a one-off donation at https://supporter.acast.com/nobodypanicRecorded by Naomi Parnell and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive.Photos by Marco Vittur, jingle by David Dobson.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/nobodypanic. Be part of the Nobody Panic Patreon gangSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/nobodypanic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, in honour of International Women's Day, we're giving space to a few of the women who've found meaning and fulfilment in the gardens they've created. We're exploring the power that exists in our own connection with the rich environments we inhabit, and the myriad of ways we can care for and cultivate it. Writer and gardener Alice Vincent opens up about her quest to find out why exactly women grow, RHS edible grower Suzie Kelly shares her top tips for growing her favourite vegetable (tomatoes!), and author Victoria Bennett gives us an honest look at the apothecary garden she built in the midst of deep grief. Links: Why Women Grow Why Women Grow Podcast All My Wild Mothers Tomatoes – growing your own Fast tomatoes – the quickest way to grow your own
A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing. These notes may contain affiliate links. Garden soundtrack Cracking ice while walking through the fields – is it too soon to say, or is winter beginning to think about handing over to spring? A great time for mulching. Reading from To stand and stare 3:02 Read by Andrew Timothy O'Brien To stand and stare: how to garden while doing next to nothing, by Andrew Timothy O'Brien. DK Life, 2023. https://geni.us/Qs2d 05:47 Interview with Andrew, by Alice Vincent 06:40 role reversal 07:35 Introducing the book – Andrew 09:14 Introducing the book – Alice 10:00 A book that grants permission 11:12 on the plus side of getting it wrong 11:46 jumping to the book's Acknowledgements 14:00 how the book came to be 17:56 Alice on 'looking' 20:48 Alice on gardening as 'a tiny altering' 21:52 being empowered to garden the way you want to, rather than the way you feel you *should* 22:33 Andrew on the pros and cons of lists 26:08 Pottering A breath from elsewhere, by Mirabel Osler. Bloomsbury, 1997. https://amzn.to/3Stlvr9 28: 41 How much the soil holds – memories, stories, our selves 33:15 Bill's place in the book 38:15 The 'how to' sections 43:19 The research – the 'science stuff' 46:30 Andrew's recent standing and staring – and Andrew answer to an Alice question *** Thank you to Alice Vincent for her table-turning stint in coming to interview me on my own podcast! Keep an eye out for Alice's upcoming book, Why Women Grow: stories of soil, sisterhood and survival, published by Canongate on 2 March 2023. https://amzn.to/3k6yu75 You can find Alice on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/noughticulture/ and the Why Women Grow podcast here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/why-women-grow/id1659885168 My own book, To Stand and Stare; how to garden by doing next to nothing, is published by DK Life, and is available here https://geni.us/Qs2d I'm ever appreciative of all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees. A year of garden coaching If you'd like to find out more about my my 12 month online garden coaching programme, please visit the website, where you can read more details. There will be a few spaces opening up in spring 2023, so do sign up to be the first to hear when you can book. http://www.andrewtimothyobrien.com website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB
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Have you ever questioned why you garden and grow things? What drives you? What makes you keep returning to the soil year after year? Well, author and journalist Alice Vincent has pondered this and has been on a search for answers to discover more about why women in particular garden. In today's show Helen talks to Alice about her third book Why Women Grow, as well as the creation of her debut podcast which is by the same name. (
Donna Tartt's The Secret History turned 30 this year. Since the book's release, the novel has sold millions of copies and become a classic - the blueprint for a cluster of aesthetic and literary works under the label "dark academia." Host Brittany Luse and culture writer Alice Vincent examine the novel's long shelf life and why it's still relevent to young people today. Then she sits down with author Olivie Blake, who shares how authors are bringing new perspectives to the genre.Then, Brittany is joined by Avery Trufelman, host of the podcast Articles of Interest. In her latest season, Trufelman explores the classic look of ivy style, and its journey from the hallowed halls of academic institutions to retail stores near you.You can follow us on Twitter @NPRItsBeenAMin and email us at ibam@npr.org.
The first listen of the forthcoming Why Women Grow podcast, launching February 2023 from Alice Vincent. This podcast is inspired by my book, Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil, Sisterhood and Survival, which is out on March 2nd and available to pre-order now. The Why Women Grow podcast is produced by Holly Fisher, and theme music is by Maria Chiara Argiro. Thank you to our partners at Seedlip. We've also been photographing our guests and their gardens and you can see the beautiful images captured by Siobhan Watts on my instagram account @noughticulture.
