Podcast appearances and mentions of clover stroud

Last of my trips back into The Shift archives is this conversation with Clover Stroud. Since this conversation, Clover has written another memoir, The Giant on the Skyline about our relationship with home (borne in part out of moving her family from her home in Oxfordshire to Washington DC where her partner's job is based). Since then A LOT has changed. She has also launched an excellent substack, On The Way Life Feels. The original show notes: It takes courage to lay yourself bare on the page the way today's guest does. Journalist Clover Stroud has written three memoirs - The Wild Other, My Wild and Sleepless Nights and, now, The Red of My Blood. Each more visceral, more exposing, than the last. But then Clover has lived no ordinary life (whatever that is). Hers features adventure, divorce, trauma, lots of sex, depression and five kids aged between 21 and 5. But before that, when Clover was 16, her mother suffered a catastrophic fall from a horse which left her permanently brain damaged. A state in which she remained until her death 22 years later. Then, two years ago her sister Nell Gifford, to whom Clover was exceptionally close, died of breast cancer, aged 46.  The darkness that descended in the wake of Nell's death informed The Red of My Blood - an emotional read about living with and learning from grief. Clover joins me from her bedroom in Oxfordshire (excellent wallpaper!) to talk - extremely candidly, so please brace yourself if you're feeling vulnerable - about grief and trauma, bearing the unbearable and how, out of loss, she's finding a new person to be. But It's not all sadness. We also discussed midlife sex, sobriety, looking forward to menopause and why we're bloody lucky to be middle-aged. * You can buy all the books mentioned in this podcast at The Shift bookshop on Bookshop.org, including The Giant on the Skyline and The Red of My Blood by Clover Stroud as well as the book that inspired this podcast, The Shift: how I lost and found myself after 40 - and you can too, by me. * If you enjoyed this episode and you fancy buying me a coffee, pop over to my page on buymeacoffee.com. • And if you'd like to support the work that goes into making this podcast and get a weekly newsletter plus loads more content including exclusive transcripts of the podcast, why not join The Shift community, come and have a look around at www.theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com • The Shift (on life after 40) with Sam Baker is created and hosted by Sam Baker and edited by Juliette Nicholls at Pineapple Production. If you enjoyed this podcast, please rate/review/follow as it really does help other people find us. And let me know what you think on twitter @sambaker or instagram @theothersambaker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In this minisode of Parents Who Think, host Danusia Malina-Derben revisits conversations with British author, journalist, and fellow podcaster Clover Stroud. Known for her raw, beautiful prose on motherhood, trauma, and grief, Clover has crafted a voice that resonates with readers who seek honesty in life's most complex experiences.   In this episode, Danusia and Clover get into the complexities of writing about motherhood and life's messy truths. Clover reflects on the challenges of crafting authentic stories while living through the realities of being a mother to five. She shares candidly how motherhood reshapes every aspect of life - from career to marriage, and even sexual desire.   Danusia and Clover's transparent discussion about marriage, motherhood, and the creative process makes this episode a must-listen for anyone navigating the rollercoaster of life with kids, career, and relationships.   Discover more from us: • Join us on PWT Substack • Follow us on Instagram • Connect with Danusia • Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts • Advertising Inquiries here   Credits: • Hosted by Danusia Malina-Derben • Edited, Mixed + Mastered by Marie Kruz • Cover art by Anthony Oram  

Sunday Times bestselling author Clover Stroud's latest book The Giant in the Skyline begins with a difficult decision about whether to uproot her family from their home in Oxfordshire in order to keep the family together, and leads to a pilgrimage of discovery about what it means to feel at home and belong. We talk about grief's affect on our feelings of belonging, how our experience of mothering is affected by our immediate environment and how her life has changed (and not changed) since her family's move from rural Oxfordshire to the suburbs of Washington DC. The next Non-Fiction Book Proposal Group Program begins Oct 1st. Visit pennywincerwrites.com/bookproposalgroup to grab your place. You'll also find information there for the Grant Place for writers on a low income.LinksThe Giant in the Skyline - Clover StroudThe Wild Other - Clover StroudHome Matters - Penny WincerClover Stroud on Substack - cloverstroud.substack.comNot Too Busy To Write on Substack - pennywincer.substack.comNon-Fiction Book Proposal Program - pennywincerwrites.com/bookproposalgroup

We're back after the summer break, and Parents Who Think is ready with some exciting changes! Host Danusia Malina-Derben returns with a fresh format - short, 15-minute episodes with thought-provoking questions from parents who don't just raise kids, they question the future.   While we've lightened the load from our weekly debates, we're not leaving them behind. Starting now, those edgy debates you love will happen quarterly, with the next one dropping in January 2025. Join us on September 14th for the first micro-episode featuring literary powerhouse Clover Stroud!   Discover more from us: • Join us on PWT Substack • Follow us on Instagram • Connect with Danusia  • Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts • Advertising Inquiries here   Credits: • Hosted by Danusia Malina-Derben • Edited, Mixed + Mastered by Marie Kruz • Cover art by Anthony Oram

In this guest episode of The Therapy Edit, Anna welcomes back the ever popular guest that is Clover Stroud who shares her One Thing; nothing else matters in parenting other than loving your children deeply and making sure you communicate that love well.Clover Stroud is a writer and journalist, writing regularly for The Sunday Times, The Guardian andThe Saturday and Sunday Telegraph, among others. She also hosts a popular podcast called Tiny Acts of Bravery.Her first book, The Wild Other, was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize. Her critically acclaimed second book, My Wild and Sleepless Nights: A Mother's Story, and third book, The Red of My Blood: A Death and Life Story, were instant Sunday Times bestsellers and rated 'best books of the year'.Her fourth book Giant on the Skyline is now flying off the shelves having been released on the 9th May to rave reviews.She is currently living in Washington DC with her husband and the youngest three of her five children.Follow Clover on Instagram where she shares the true messiness of love and life. 