We took a trip around Southwark Park with TV presenter and award-winning disability advocate Sophie Morgan. We talked about growing up wild, how her relationship with nature has changed, and if she was a tree, what tree she would be. We also speak to author and passionate gardener Alice Vincent, about the single flower that inspired her to a life of growing and how to work with any size of space. You can watch Sophie's show 'Living Wild: How To Change Your Life' on Channel 4 here, and check out her book 'Driving Forwards' here. Alice's book is called 'Rootbound' and is out now A Life More Wild is an 18Sixty production, brought to you by Canopy & Stars. The producers for this episode were Gareth Evans and Eliza Lomas. Our theme music is by Billie Marten.
Vu sur La chronique de Patsy (66) : Ulysse Lojkine et Alice Vincent, Découvrir Luxemburg, Ulysse Lojkine et Alice Vincent, Découvrir Luxemburg, Editions sociales, 2021. Avec ce livre aux Éditions sociales, les philosophes Ulysse Lojkine et Alice Vincent proposent aux lecteurs de re-découvrir la pensée de la militante révolutionnaire froidement abattue un jour de janvier 1919 par une police républicaine aux ordres d'un ministre de l'Intérieur socialiste. (Patsy) Cet article provient de Radio AlterNantes FM
Entretien avec Alice Vincent et Ulysse Lojkine par Guillaume Fondu. Depuis son assassinat en 1919, Rosa Luxemburg a fait l'objet de canonisations diverses. Célébrée comme une martyre de la révolution par les bolcheviks, elle est également revendiquée par leurs adversaires pour sa critique de l'autoritarisme de Lénine et de certains traits de la révolution de 1917. Mais elle est plus généralement considérée comme une figure romantique, d'autant plus sympathique que la plupart de ses textes encore édités sont des lettres de prison, des lettres d'amour ou consacrées à chanter la beauté de la nature. C'est oublier que Luxemburg fut avant tout une dirigeante révolutionnaire aux positions tranchées qui s'est battue toute sa vie, avec son parti mais également en son sein, contre le capitalisme, le chauvinisme et la bureaucratie. Émission organisée à l'occasion de la publication aux Éditions sociales Découvrir Rosa Luxemburg, par Ulysse Lojkine et Alice Vincent, à retrouver ici : https://editionssociales.fr/catalogue/decouvrir-luxemburg/.
TW: In our discussion with Lauren Elkin, we mention sexual harassment, violence against women, and rape, as well as the ongoing case regarding the abduction, rape, and murder of Sarah Everard. How does someone make space for themselves? How does someone find freedom? It is hard, to know your place and to ask for it. It's even harder for people who do not belong to sexual, gender, race majority. In the case of women, it's been long proven how the world is not built for them. How cities are not a safe and welcoming place. Just this week, we are waiting for the verdict on the abudction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard, which happened last March, and which sparked a timid reflexion on masculinity in space and how we need to rethink gender dynamics in public space. Maybe surprisingly, there is a long history of women using gardening and horticulture to build their own space. Maybe making space for oneself, can be just finding a way to carve time to build and grow something. Today, in the Women Shaping the World podcast, we speak to two authors, Alice Vincent and Lauren Elkin, about literally shaping the world. Lauren Elkin discusses her books and work on urban women and “flaneuses”. Alice Vincent tells us about her book, Rootbound, where she candidly discusses her heartbreak and how gardening and relinking with nature helped her move forward. Ressources: Sexual Abuse Support - https://sexualabusesupport.campaign.gov.uk Rape Crisis -https://rapecrisis.org.uk Reclaim these Streets - https://reclaimthesestreets.com
TW: In our discussion with Lauren Elkin, we mention sexual harassment, violence against women, and rape, as well as the ongoing case regarding the abduction, rape, and murder of Sarah Everard. How does someone make space for themselves? How does someone find freedom? It is hard, to know your place and to ask for it. It's even harder for people who do not belong to sexual, gender, race majority. In the case of women, it's been long proven how the world is not built for them. How cities are not a safe and welcoming place. Just this week, we are waiting for the verdict on the abudction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard, which happened last March, and which sparked a timid reflexion on masculinity in space and how we need to rethink gender dynamics in public space. Maybe surprisingly, there is a long history of women using gardening and horticulture to build their own space. Maybe making space for oneself, can be just finding a way to carve time to build and grow something. Today, in the Women Shaping the World podcast, we speak to two authors, Alice Vincent and Lauren Elkin, about literally shaping the world. Lauren Elkin discusses her books and work on urban women and “flaneuses”. Alice Vincent tells us about her book, Rootbound, where she candidly discusses her heartbreak and how gardening and relinking with nature helped her move forward. Ressources: Sexual Abuse Support - https://sexualabusesupport.campaign.gov.uk Rape Crisis -https://rapecrisis.org.uk Reclaim these Streets - https://reclaimthesestreets.com
Author, journalist and gardener Alice Vincent spoke to me about her reconnection with plants after having moved to the city, her teenage years living life through the pages of the NME, and tells us it's ok to kill the occasional houseplant. - Alice's Hidden Gem