When her husband's work required journalist Clover Stroud to uproot from Oxfordshire to Washington DC, she began a deep and profound reflection on the many ways she was tethered to her home -- from family roots to knowledge of its ancient history, an appreciation of the local landscape to precious personal memories -- and considered what it would mean to break that tie. This lyrical and moving episode of the podcast that everyone will be able to relate to, wherever you were raised. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here at The Midult we're slightly obsessed with Clover Stroud and her beautiful, brutal (brutiful?) books. So we are thrilled to say she's back on the podcast to talk about her latest, The Giant on The Skyline, which is about home, belonging and learning to let go. Clover's writing is full of ghosts, memories, life and death, and we talk about all these big things, as well as what it's like to uproot your family and move from Wiltshire to Washington, at the tender age of 48. Adventure or shitshow? Fun or frightening? Or like everything right now, is it a bit of both? This episode is sponsored by Wild Nutrition who is offering Midults 50% off their first three months of orders, with the code MIDULT50 on wildnutrition.com/midult TS&CS apply.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clover Stroud is a writer and journalist, writing regularly for The Sunday Times, The Guardian and The Saturday and Sunday Telegraph, among others. She also hosts a popular podcast called Tiny Acts of Bravery. Her first book, The Wild Other, was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize. Her critically acclaimed second book, My Wild and Sleepless Nights: A Mother's Story, and third book, The Red of My Blood: A Death and Life Story, were instant Sunday Times bestsellers and rated 'best books of the year'. She is currently living in Washington DC with her husband and the youngest three of her five children. Her latest book, The Giant on the Skyline, is an inspiring memoir about home, family and belonging. With thanks for your support for 5x15 online! Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

Clover Stroud is all about big landscapes and big feelings. Through her writing, she consistently and poignantly captures the smallness and largeness of life - from The Wild Other to this year's The Giant On The Skyline. In this episode of the podcast, we discuss everything from pulling dirty clothes from under beds to how we live alongside tragedy. Clover's new book is out now! The Giant on the Skyline: A stunning memoir about the meaning of home from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Red of my Blood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The more personal I am, the more specific I am about my life, the more other people can see aspects of their own life reflected there.” I was delighted to grab an hour this week with best selling memoir author Clover Stroud in the midst of her fourth book launch. I wanted to talk with Clover about her writing craft, her recent wildly successful Substack launch and her upcoming book. I ADORE Clover's writing and I know lots of you will already be connected. Her books and words are life affirming and show me the thread of fragility that runs through us all. Storytelling that unites us, feelings that ground us.Clover's words show us what's real in our hearts. She gives us a zoom out button to press. We can feel impossibly small and also see the enormity of everything we adore in full technicolour all at once. When I read her work, gentle reassurance runs through my cells. It's everything I need. Clover's 4th memoir, The Giant on the Skyline is about home, where we find it and how we connect to it within ourselves. The book is out on 8th May (next week)!! “Home is a concept that has obsessed me since I was very small and homesickness is one of the emotions I can identify earliest as a child.” Do pop over and subscribe to Clover's incredible writing here on Substack and consider being a paid subscriber to receive her weekly essays;There are 2 more days to save 35% on an annual subscription here at

  In this episode I talk to writer Clover Stroud about creativity, sobriety, life, love and loss and her new memoir 'The Giant on the Skyline - On home, belonging and learning to let go.' ( May 8th 2024)  Clover Stroud is a writer and journalist writing for the Daily Mail, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, and Conde Nast Traveller, among others. She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and five children. Pre-order 'The Giant on the Skyline-On home, belonging and learning to let go.'  Signed copies! Available to pre-order now. https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-giant-on-the-skyline/clover-stroud/2928377236977 Such a beautiful, affirming and honest conversation with Clover....so let's grab a cuppa and chat. KX  Connect with Clover:  Website: cloverstroud.com Substack: https://cloverstroud.substack.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clover.stroud/?hl=e

So many of us have experienced a before… and an after.  My friend, the lovely writer Clover Stroud, had her before and after at a young age. When she was 16, her mom was in a horse-riding accident and suffered a serious brain injury that left her severely disabled until she died… 22 years later. The suddenness of that accident layered with the ongoingness of that level of caregiving bonded Clover and her big sister, Nell in remarkable ways.  Then, Nell unexpectedly died.  The grief of losing her sister is captured in Clover's beautiful book, The Red of My Blood—a book that captures the visceral feelings of grief. The pain. The beauty. The staying wide awake to the life that's in front of us despite it all. The “how do I go on parenting with all this grief?” The “give me a sign” feeling we crave when our loved ones are gone. In this conversation, Kate and Clover discuss:  Kids who have to grow up too fast due to tragedy and who we become because of it How some people have to live in ongoing trauma or extended grief due to caregiving or chronic illness The unexpected glimmers of beauty that can sustain us amid the ache of loss Why we need rituals to hold us together during deep grief Kate went to visit Clover at her farm outside of Oxford in England to talk about the things in our lives that almost destroy us but also form us in some remarkable ways too.  CW: cancer, traumatic brain injury, horse accident, death of a sibling Watch clips from this conversation, read the full transcript, and access discussion questions by clicking here. Follow Kate on Instagram, Facebook, or X (formerly known as Twitter)—@katecbowler.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Actor, writer and comedian Rob Delaney joins Clover Stroud in the final episode of season 1 for a moving conversation about loss where they still find lots of laughs. Rob shares the heartbreaking story of his 2 year old son's untimely passing, the need to make people understand his loss and why we all need to be talking more openly about death and sex. Rob and Clover also discuss the status of loss when losing a child or sibling, the bravery of commitment and the moment he had to be the most brave. Follow Rob @robdelaney and get his memoir A Heart That Works. Connect with Clover @clover.stroud Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chartered Psychologist, author and broadcaster Kimberley Wilson joins Clover Stroud to share her take on bravery.Kimberley discusses the difference between courage and bravery, she highlights the pressure we all feel to conform and the importance of therapy in helping us face our fears andShe also offers advice on how to have more self-compassion, why she believes there are no real adults and she shares her very unique talisman. Follow Kimberley Wilson @foodandpsych and find her helpful resources at www.kimberleywilson.co/resources Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Actress and writer Rebecca Humphries shares her side of the story with Clover Stroud this week. Rebecca describes the ”bin fire” of a break-up that led to her side of the story going viral, why she didn't know she was in a toxic relationship and what it felt like to reclaim her voice.She also shares advice on how to date healthily, she describes the bravery of facing life without alcohol and the pair discuss the misappropriation of therapy speak. Follow Rebecca @beckshumps and get her book Why Did You Stay: A memoir about self-worthConnect with Clover @clover.stroud Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

War correspondent and journalist Clarissa Ward joins Clover Stroud to discuss her incredible life and career this week.Clarissa recounts the moments when she felt most in danger, she explains what a near-death experience actually feels like and the importance of surrendering to fear. She also discusses the impact of her work on her personal life, the challenges of being a mother and her surprising definition of bravery.Follow Clarissa @clarissawardcnn and buy her book On All Fronts: The Education of a JournalistConnect with Clover @clover.stroud Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Actress Helena Bonham Carter joins Clover Stroud to discuss her life and career through her bravest moments.Helena and Clover connected over a shared loss, so the two have an intimate and poignant conversation about anticipating grief, rebuilding yourself after trauma and finding outlets for creative bravery. Helena opens up about how her father's chronic illness pushed her into pursuing acting, what she learnt through her lowest moments, and how she borrows bravery from stepping into character in her work. Connect with Clover @clover.stroud. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DJ, Author and podcaster, Annie Macmanus joins Clover Stroud this week.A shared passion for raving starts off this moving and powerful conversation that branches off into areas of Annie's life that have required her to be brave.Clover and Annie discuss how she discovered herself through music and why gigging required her to be brave, her legendary career at Radio 1 as well as her life as a mother to two young sons.Annie also shares her Talisman of Bravery - a homemade item give to her which allows her to reflect on what her gigs mean to people.Follow Annie @anniemac, listen to her podcast Changes here and order her novels The Mess We're In and Mother, Mother here.Connect with Clover @clover.stroud. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does it mean to be brave and what does bravery mean to you?That's what author and journalist, Clover Stroud, will be exploring with her guests in this brand-new podcast.It launches on Wednesday 5th July so make sure to subscribe on your favourite podcast app so you're notified when the first episode is available.You can follow Clover on Instagram here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Critically acclaimed author and podcaster, Candice Brathwaite, meets Clover Stroud in her renowned closet to talk about her everyday acts of bravery.Candice discusses how she found the courage to cut off damaging relationships, her disruption of the Mummy-Blogger space and learning to seek forgiveness rather than permission in her youth.Candice also opens up about her positive relationship with death, how she adjusted to a trauma-free life and the hidden power of losing a parent. Follow Candice @candicebrathwaite, listen to @closetconfessionspod and you can find her books hereConnect with Clover @clover.stroud. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

**Upcoming Sacred Live on April 19** Join Elizabeth Oldfield and Oliver Burkeman on April 19 for a live recording of The Sacred with a time for Q&A. Get your tickets today using the promo code SACREDLIVE2023: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sacred-live-feat-elizabeth-oldfield-and-oliver-burkeman-tickets-565116999157 Elizabeth Oldfield reflects on Series 6 of The Sacred. This series she spoke to Nick Cave, Sean O'Hagan, Clover Stroud, Jared Yates Sexton, Yoram Hazony, Tanni Grey Thompson, Katharine Birbalsingh, Lizzie Damilola Blackburn and Kate Bowler, and in these conversations explored topics such as grief, living life to the fullest, what we pass on to the next generation, Paul Bunyan, Marvel Movies and fundamentally what it means to be human. Visit our channel to find all of the Series 6 episodes and more! ***** The Sacred is a podcast produced by the think tank Theos. Be sure to connect with us below to stay up-to-date with all our content, research and events. CONNECT WITH THE SACRED Twitter: https://twitter.com/sacred_podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sacred_podcast/ CONNECT WITH ELIZABETH OLDFIELD Twitter: https://twitter.com/ESOldfield Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elizabethsaraholdfield/ CONNECT WITH THEOS Theos monthly newsletter: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/d/E9E17CAB71AC7464 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Theosthinktank Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theosthinktank LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theos---the-think-tank/ Website: https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/ CHECK OUT OUR PODCASTS The Sacred: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-sacred/id1326888108 Reading Our Times: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/reading-our-times/id1530952185

Consider making a small donation to support the Podcast here. Thank you! Today on the podcast I am speaking with Clover Stroud, a British journalist, and author, telling us about her beautifully rich and colorful life, which also included deep trauma within her family of origin. She shares about the ambiguous loss of her mother who suffered a horse-riding accident and because of it became brain-damaged when Clover was only sixteen years old. Her mother was alive but no longer capable to fulfil her role as a mother. She required full-time care following her accident and died 20 years later. During their teenage years, Clover and her two years older sister Nell formed a close bond, as they first cared for their mother in their home. This role reversal had a huge impact on Clover's outlook on life. Not even 50, Nell was diagnosed with cancer and died within a couple of years of their mother's death.Clover believes that what saved her life was to be creating and really going after life. One of her quotes from the podcast that I will keep as a reminder of our conversation is that grief can be a creative act. About this week's guest Clover Stroud is a writer and a journalist and has five children. She writes about the way life feels, mining her own experiences to draw universal truths about what it means to be human. She never shies away from the big topics and writes with startling honesty about life, death, sex, addiction, motherhood, nature, grief, ecstasy, and suffering.She started her career as a journalist at 24, and since then has written regularly for all the major newspapers and publications, including The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The Telegraph, Vogue, Red, Harpers, Elle, and she frequently appears on radio or podcasts as a distinctive and singular voice. She has published three memoirs, all Sunday Times bestsellers, and is working on her next book. Clover hosts a weekly author interview on her popular Instagram page @clover.stroud. Check out her website here for details on her memoirs. Topics discussed in this episodeGrieving the relationship with her mother after her accident and brain damage, the first loss, and caring for her at home with her sister as two teenagersTwenty years later her mother died, and a new kind of griefTwo years later her sister's cancer diagnosis led to her deathResources mentioned in this episode Clover's book: The Red of My Blood Links--> For more information, please visit Nathalie's website. --> Subscribe to the Support the showSupport the show: Become a supporter of the show! Starting at $3/month Join Facebook Group - Grief and Trauma Support Network Download the FREE grief resource eBook Book a complimentary Discovery Call Leave a review Follow on socials: Instagram Facebook Website

On this week's episode of Open, Emma talks to Clover Stroud. Clover is a journalist, mother of five and Sunday Times Bestselling author.  Her most recent book, ‘The Red of My Blood - A Death and Life Story' charts the first year after the death of her beloved sister, Nell. Clover writes beautifully and brutally about the unbearable loss of a loved one and, the magic of life. You can learn more about Clover here - www.cloverstroud.com and on instagram @clover.stroudEmma Campbell - @limtiless_emwww.limitlessem.comOpen with Emma Campbell is produced by Pretty Fire Audio ProductionsEmma Campbell - @limitless_emwww.limitlessem.comOpen with Emma Campbell is produced by Pretty Fire Audio Productions @prettyfireaudioproductions