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This week, Olivia is joined by author and journalist Alice Vincent to discuss her memoir, Rootbound, which has just come out in paperback.In the book, Alice talks about a year of her life in her late 20s when out of nowhere, she found herself single, living out of a suitcase and overcoming heartbreak.The two discuss how Alice found a new lease of life in the wake of her breakup through nurturing pot plants and surrounding herself with greenery.They also discuss the complexities of writing about ex-partners and the strangely cathartic compulsion to make your private life public when you're having a tough time. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/millenniallove. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Alice Vincent is an author, garden writer and journalist who, at the time of recording, gardened on her balcony in London. Her book, Rootbound, Rewilding a Life, describes her journey to becoming a gardener as an almost accidental way of supporting herself at a time of personal crisis and is a delightful read.It is, she wrote herself, ‘about plants, and people, and the things that grow up in between the cracks - love, longing and life” and she weaves together the themes of gardening, coming of age, mental health, plants, travel and the history of women in gardening in a way that is readable, accessible and gave us masses to talk about. Read more by clicking on ‘Episode Web Page' below.
This week we're gardening on barges, balconies and in bathrooms in a programme dedicated to urban gardening. Writer Alice Vincent dispenses tips on plants, pots and more from her London balcony garden 40ft above the ground. Freddie Blackett of Patch Plants talks about the changing ways we're buying and using houseplants, and permaculture designer Poppy Okotcha shares her experiences gardening on a houseboat in the heart of the city.
Alice Vincent (@noughticulture on Instagram) joins me to talk about two new planty projects: her book Rootbound, and an audio guide to sowing seeds - both perfect lockdown reading and listening material. For full show notes visit https://www.janeperrone.com/on-the-ledge/2020/5/22/episode-141-alice-vincent
A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing. These notes may contain affiliate links. Garden soundtrack Gardening without Chelsea. The RHS Virtual Chelsea Flower Show https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/virtual-chelsea Lockdown gardening interest The Independent Plant Nursery Guide http://independentplantnurseriesguide.uk/ Should we look for a silver lining? Reading 03:20 Extract from The Five Minute Garden by Laetitia Maklouf, read by Emma Jo Real Davies. https://amzn.to/36l871Z Interview with the Laetitia Maklouf 05:15 05:44 Standard Laetitia Lore and the Sweet Pea Seeds 07:29 Sharing online 08:44 How Laetitia has changed as a gardener 09:28 Gardening in small spaces – the benefits of limits 10:03 Moving to real earth – option paralysis 10:36 Prescriptive approach vs you do you 11:08 Trust in your gardening instinct 12:13 Being ruthless. Or… not…! (Hotbin Darling) https://www.hotbincomposting.com/ 13:10 Lockdown sourdough progress 14:24 Teaching the children through gardening 20:34 Being politely steely 22:00 Gardening overwhelm 26:10 The Five Minute Gardener 31:37 Gardening as a transactional relationship 33:25 On the decision not to have photographs in the new book 36:44 What is Laetitia going to do when she grows up? *** Lockdown gardening communicators on Instagram Just some of the folk who have really taken the opportunity to bring people into their own gardens (particularly encouraging and inspiring when some of them are multi award-winning designers) over the past couple of months. Don’t miss Ann-Marie Powell’s lunchtime talks at https://www.instagram.com/myrealgarden/, or Jo Thompson’s daily morning dog rambles through the Sussex countryside in the company of birds and her lovely labrador Rush https://www.instagram.com/jothompsongarden/. And of course, past friends of the podcast Alice Vincent https://www.instagram.com/noughticulture/ and Caro Langton at RoCo https://www.instagram.com/studio.roco/, teaching us about small space gardening and houseplants in their stories. All incredibly generous, and remarkably accessible. Thank you to Laetitia for joining me on this episode. Laetitia's book The Five Minute Garden, published by National Trust Books, 2020, is available here https://amzn.to/36l871Z Laetitia's website: https://laetitiamaklouf.com/ Laetitia on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/laetitiamaklouf And to Emma Jo Real Davies for reading from Laetitia’s book. Emma Jo’s brilliant podcast, The Female Struggle is Real is here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-female-struggle-is-real/id1215423183 or you can find her on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/emjorealdavies/, or on the airwaves here https://www.kmfm.co.uk/on-air/the-hit-list-with-emma-jo/ I’m ever grateful to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees. PLEASE VOTE FOR THE GARDENS, WEEDS & WORDS PODCAST IN THE BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS LISTENER CHOICE CATEGORY https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote Lockdown discounts: A year of garden coaching I’ve been very excited about my new venture – even before the lockdown I’d decided that online garden coaching would be a fantastic way for me to work with more people than I can physically get around to, helping them to make the very best of their gardens in a way that suits the life they lead. With the all the uncertainty around our lives just now I’m holding the the introductory price for the full 12 month programme as well as offering a quarterly payment plan, and there’s 50% off an hour’s Skype consultation call. https://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/garden-coaching website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB
A step-by-step audio guide to gardening in lockdown. Gardener and journalist Alice Vincent talks you through turning a handful of seeds into your very first plants. Whether you've got a north facing balcony, a sunny windowsill or a shaded nook, Alice will help you bring a little bit of green into your life. With clear instructions and expert insight, Alice will illuminate, engage and reassure first-time gardeners, whether you're confined to the indoors or just want to get in touch with the earth. In four short, easy-to-listen chapters, Alice will explain sowing, germination, sprouting and re-potting so they feel as easy as buying a bunch of flowers. (P)2020 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
The parents of a six month old have set up a petition asking the government to extend maternity leave by an extra three months. They believe that the lockdown has meant parents have missed out on the usual things you’d do on maternity, putting them at a disadvantage. There’s already been a parliamentary Q&A about this, and the signatures are still coming in. It’s not know yet whether it’ll be debated in the House of Commons but there will be another Q&A session on Thursday this week. Jane discusses the arguments with the petition's originator. After the summer half term holiday, some children will be returning to school. Those in reception and years 1,6, 10 and 12 will be the first to be welcomed back to the classroom in just under two weeks’ time. Many headteachers have begun speaking to parents about their concerns and their likely decision. We discuss the issues that parents are having to weigh up and the pressures that they face. In her new book of short stories ‘The Ministry of Guidance and Other Stories’, Golnoosh Nour shares the rich and varied experiences of queer Iranians. She talks to Jane about how her writing was inspired by interviews with her friends, and how she wanted to depict strong Iranian women to counteract their regular portrayal as victims. Samaritans volunteers have always been there, 24 hours a day, to listen to people in crisis. But how are they coping with the added strain of coronavirus? Listener Anne from Folkestone talks about her experience for today’s Woman’s Hour Corona Diary. Even before lockdown, younger people were turning to gardening in their droves – filling their Instagram feeds with beautifully tended houseplants and waxing lyrical about the therapeutic effects. But now we’re all housebound, more people might be tempted to transform their surroundings. But how easy is it to get gardening for the first time? Alice Vincent and Claire Ratinon give us their advice. Alice is a recent convert, she gardens on a balcony in London and her real time gardening audiobook “Seeds from Scratch” comes out this week. Claire Ratinon wouldn’t have thought twice about growing anything until 5 or 6 years ago – but she now specialises in growing food organically in urban spaces and her book “How to grow your dinner without leaving the house” comes out in August. Presenter - Jane Garvey Producer - Anna Lacey Guest - James Zammit-Garcia Guest - Cheryll Adams Guest - Katherine Birbalsingh Guest - Anne Guest - Alice Vincent Guest - Claire Ratinon Guest - Golnoosh Nour
When faced with heartache, music journalist Alice Vincent found a surprising remedy in her tiny balcony garden at her London flat. A complete gardening novice, Alice made the most of the little space and resources she had. What started as a distraction became an obsession and Alice slowly built a small urban sanctuary teeming with greenery and heady blooms. She quickly came to realise the almost magical healing power of planting and growing. A new and life-changing kind of love story blossomed… In this episode, Alice explains how even the most unlikely spaces – from concrete yards to windowsills - can be transformed into beautiful ‘micro-gardens’. And she shares her personal experience of the positive effect of gardening on our wellbeing. You can follow Alice on Instagram @noughticulture (https://www.instagram.com/noughticulture/) To read Alice’s top tips for gardening in small spaces, go to: nationaltrust.org.uk/balconygardens For more podcasts from the National Trust, visit: nationaltrust.org.uk/podcasts (https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationaltrust.org.uk%2Fpodcasts&data=02%7C01%7CMichelle.Douglass%40nationaltrust.org.uk%7C3db84737044a48a05f3808d7ec4be08c%7C0fba79b96423460d88eff9c3d4ca2e9f%7C0%7C0%7C637237682941827580&sdata=IMAJCrIyVYC3YdnJMvgqcMS307QPcDJ1Dghzq%2BZzxeY%3D&reserved=0)
This Friday on Tea & Tattle Podcast, I’m joined by the writer, Alice Vincent, to discuss Alice’s memoir, Rootbound, which is a beautiful exploration of the restorative qualities of nature. Reeling from an unexpected breakup, Alice found herself increasingly drawn to planting up pots on her urban balcony and to exploring the wider world of horticulture, engaging in community gardening projects near her home in London, researching the history of women and plants and plotting travel abroad around botanic gardens to visit. As Alice gained greater knowledge in nurturing and growing plants, she also began to question what a life well-lived meant to her, beyond the many trappings of the millennial generation. Rootbound takes the reader month by month through a year in which Alice gardened herself out of heartbreak, found new love and embraced independence. Rootbound is a wonderful read for anyone who finds solace from the natural world, and I had such a fun time chatting to Alice about her growing love for horticulture and the research that went into her book. Episode Links Rootbound by Alice Vincent (ebook and audiobook versions). Modern Nature by Derek Jarman. Find Alice Vincent on Instagram and Twitter. Find Tea & Tattle on Instagram at @teaandtattlepodcast. Read my blog, Miranda’s Notebook. Happy Listening!