Clover Stroud is a journalist and best-selling author of three books, the most recent of which is The Red of my Blood. She spoke about spoke about her upbringing, grappling with death, and the intertwined relationship between grief, God, creativity and horses. Read the full transcript here: https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2023/01/25/clover-stroud-on-grief-god-creativity-and-horses Purchase The Red of My Blood, here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Blood-Death-Life-Story/dp/0857527738/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= ***** The Sacred is a podcast produced by the think tank Theos. Be sure to connect with us below to stay up-to-date with all our content, research and events. CONNECT WITH THE SACRED Twitter: https://twitter.com/sacred_podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sacred_podcast/ CONNECT WITH ELIZABETH OLDFIELD Twitter: https://twitter.com/ESOldfield Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elizabethsaraholdfield/ CONNECT WITH THEOS Theos monthly newsletter: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/d/E9E17CAB71AC7464 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Theosthinktank Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theosthinktank LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theos---the-think-tank/ Website: https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/ CHECK OUT OUR PODCASTS The Sacred: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-sacred/id1326888108 Reading Our Times: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/reading-our-times/id1530952185

Over the Christmas period and into the new year, I'm going to be replaying some of my quiet-favourite episodes of 2022. This week is the utterly fearless Clover Stroud. This episode first aired last March.----It takes courage to lay yourself bare on the page the way today's guest does. Journalist Clover Stroud has written three memoirs - The Wild Other, My Wild and Sleepless Nights and, now, The Red of My Blood. Each more visceral, more exposing, than the last.But then Clover has lived no ordinary life (whatever that is). Hers features adventure, divorce, trauma, lots of sex, depression and five kids aged between 21 and 5. But before that, when Clover was 16, her mother suffered a catastrophic fall from a horse which left her permanently brain damaged. A state in which she remained until her death 22 years later. Then, two years ago her sister Nell Gifford, to whom Clover was exceptionally close, died of breast cancer, aged 46. The darkness that descended in the wake of Nell's death informed The Red of My Blood - an emotional read about living with and learning from grief.Clover joins me from her bedroom in Oxfordshire (excellent wallpaper!) to talk - extremely candidly, so please brace yourself if you're feeling vulnerable - about grief and trauma, bearing the unbearable and how, out of loss, she's finding a new person to be. But It's not all sadness. We also discussed midlife sex, sobriety, looking forward to menopause and why we're bloody lucky to be middle-aged.* You can buy all the books mentioned in this podcast at Bookshop.org, including The Red Of My Blood and the book that inspired this podcast, The Shift: how I lost and found myself after 40 - and you can too, by me!* And if you'd like to support the work that goes into making this podcast and get a weekly newsletter plus loads more content including transcripts of the podcast, please join The Shift community. Find out more at https://steadyhq.com/en/theshift/• The Shift (on life after 40) with Sam Baker is created and hosted by Sam Baker and edited by Emily Sandford. If you enjoyed this podcast, please rate/review/follow as it really does help other people find us. And let me know what you think on twitter @sambaker or instagram @theothersambaker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist and Sunday Times Bestselling author Clover Stroud. Clover is my first guest writer whose published books are non-fiction, or 'life-writing'. She is the author of THE WILD OTHER, about her travels and the catastrophic accident of her mothers that changed her family life, MY WILD AND SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, about motherhood in all its guises and her most recent book, THE RED OF MY BLOOD, about death and life following the death of her beloved sister Nell. Clover chats about:why life-writing is storytellingcuriosity about how people live their livesthe novels that she wrote before turning to memoirfinding right space and time to writewhat she is working on nowGuest: Clover Stroud Twitter: @cloverstroud IG: @clover.stroud Books: The Red of My Blood, My Wild and Sleepless Nights, The Wild OtherHost: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer , This Family (coming May 2023. Available to pre-order now!)All books recommended and discussed in this episode are available to be purchased from the Novel Experience Bookshop.Org Shop *If you enjoyed this show please do rate, review and share with anyone you think will enjoy it: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/novel-experience/id1615429783Novel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCHTo receive transcripts and news from Kate to your inbox please SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.Thanks for listening!Kate x*if you buy from the Bookshop org shop then I may earn a small commission and another % will go to independent bookshops

A few weeks before Christmas, Clover Stroud's sister Nell Gifford, founder of Gifford's Circus, died of breast cancer, aged forty-six. Just days before, she had been given years to live. Nell's sudden death split Clover's life apart. Clover charts her fearless passage through the first year after her sister's death. This is the story of what life feels like when death interrupts it, and about bearing the unbearable and describing an experience that seems beyond words.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Acclaimed journalist and Sunday Times bestseller, Clover Stroud, joins us in this episode for a look at how death can help you see the world in vivid colour. Clover's beloved sister, Nell died suddenly, days after having been told that even with a cancer diagnosis, she would live for years. The shock tore Clover's life apart and led to her writing ‘The Red of My Blood' which chronicles Clover's fearless passage through the first year after her sister's death. In this chat Clover and Stephen explore what death teaches us about life, how to navigate grief and the gift that death has given to Clover. Clover's book is as much about life as it is death - The Red of My Blood is out now.

In the latest episode of Life in Food with Laura Price, I speak to Clover Stroud, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Red of My Blood: A Death and Life Story, where she writes about her experience of walking through the first year after her sister's death from breast cancer. In the episode, Clover speaks movingly about the horse-riding accident that left her mother severely disabled when Clover was a teenager, and how that experience changed her family life and her relationship with her sister Nell. She talks about the death of both her mother and Nell, relating it to family food memories of home-cooked lasagne, roll-mop herrings and fish chowder. Finally, we also talk about Dame Deborah James and why it's important to encourage healthy conversation around death.About Clover Stroud:Clover Stroud is a writer and journalist whose work features regularly in the Sunday Times, the Guardian and the Saturday and Sunday Telegraph, among others. Her first book, The Wild Other, was shortlisted for The Wainwright Prize. Her critically acclaimed second book, My Wild & Sleepless Nights: A Mother's Story, was rated one of the 'best books of the year, 2020' by the Observer and the Telegraph and the Sunday Times, and was a Sunday Times bestseller. She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and five children.Follow Clover on Instagram @clover.stroud.Follow Clover on Twitter @cloverstroud.Buy Clover's latest memoir The Red of my Blood.Read the story of Clover's sister, Nell Gifford.About the host: Laura Price is a multilingual journalist who travels the world writing about restaurants. A proud Yorkshire lass at heart, she spent several years in Latin America before settling in London with her two cats. Her first novel, Single Bald Female, was inspired by her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer at 29. A novelist by day and a food writer by night, Laura combines her two passions into this podcast, bringing out powerful stories of survival and healing in a language that everyone understands – food.Buy Single Bald Female.Visit Laura's website.Follow Laura on Instagram @laurapricewrites.Follow Laura on Twitter @laurapricewrite.Follow Laura on Facebook @LauraPriceWrites.Life in Food is hosted, produced and edited by Laura Price. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clover Stroud is a journalist and the award-nominated author of books including the Sunday Times bestselling My Wild and Sleepless Nights. In The Red of My Blood, she recalls how her sister Nell Gifford, founder of Gifford's circus, died of breast cancer at just 46. Days before, Nell had been given years to live. This raw, lyrical and ultimately hopeful memoir examines how death, once embraced, can exist alongside us, and even enrich our daily lives. It has already drawn acclaim from Elizabeth Gilbert, Lisa Taddeo and Juliet Nicholson among others. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

In this episode Anna chats to Author Clover Stroud on the darker and less discussed side of motherhood that involves frustration, loneliness and rage. She talks about how accepting rather than denying this side of us can be life changing.Clover is a mum of 5 and a Sunday Times Bestselling author of My Wild and Sleepless Nights, The Wild Other and the recently published The Red of My Blood.You can follow Clover on Instagram at @cloverstroudYou can purchase all three of Clover's books here https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=clover+stroud&crid=WEGSHFXMTS0A&sprefix=clover+stroud%2Caps%2C108&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

My guest today is writer and journalist Clover Stroud. I adore her writing and outlook on the world. Her first book, The Wild Other, was shortlisted for The Wainwright Prize. Her second book, My Wild & Sleepless Nights: A Mother's Story was rated one of the 'best books of the year, 2020' by the Observer and the Telegraph and was a Sunday Times bestseller. And her third memoir The Red Of My Blood might just be my favourite of them all. In this book, Clover is looking at life, death and grief. She is asking the question: can death bring something good to my life? A few weeks before Christmas, Clover's sister died of breast cancer, aged forty-six. Her sudden death broke Clover's life into pieces. The Red of My Blood charts Clover's surreal and fearless journey through the first year after her sister's death. This is a really special book and really recommend you pick up a copy. This is part one of our conversation, and part two will be released right after it so if you enjoyed go and check out part two now :)My Substack page, come and say hi: https://thehyphen.substack.com/Clover's book The Red Of My Blood: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9780857527738My books: https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/emma-gannonBooks mentioned on Ctrl Alt Delete podcast: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/books-mentioned-on-ctrl-alt-delete-podcastTwitter: Twitter.com/emmagannonInstagram: Instagram.com/emmagannonuk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to part 2 of this conversation with writer and journalist Clover Stroud, as we discuss her third memoir The Red Of My Blood: a brutal, bold and brilliant artistic piece of life writing about family, survival, death and grief. I really felt like I lived this book as opposed to reading it, as Clover really goes deep and invites the reader in to experience it all with her. Just a reminder to make sure you listen to part one first, as this is part two of the conversation! Hope you enjoy Clover's wise and beautiful words.My Substack page, come and say hi: https://thehyphen.substack.com/Clover's book The Red Of My Blood: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9780857527738My books: https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/emma-gannonBooks mentioned on Ctrl Alt Delete podcast: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/books-mentioned-on-ctrl-alt-delete-podcastTwitter: Twitter.com/emmagannonInstagram: Instagram.com/emmagannonuk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week the author Clover Stroud, known for writing ‘about the way life feels', talks to us about her new book The Red of my Blood. In it she recounts the year she spent mourning her sister Nell Gifford's death, who died tragically of cancer aged just 46. The book is described as a Story of Death and Life, and on the podcast Clover describes her idyllic childhood in Wiltshire, which inspired Nell to start the magical Giffords Circus with her husband Toti in 2000. The phenomenally popular Giffords Circus re-opens for its summer tour on 14th April at its home at Fennells Farm near Stroud in Gloucestershire. It will tour England till 22nd September when it will be open at Fennells Farm again until 2nd October. Clover talks about Nell's vision, her legacy and how the circus is changing and gives us an extraordinarily moving and searingly honest account of her struggle to come to terms with her beloved sister's death. Listen in as the podcast is also a valuable lesson in how to react to and behave around people who are grieving. We're taking a short break till Sunday 24th April. Happy Easter!

Death is often viewed as something dark and muted, but after the death of her beloved sister, author Clover Stroud began to see the world in vivid colour. In this chat Fearne and Clover explore how death can teach us that it's the tiny moments in life that truly matter; it's the in jokes and funny glances that we remember about people. That realisation should be liberating for us in the here and now: we can slow down, stop seeking grand success, and focus on the little things.They also talk about their take on signs after someone's died. Can they be mentally and emotionally helpful even if some part of us knows they're not real?Clover's book is as much about life as it is death - The Red of My Blood is out now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Clover Stroud is a Sunday Times best selling author of a number of books including The Wild Other and My Wild and Sleepless Nights. Her latest book, The Red of My Blood, is the story of her sister Nell's death and the immediate aftermath. Clover talks about how her writing benefits from the immediacy of writing in real time and how it felt natural for her to write about the extremities of grief when she was deep in its throws. We also talk about taking yourself to the edge creatively and how it makes life more vivid and putting a magnifying glass up to human experience as well as some of the positive aspects of social media. Clover also has some excellent reading advice for writers. Links https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6990/9780857527738 (The Red of My Blood - Clover Stroud) https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6990/9781784164119 (My Wild and Sleepless Nights - Clover Stroud) https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6990/9781473663947 (The Stone Mason - Andrew Zeminski) https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6990/9781399601849 (Devil in a Coma - Mark Lanegan) https://www.waterstones.com/book/atlas-of-the-heart/brene-brown/9781785043772 (Atlas of the Heart - Brene Brown) You can find Clover on instagram https://www.instagram.com/clover.stroud/ (@clover.stroud)