Would we all be happier if we took up gardening? Possibly. Certainly, when Alice was left heartbroken after the collapse of a long-term relationship, she found tending to the collection of plants on the balcony of her South London flat helpful. The creator of the hugely popular ‘plantstagram' account @noughticulture, Alice's memoir Rootbound: Rewilding a Life is beautifully written, and woven with fascinating dives into botanical history - as well as genuinely useful green-fingered advice. I loved chatting about her early career in music journalism interviewing wayward rock stars, the discipline it took to write alongside a full-time job, why botany was an early breeding ground for feminism, how she navigates the down sides of social media when she has such a massive following - and why you shouldn't feed plants in winter. Twitter: @aliceazania / @alice_emily Instagram: @aliceazania / @noughticulture Buy the book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rootbound-Rewilding-Life-Alice-Vincent/dp/1786897709 Edited by Chelsey Moore
Writer and author of Rootbound: Rewilding A Life, Alice Vincent shares her love of gardening, contemplates growth, cultivating a community and learning to move forward after great change. Follow Alice @noughticulture Rootbound: Rewilding A Life is out now. ------------------- I am. I have is produced by Happiful Magazine and Counselling Directory, and is hosted by Lucy Donoughue. Please rate, review, subscribe and share if you like what you hear, using #iamihave If you would like a free e-edition of Happiful Magazine delivered to your inbox every month, subscribe at www.happiful.com To read more about mental health and wellbeing, visit the app store and download the new Happiful app. You can read our magazine on the go as well as finding out more about therapy, wellbeing and other support available in your area. If you are looking for counselling, you can find details of local therapists at www.counselling-directory.org.uk If you are in need of immediate mental health support, you can call The Samaritans 24-hours a day on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org
Artist Ian Cheng uses digital technology to create extraordinary, evolving worlds. We talk to him and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist about his new exhibition in Madrid. Plus: journalist turned author Alice Vincent on gardening and her memoir, ‘Rootbound’, and we talk to the curator of an exhibition exploring the way photographers explore masculinity.
Rootbound. With Alice Vincent A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing. These notes may contain affiliate links. Garden soundtrack More winter behind than before us The cold and damp – joys of a good fire at the end of the day. Micro book review 02:02 Roger Deakin’s Notes from Walnut Tree Farm https://amzn.to/2uRIWVU Published by Hamish Hamilton, 2008 Extracts read by Rose White Winter - a challenge for the indoor gardener Being rootbound – a problem for houseplants… …and also for plants in nurseries …though a very few plants respond well to having their roots restricted. At least in terms of flowering. A rootbound person? Some restrictions might be beneficial, but no-one likes to feel bound... Interview with Alice Vincent 09:26 10:40 Alice describes her new book 11:47 Three ways in which gardening gets us 17:25 Writing a nature memoir 24:14 The experiences of women as represented in the book 26:35 Gendered questions that keeps coming up around nature 30:33 What’s the draw of Japan? 36:53 Gardening now on the Treehouse Balcony 42:25 What’s next for Alice *** Thank you to Alice for joining me on this episode. Alice’s first book is How to Grow Stuff https://amzn.to/2PM28OP. You can read my review of Rootbound. Rewilding a Life on the blog here https://gardensweedsandwords.com/gwwblog/rootbound-alice-vincent Find out more about the Noughticulture talks at the Garden Museum https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/event_location/the-garden-museum/ Alice Vincent in the Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/alice-vincent/ Alice on Instagram instagram.com/noughticulture Thanks too to Rose White for reading for us once again, this time from Roger Deakin’s Notes from Walnut Tree Farm. You can find Rose here instagram.com/liveawelllife With thanks to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees. One-to-one online garden coaching I’m very excited about my new venture – it’s a way for me to work with more people than I can physically get around to, helping them to make the very best of their gardens in a way that suits the life they lead. A few limited places left on introductory prices! https://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/garden-coaching website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB
Alice Vincent is a journalist, author, and avid balcony gardener. We chat about how connecting with nature through gardening can have a transformative effect on our wellbeing. In this episode we chat about her upcoming her brand new book Rootbound: Rewilding a Life which is a nature memoir. Alice shares how she got into gardening and why it has been so important to her life in her twenties. We also talk about the resurgence in gardening amongst young people and Alice shares some of the reasons for this. Alice gives some advice for how to get into gardening for those that possibly haven't even considered it. Plus how to start container gardening if you have a small space or a balcony. Alice also shares what a good life means to her and what her self-care routines looks like. I first came across Alice via Instagram @noughticulture last year when I first started dabbling in gardening myself. I have loved watching her mini tours of her balcony garden and have gleaned some useful and inspiring knowledge along the way. Show notes: https://elizabethdhokia.com/alicevincent #GoodLifeUnravelled
Nature in a virtual space. With Sara Tasker A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing. These notes may contain affiliate links. Garden soundtrack Gardening in the rain Most used garden tools An argument for including a smart phone Social media and gardening community Micro book review 05:09 from Rootbound. Rewilding a Life by Alice Vincent Published by Canongate Books January 2020. Preorder here https://amzn.to/2splqOU Extract read by Rose White The role of Instagram in disseminating an awareness of plants, flowers and the natural world. Interview with Sara Tasker 09:42 10:58 Sara’s social media beginnings 12:46 The role of nature in Sara’s photography, and the move from Manchester to Yorkshire 16:58 Autumn in the city and the countryside 18:00 Gardens or wider landscape? 19:38 Nature getting her way 20:21 The mood of the pictures – escapism, or freedom? 24:07 The common theme in a multi-hyphenated career 25:39 Communicating ideas with Instagram 26:18 Insta cliches, meaning and language 28:27 The effect of social media on mental health 31:39 A female space? 36:03 The algorithm. Female-male dynamic – tensions between creativity and control. 39:43 Natural creativity winning out. 41:03 Sara’s favourite plant… 44:41 Online courses to help express ideas through using flowers and natural elements in photography 46:45 15 Minute Magic Thank you to Sara for joining me on the podcast. You can find out all about Sara’s work and her courses on her website here www.meandorla.co.uk, dive into her Instagram grid here https://www.instagram.com/me_and_orla/, or chat to her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/meandorla. Her podcast Hashtag Authentic is here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hashtag-authentic-for-small-businesses-bloggers-online/id1200930280, and of her book of the same name, subtitled Finding creativity and building a community on Instagram and beyond, https://amzn.to/34yy0K1, is definitely worth reading. 49:20 A mutually beneficial relationship between nature and technology? Thanks too to Rose White for her wonderful reading from Rootbound. Rewinding a Life by Alice Vincent https://amzn.to/2splqOU. You can find Rose on Instagram at www.instagram.com/liveawelllife, and with her professional nutritionist hat on here. www.liveawelllife.co.uk. With thanks to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees. One-to-one online garden coaching I’m very excited about my new venture – it’s a way for me to work with more people than I can physically get around to, helping them to make the very best of their gardens in a way that suits the life they lead. If you’d like to find out more, please leave me your email address on the following link. I’ll be sure to let you know as soon as soon as this launches! https://www.gardensweedsandwords.com/garden-coaching-prelaunch website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB
A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing. These notes may contain affiliate links. Garden soundtrack Peak productivity in the garden. Does nature need our help? The joy of growing things, but where to start? Micro book review How to Grow Stuff by Alice Vincent, published by Ebury Press, 2017 https://amzn.to/2ZbVJB5 Extract read by the author Interview with Lucy Lucraft 07:39 07:52 Earliest memory of plants and gardens 08:48 The attraction of a house with a garden 10:17 What kind of plants Lucy’s growing right now. Edibles. 