This week Clemmie talks all things sisters with Clover Stroud, whose sister Nell Gifford, the co-founder of Giffords Circus, died from breast cancer just before Christmas 2019 at the age of 46. Just days before, she had been given years to live. Her sudden death split Clover's life apart, and her new book, The Red of My Blood, charts her fearless passage through the first year after her sister's death. It is a book about what life feels like when death interrupts it, and about bearing the unbearable and describing an experience that seems beyond words. Lyrical, hopeful, it is also about the magical way in which death and life exist so vividly beside one another, and the wonder of being human. You can check out Clover on Instagram @Clover.Stroud and read more about her new book (released on March 10) here. Find Clemmie on Instagram @Clemmie_Telford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It takes courage to lay yourself bare on the page the way today's guest does. Journalist Clover Stroud has written three memoirs - The Wild Other, My Wild and Sleepless Nights and, now, The Red of My Blood. Each more visceral, more exposing, than the last.But then Clover has lived no ordinary life (whatever that is). Hers features adventure, divorce, trauma, lots of sex, depression and five kids aged between 21 and 5. But before that, when Clover was 16, her mother suffered a catastrophic fall from a horse which left her permanently brain damaged. A state in which she remained until her death 22 years later. Then, two years ago her sister Nell Gifford, to whom Clover was exceptionally close, died of breast cancer, aged 46. The darkness that descended in the wake of Nell's death informed The Red of My Blood - an emotional read about living with and learning from grief.Clover joins me from her bedroom in Oxfordshire (excellent wallpaper!) to talk - extremely candidly, so please brace yourself if you're feeling vulnerable - about grief and trauma, bearing the unbearable and how, out of loss, she's finding a new person to be. But It's not all sadness. We also discussed midlife sex, sobriety, looking forward to menopause and why we're bloody lucky to be middle-aged.• You can buy all the books mentioned in this podcast at Bookshop.org, including The Red Of My Blood by Clover Stroud and the book that inspired this podcast, The Shift: how I lost and found myself after 40 - and you can too, by me!• The Shift (on life after 40) with Sam Baker is created and hosted by Sam Baker and edited by Emily Sandford. If you enjoyed this podcast, please rate/review/follow as it really does help other people find us. And let me know what you think on twitter @sambaker or instagram @theothersambaker. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we are delighted to welcome a true voyager to the podcast – Clover Stroud travels to the very sharpest edges of human emotion in her writing, taking us with her through the dark woods of grief, loss and what it means to love. You are going to be hearing so much about her book, The Red of My Blood (which is about the death of her sister - out on March 10th) because it is brilliant, truthful, unflinching and devastating – the sort of writing that is sparklingly easy to read and very hard to think about. Today's podcast is a tearful conversation about some of the things that make us human.  PS: This episode is bravely sponsored by Leapfrog Immune. If you don't have time to get ill, get Leapfrog…and there's 15% off for listeners with the code MIDULT15 at leapfrogremedies.com. Stay tuned after our conversation with Clover for a chat with Leapfrog's founder Stephanie Drax… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first episode, season one, of The Tenderness Revolution, we chat with Clover Stroud, Sunday Times bestselling author of My Wild and Sleepless Nights. Clover is a prolific journalist and mother of five who lives in rural Oxfordshire with her husband Pete and their family. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the fifteenth episode of The Literary Edit Podcast, I was joined by author and journalist Sophie Heawood, who's debut memoir, The Hungover Games is one of my all-time favourite books.   You can read about Sophie's Desert Island Books here, and the ones we discuss in this episode are:   Lunch Poems by Frank O'Hara A Journey Around My Room by Xavier de Maistre The Rules Do Not Apply by Andrea Levy My Wild and Sleepless Nights by Clover Stroud Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud Freaky Dancin' by Bez Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Christmas in Exeter Street   Other books we spoke about included Winnie the Pooh by A A Milne, The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy, Female Chauvinist Pigs by Ariel Levy, I Couldn't Love You More by Esther Freud and The Wild Other by Clover Stroud.   If you'd like to buy any of the books we discussed in the episode, please consider doing so from the list I created on Bookshop.org, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. If you're based in Australia, please consider buying them from Gertrude & Alice, who deliver all over the country. To contact me, email lucy@thelitedit.com   Facebook The Literary Edit   Instagram: @the_litedit @heawood   Twitter: @thelitedit @heawood    

Unschooling means 'parents allowing their children as much freedom to explore the world as they can comfortably bear.' (John Holt) In this episode I talk to Jan and her adult daughter Eloise who were part of my unschooling community twenty years ago. Jan describes the fears and joys she felt when she took her oldest two out of school and unschooled her five children right through to adulthood. Eloise pays testament to her happy, carefree, self-directed childhood and talks about how unschooling impacts on her own parenting philosophy as a single mum of five year old Odetta. She discusses how it was for her to go to college at 16 and how her life progressed as an adult. Jan's central piece of advice to unschooling parents is: 'Relax, you're doing the best you can.' Eloise concludes that the best advice she could give any families embarking on home education is 'There is no one standard they need to be. They are entirely themselves and the world needs more entirely themselves people.' Please email me if you have any questions, comments or would like any kind of support. I'm Jackie at: unschooling.LWR@gmail.com. My heartfelt thanks go to my daughter Nell for producing this podcast series. RESOURCES: Jan recommends - How Children Fail by John Holt - How Children Learn by John Holt - Summerhill by A S Neil - Support group: Education Otherwise https://www.educationotherwise.org/ - The free academic resource: https://www.khanacademy.org/ Eloise recommends: - My Wild and Sleepless nights by Clover Stroud. She describes it as ‘a gentle portrayal of her parenting experience'.

Clover’s joined me for another SFM pod ep - this one’s a cheeky bonus episode. We chat real-stuff about the many realities of mothering during a pandemic - what an unforgettably bizarre time. We also veer into words on her forthcoming book she’s currently writing. It sounds absolutely glorious (as expected). Once again she’s writing about the wonderfully messy experience of being human but from a different angle... Before we can get our hands on that new book - her Sunday Times Bestselling book My Wild and Sleepless Nights has just been released in paperback. Now’s the moment to go and grab a copy! Here's the link to buy the paperback School for Mothers Website ●  School For Mothers Private Facebook Group ● School for Mothers Instagram

Hello everybody and welcome to the second series of the Human Podcast, a place to hear extraordinary human stories that celebrate the limitless potential of human beings. This second series is dedicated to our very human stories of grief and loss, and through them, what is revealed, is our infinite capacity for courage, resilience and love. Grief requires an expansiveness of self that stretches us to a fourth dimension. The extraordinary thing is that we can contain it, live with it, and that somehow, the human heart can hold it all.To kick start this series we are joined by the sensational Clover Stroud. Clover is a Sunday Times best selling author, journalist, and heroic Mother of 5 children. Clover writes about the way ‘living truly feels’, which is documented in two best selling memoirs: ‘My Wild and Sleepless Nights” and her debut, ‘The Wild Other’, a story of life defining personal tragedy and her subsequent commitment to live bravely beyond it. Clover knows the agony and the ecstasy of grief and loss in her cells. Her gift to communicate how it feels, has been a torchlight to so many people all over the world who know and love her work. So if the world is feeling like a dark or difficult place, join us, and let your heart be ignited by the fire of the human spirit.Created and hosted by Jess MillsCreative co-production by Bonny TydemanProduced by Joel Porter - Dot Dot Dot Productions See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode of The Self Development Podcast, Johnny has a delightfully soulful conversation with Sunday Times bestselling author Clover Stroud. Clover has two books currently available, ‘My Wild and Sleepless Nights' and ‘The Wild Over'. Her perspective and honesty regarding parenthood and especially motherhood is both refreshing and healing. Clover writes about the way she feels, and her writings inspire and give birth to a world of self-development. Follow Clover on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clover.stroud/?hl=en Follow The Self Development Coach on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theselfdevelopmentcoach/ The Self Development Podcast was produced by Charlie Currie from Chatter Podcast Productions. The Self Development Podcast theme music is called ‘Clear Skies' by Rex Banner.

Sunday Times Bestselling Author, Clover Stroud, joined me for an episode all about motherhood’s highs, lows and everything in between. Clover shares when she found mothering easiest, her goal with her book My Wild and Sleepless Nights and the joy of 2 nights away without the kids! Listen in to hear some hard truths on the realities of parenting teens (spoiler: they need you more!)>>> Enter our Monthly Book Stack Giveaway, which includes 2 copies of Clover’s book My Wild and Sleepless Nights over on @school.for.mothers.podcast instagram. Look out for the books & pineapple pic! Read the full show notes over on our website >> https://www.schoolformothers.com/podcast_sfm/98-brave-clover-stroud/ 

In this weeks episode Anniki talks about motherhood and creativity with Clover Stroud. Clover recently published a book called ‘Wild & Sleepless Nights' and is mother to 5 children. They discuss how on earth you parent and write. And what's the difference between being a mum in your twenties versus your forties? (are you actually more patient in your twenties and more tolerant of mess?) And how do you handle the domestic drudge and admin and stay inspired/awake enough to write or do anything creative? Whether you have kids or not this podcast explores female creativity, grief and the backdrop of mess that is everyday life. Resources: Clover's website: https://www.cloverstroud.com/ Link to her latest book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=wild+and+sleepless+nights&adgrpid=102385881497&hvadi d=448730002053&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9045939&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=826584111 6138466707&hvtargid=kwd-832248860614&hydadcr=4436_1795854&tag=googhydr- 21&ref=pd_sl_6kb9ok4y4h Edited and Produced by Alex Graham Music by Paul Wells

Hello and welcome to this special OLIVE mini series — all around the topic of my debut novel OLIVE which is out TODAY! In lieu of a launch party, I’ve decided to release this 4-part series on 4 different women’s varying experiences and attitudes towards motherhood, based on the topics within the book.The novel centres around Olive and her three best friends, Bea, Cecily and Isla. Bea is a mum of 3 who loves her busy chaotic home, Cecily is newly pregnant feeling apprehensive and excited, Isla is struggling with her fertility and undergoing IVF treatment. Olive knows that having children is not for her and recently broke up with her longterm boyfriend because he wanted to try for a baby and she didn’t — and this book explores the obstacle course of adulthood, navigating key life milestones, and how their friendships grow and change as they each figure out their own paths.My guest is Clover Stroud is an author and journalist and mother of 5 - who writes for the Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph and Conde Nast Traveller among others. She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and five children. Her first book, The Wild Other, was shortlisted for The Wainwright Prize. Her second book My Wild and Sleepless Nights — which examines what it means to be a mother — the joy and the wonder, the loneliness and despair which we talk about it all in this episode.You can order Clover's book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Wild-Sleepless-Nights-Mothers/dp/0857525905/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1595429479&refinements=p_27%3AClover+Stroud&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Clover+StroudThanks for listening and you can now buy OLIVE from your favourite retailer.Waterstones: https://www.waterstones.com/book/olive/emma-gannon/9780008382728Hive: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Emma-Gannon/Olive/24224499Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Olive-Emma-Gannon/dp/0008382727/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1570034665&sr=1-5&tag=smarturl-gb-21 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Clover Stroud has made her colourful family life in the country the subject of her two best selling books. She has five children and is fearlessness in her writing about the darker sides of motherhood. For more than one reason, Clover has had to navigate an abundance of traumatic change in her life and is truly inspirational in the way she talks about over coming them. Content warning: suicideYou can follow @clover.stroud on instagram. Her most recent book, ' My Wild and Sleepless Nights: A Mother's Story' is available now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Conversation... Clover StraudSL's Georgie Coleridge Cole is joined by journalist and SL contributor Clover Straud to discuss life in lockdown. From her eccentric, fun upbringing to her life as a single mum, her adventures trading horses in Ireland to her battles with post-partum depression, Clover discusses her exciting life, as well as offering tips for coping with five children during this time. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we're answering three questions about LONG things! One's about long hair, the next about long necks and the last about long breaths! Our first question comes from Sophie, she would like to know: how long would it take for my hair to be like Rapunzel? Hear from top hairdresser Lino Carbosiero MBE about how long it would take as well as some tips on how to grow your hair long! Next up is a question from Livia who would like to know: how long is a giraffe's neck? We discover giraffe's necks are about the length of a Daddy, how many bones there are in the neck and how giraffes drink water with such short necks and long legs! Our third question comes from Ben who would like to know: how long can humpback whales hold their breath for? As well as finding out how long they can hold their breath we also find out how they do it and what the record for a deep dive is among whales. We find out who won a copy of Clover Stroud's new book. Remember, if you have a question you would like answered just ask an adult to record you asking me on their smartphone and email it into me at molly@everythingunderthesun.co.uk If you and your family enjoy this podcast please do subscribe, rate it and give it a lovely review. It really helps! I'll be back next week answering more questions from children around the world in another episode of EUTS. Do send in your questions, there's info about how to do that on the show's website, everythingunderthesun.co.uk. Thank you and GOODBYE! XInstagram: @linocarbosieroMolly insta: @mollyoldfieldwrites See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the podcast we find out about horses and their shoes, zebras and their noises and sneezing animals! Our first question is from Isabel, she would like to know, what noise does a zebra make?Have a listen to zebras bark, bray, nicker and snort, all the sounds they make depending on what they're up to.Next we hear from Ted who would like to know Why do horses wear shoes? Hear the answer from Clover Stroud, a brilliant writer who loves horses and horse riding and knows all about horses and why they wear shoes. Plus what it's called when they don't wear shoes!Find out how to win a copy of Clover's brilliant new book for your MUM, Godmum or any grown up woman in your life who would like to read about being a mother. My Wild And Sleepless Nights is all about what its like to be a MUM, Clover has FIVE children so she knows everything there is to know about it all. It's not a book for children it's one for MUMS! And you can win a copy for yours by entering the competition on the show.Our third question is also about animals and it's for anyone listening right now that has a cold! It's from Ivy and her question is can animals catch a cold? Find out about horse and dog colds as well as how scientists use drones to find out more about whale flu.That's our three questions!I'll be back next week answering more questions from children around the world in another episode of EUTS. Do send in your questions, there's info about how to do that on the show's website, everythingunderthesun.co.uk.If you'd like to send in a question just record it saying your name, your age, a bit about yourself and then ask your question! Do this with the help of an adult using their smartphone voice recording app and send it into me at molly@everythingunderthesun.co.ukIf you like the show people do rate, review and subscribe and tell all your friends to do the same, it really does help!I hope you have a lovely week, thank you and GOODBYE! XWebsite for everything under the sun - www.everythingunderthesun.co.ukTwitter: @mollyoldfieldInsta: @mollyoldfieldwritesClover Stroud - http://www.cloverstroud.comInsta: @clover.stroud See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we discuss the party leaders Question Time, the tragic murder of Grace Millane (and what we have learned and still need to learn about BDSM), the incredible documentary that is For Sama and the upcoming shortage of middle-class foods. Hold on to your halloumi...And we cover the news that Victoria's Secret have axed their catwalk show - a pop-culture institution that cost £12 million to produce - after sales continue to dive at the lingerie brand. We talk choice feminism, body diversity, the underwear market and models in the age of social media.E-mail thehighlowshow@gmail.comTweet @thehighlowshowLinks@sendb00ks on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sendb00ks/?hl=enMUBI.com for international cinemaOnloan clothing rental: https://onloan.co/73 Questions with Cardi B, for US Vogue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qTROr7cgCYMy Wild and Sleepless Nights: A Mother's Story, by Clover Stroud https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1116784/my-wild-and-sleepless-nights/9780857525901.htmlFor Sama, on Channel 4od https://www.channel4.com/programmes/for-samaBroken: Jeffrey Epstein podcast https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/sony-music-podcasts/broken-jeffrey-epsteinDolly Parton's America: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dolly-partons-america/episodes/only-one-me-jolene Jane Garvey on How To Fail: https://play.acast.com/s/how-to-fail1/howtofail.podbean.com%2Fhow-to-fail-jane-garvey-256a07c04edf0b34828bd1ad62d2a867Sophie Wilkinson on the murder of Grace Millane, for The Huffington Post https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/grace-millane-bdsm_uk_5dd57b30e4b0fc53f20cde5eHalloumi Hell, by Séamus O'Reilly for The Observer https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/nov/24/the-halloumi-crisis-supplies-of-one-of-britains-best-loved-imports-are-running-lowThis Be The Worst, by Adrian Mitchell: http://aotearoasunrise.blogspot.com/2013/09/tuesday-poem-this-be-worst-by-adrian.html See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode we talk to TV presenter Anthea Turner about divorce, living on her own and why it's so hard to be excluded from the mums' club. Suzy Glaskie, founder of Peppermint Wellness and a functional medicine health coach, also gives some advice on how we can look after ourselves in midlife (tip: pop turmeric into your shopping basket). Our book picks are The Wild Other by Clover Stroud and All The Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood. Our TV picks are Informer on BBC iPlayer and The Big Sick on Amazon Prime. Don't forget to enter our competition on our Facebook page It's a Grown Up Life -https://www.facebook.com/Itsagrownuplife/. You could win a fab camo jacket worth £500 from Bespoke Your World - closing date Monday 12th November.