13:00 The perils of gardening jargon 13:37 Finding gardening intimidating 14:00 the shed of doom, and pots of dead stuff 15:15 “I don’t really understand weeding" 16:00 Catching the weeding bug, and some garden tool geekery 17:23 Keeping houseplants alive 20:00 Gardening with small children 23:37 Veganism and gardening, growing your own and eating seasonally 26:34 What one thing Lucy would change to make gardening more approachable for beginners A huge thank you to Lucy for joining me on this episode. You can find her here: instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucylucraft/ website: https://lucylucraft.com Thank you also to Alice Vincent for reading from her book, How to Grow Stuff. You can find Alice on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/noughticulture/. Details for the House Plant Festival, which Alice is hosting on Sunday 29 September 2019 at London’s Garden Museum, are available here: https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/events/houseplant-festival/ With thanks to all my listeners for your continued support and reviews, I really do appreciate them. You can support the podcast by buying its producer a virtual cup of coffee for three quid, at https://ko-fi.com/andrewtimothyOB. Proceeds will go towards equipment, software and the monthly podcast hosting fees. The music towards the end was Gift Horse, a track from the album Proverbs, by Les Hayden, reproduced under the Creative Commons Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ https://leshayden.bandcamp.com/album/proverbs website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB
Over the coming months we will be introducing some of the people we are lucky to work with. We will be meeting and talking with a passionate bunch of designers, growers, editors, writers and makers - with flowers, plants and home fragrance at the core. As part of our First Series, in Episode One Philippa talks with Alice Vincent, Telegraph writer and author of “How to Grow Stuff” and the forthcoming book “Root Bound”. They meet in the Saatchi Gallery, London, just before their talk which forms part of the recent Stella Live exhibition.They discuss plants with personalities, millennial gardening and tending to plants as a form of meditation.
This episode takes us on a trip down memory lane where we revisit some of our brilliantly entertaining guest storytellers. Alice Vincent tells us how it's a small world after all, Dan Mitchell brings us an ancient Welsh folktale, Lowri Williams digs deep into her adolescence, and Simon Key tells us how the Big Green Book Shop in Wood Green came to be. Follow us on @andthenwhatpod, email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com
Are you a hugger or a handshaker? Touch is important to all of us, as Melissa Hemsley finds out from this week’s guests. Joining her in the studio are Alice Vincent, author of How to Grow Stuff, who has been gardening from her balcony in London over the last few years, and Tony Riddle, The Natural Life-Stylist, who has spent 18 years developing a way of life based on the principles of a natural lifestyle. Melissa also spoke to Adrienne LDN, a fitness and wellness influencer, about embracing touch. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
A blend of slow radio, gardening advice and conversation, and readings from the best garden and wildlife writing. These notes may contain affiliate links. Call yourself a gardener? Gardening without a garden, with Alice Vincent. Garden soundtrack Autumn ending. A micro review of The Thrifty Gardner, by Alys Fowler https://amzn.to/2zlYlgG, with an extract read by Beth Pinkerton. Do you need a garden to consider yourself a gardener? Interview with Alice Vincent, journalist and author of How to Grow Stuff https://amzn.to/2PM28OP, host of the Noughticutlurep talks at the Garden Museum https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/event_location/the-garden-museum/, and tap dancer extraordinaire. Alice Vincent in the Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/alice-vincent/ Alice on Instagram instagram.com/noughticulture LED growlights from Modern Sprout https://www.modsprout.com/ Jack Wallington, garden blogger, designer, and Telegraph Gardening columnist https://www.jackwallington.com/ With thanks to Beth Pinkerton for providing her smooth tones for the reading, at criminally short notice. You can find Beth here: Twitter https://twitter.com/MissPinks Instagram instagram.com/misspinks website: gardensweedsandwords.com email: gardensweedsandwords@gmail.com Instagram: instagram.com/AndrewTimothyOB Twitter: twitter.com/AndrewTimothyOB
Alice Vincent, arts and entertainment writer for ‘The Telegraph’ and Toby Earle, TV critic for ‘London Live’ and ‘The Evening Standard’, join Ben Rylan in the studio to discuss some of the UK shows hitting the small screen this month. Plus: podcast and radio critic Pete Naughton gives us his 2018 listening tips and we head to Latin America for this week’s Global Countdown.
Caroline and Anna examine the major adaptations of Jane Austen's iconic novel, Emma. Who is the best Mr Knightley? Why does anyone fancy Frank Churchill? Where does Clueless fit in? We explore all this and more with special guests Emma Whipday and Alice Vincent. Find the show notes at srslypod.com/episodes/124 and subscribe on Apple Podcasts here. We’re also on Twitter, tumblr and Facebook as @srslypod. You can email us on srslypod@gmail.com and sign up for our newsletter at srslypod.com/newsletter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
We discuss this month’s TV with Alice Vincent, arts and entertainment writer for ‘The Telegraph’ and discover what people around the world will be watching this Christmas. Plus theatre critic Matt Wolf gives us his take on some of London’s current shows on stage.
This week we have our very first guest storyteller! Alice Vincent, Telegraph journalist and author of gardening bible How To Grow Stuff, tells us the tale of Bluebeard and his dead wife room, and all about how a bit of her favourite pub from Newcastle ended up in New York. Meanwhile Amy talks about a woman who tried to leave her husband and ended up accidentally poisoning his whole family, and Becky tells a story that's so NSFW you shouldn't even listen to it on work premises, just in case HR get wind of it. Find us on all social platforms as andthenwhatpod, and email us on andthenwhatpod@gmail.com.
Robert Bound sits down with Alice Vincent, arts and entertainment writer for ‘The Telegraph’, and Will Hodgkinson, chief rock and pop critic for ‘The Times’, for this week’s TV and music releases. Plus: we find out who’s stealing the show on Broadway with theatre critic Matt Wolf and head to the reopening of Belgrade’s National Museum of Contemporary Art.
In the studio this week are Will Hodgkinson, chief rock and pop critic for ‘The Times’, and Alice Vincent, arts and entertainment writer for ‘The Telegraph’. They talk music and television with Monocle’s Tom Edwards. Plus: South Korean music, Sarajevo’s art scene and the charts in China.
This week we’re talking TV and books with Alice Vincent, arts and entertainment writer for ‘The Telegraph’, as well as writer and critic Mark Mason. The pair sit down with Monocle’s Matt Alagiah to discuss HBO’s latest shows and the non-fiction reads worth picking up this month. Plus: the new edition of ‘Somesuch Stories’, the journal that celebrates creative writing and interesting voices.
This week I want take a look at that inbetween space for plants - the balcony. It’s not quite indoors, but not really outdoors either - the spot where houseplants and herbs, bamboo and begonias meet. And who better to talk to than Alice Vincent, who writes about urban gardening for the Telegraph and is also the author of book How To Grow Stuff, and on Instagram where she’s known as @noughticulture. For full show notes visit https://www.janeperrone.com/on-the-ledge/2017/8/3/episode-fourteen-balcony-gardening-with-alice-vincent
Ben Rylan sits down with Alice Vincent, arts and entertainment writer for The Telegraph, and Hannah Verdier, writer and author of The Guardian’s Pod Complex column, to talk TV and podcasts. Plus we meet Orlando Crowcroft who’s just written a book about the challenges of performing rock music in the Middle East.
Welcome to The Stone Turntable!! [Explicit Rating/NSFW] “Marry, Quack, Kill and Free 4 All! June 25, 2017 Join us as Sean returns to the studio for a spicy episode of “Marry,Quack, Kill?”!! Our hosts challenge each other by choosing films from the careers of Kurt Russell (“The Russell Muscle”), Robin Williams, Nicholas Cage and Harrison Ford and force our daring hosts to make tough decisions regarding them. Congratulations to Ron Howard for taking the helm of the Han Solo project and MANY MANY heartfelt congrats to Mark Hamill who has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! We also have The Stone Turntable stickers! 24 free stickers are available now! Go to our Twitter account and send a private message (PM) with mailing address and we will send you 1 free sticker! Stickers measure 2.5” by 2.5” square. Visit our website at: https://www.thestoneturntable.libsyn.com You can subscribe to this podcast via iTunes, Stitcher, GooglePlay and TuneIn! Drop us a note via Twitter @stone_turntable! Additionally, check out 3970Creative on Facebook or 3970_Creative on Instagram! They created our logo(s) and have been a listener since the early days! Phantom Thread article from telegraph.co.uk written by Alice Vincent. Ron Howard news from The New York Post in article written by Cara Buckley.
Robert Bound, Alice Vincent, arts and entertainment writer for ‘The Telegraph’, and DJ and broadcaster Georgie Rogers round up some of the week’s TV and music releases. Plus: we discover the Italian publishers to know, discuss the “global novel” with poet and critic Adam Kirsch and learn about what classical music means in 2017 with German composer Sven Helbig.
Robert Bound is joined by film critic Jason Solomons and Alice Vincent, arts and entertainment writer for ‘The Telegraph’, to talk Oscars and this week’s film and album releases. Plus: we take a trip to Rio to find out what it takes to get into the samba parade during Carnival.
Alice Vincent, arts and entertainment writer for ‘The Telegraph’, joins Tom Edwards in the studio to discuss Netflix’s latest original cannibalistic comedy ‘Santa Clarita Diet’ and Hulu’s cult drama ‘The Path’.
We look at what streaming services will be offering us in 2017. We also discuss the final season of ‘Girls’ and a new documentary about the late Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher called ‘Bright Lights’.