Marina talks to Clover Stroud, author of "The Wild Other" and mother of five about losing her mother and becoming a mother herself. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cariad talks to journalist and author Clover Stroud (The Wild Other, The Times, The Spectator) about the horse riding accident that left her Mother severely brain damaged when Clover was a teenager and the subsequent years of care, till her Mother's eventual death in 2013. As ever they discuss grief, motherhood and only being able to do intense chats.You can tweet the show @thegriefcast, follow us on instagram @thegriefcast or email us thegriefcast@gmail.com because you are not alone. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Clover Stroud is a journalist and award-winning author.We chatted a lot before the episode, I felt like I'd met Clover before. I think that's what happens when you read so much about someone's life in a book. We met at Hodder (our shared publisher) and we really did just jump straight into it from the minute I pressed record. Clover is such an articulate, warm, brilliant person in person. Her unique and beautiful voice shines all the way through her memoir.Clover’s book The Wild Other is my favourite memoir of last year. A memoir that stays with you with so long afterwards, it is warm, it is sad, it is hopeful.The book is about Clover Stroud's idyllic childhood in rural country - which was then shattered when Clover was 16 a horrific riding accident left her mother permanently brain-damaged.The memoir is Clover’s journey to dealing with everything. It’s a memoir of travel and adventure too - travels to Ireland, to the rodeos of Texas and then to Russia's war-torn Caucasus, Clover eventually found her way back home.The Wild Other is a grippingly honest account of love, loss, family and the healing strength of nature.“Clover Stroud is a force of nature, and a woman who is fearless in the face of life and death. I loved it." - Elizabeth Gilbert See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Roisin Ingle is joined by Irish Times journalists Bernice Harrison and Niamh Towey for a meeting of the Women's Podcast book club to discuss Clover Stroud's memoir, The Wild Other. Some may have had to put their posh-ist prejudices to one side and “get over” themselves, but all agreed that Clover Stroud is a beautiful writer with an astonishing story to tell. "Clover Stroud grew up in rural Wiltshire surrounded by animals and family. When she was just sixteen her adored mother had a horrific riding accident which left her permanently brain-damaged, and suddenly Clover was left to fend for herself. She embarked on an extraordinary journey to heal her broken heart, courting men and danger through two marriages and five children."

Novelist and writer Elizabeth Day joins John & Andy to discuss Rosamond Lehmann's 1936 novel of a young woman's affair with a married man. Also featured: Magnus Mills record store day novel 'The Forensic Record Society' and Clover Stroud's memoir 'The Wild Other'.

The Wild Other by Clover Stroud - A Memoir on Radio Gorgeous with Donna Freed Clover's country idyll of a childhood was shattered at 16 when her mother suffered a massive brain injury. She was propelled into a life of free fall adventure but also recreated the circumstances of her own upbringing for her 5 children. The Wild Other is published by Hodder Follow Clover: @cloverstroud NEVER EVER MISS OUR GLORIOUS PODCASTS: http://radiogorgeous.com/sign-up-newsletter/ #Nature #Adventure #Horses #Memoir #Interview

John Mitchinson reviews the latest book releases by Clover Stroud, Viet Thanh Nguyen and Jacob Polley.

Author and critic Cathy Rentzenbrink joins us in the studio to talk through memoirs by writers Howard Cunnell and Clover Stroud, as well as the latest novel by 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' author John Boyne.