The Sunday Times Magazine Podcast - A new weekly podcast going behind the scenes of The Sunday Times Magazine’s biggest interviews.

Jacqueline Gold Special: Rampant Sexism and Women on Boards

Sat, 12 May 2018 23:01:00 GMT

Jacqueline tells Eleanor Mills why, 20 years after she took over as Chief Executive of Britain's best know lingerie brand, it's "tragic" how slowly the fight for boardroom quality is progressing For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Easter special: how to live well - and be happy - in an uncertain world

Sat, 31 Mar 2018 23:01:19 GMT

The best-selling author and psychologist Jordan Peterson tells Eleanor Mills why, in 2018, the Easter story is as relevant as ever and explains his formula for good life For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Ask About The Affair: Annie Lennox

Sun, 04 Mar 2018 00:01:47 GMT

In today’s magazine, Annie Lennox (reluctantly) discusses the Oxfam sex scandal and why she won’t be stepping down as an ambassador for the charity. How do you get celebrities to answer questions they’re determined to avoid? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 36 - How to do a sex scene in 2018

Sat, 13 Jan 2018 00:01:00 GMT

We visit an "intimacy workshop" to discuss onscreen sex post-Weinstein. Plus, how are the family of Emma Kelty, the former headteacher who died in the Amazon, coping four months after her death? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 35 - How to avoid annoying January health fads

Sun, 07 Jan 2018 00:01:00 GMT

It's a magazine rite of passage - the January "new year, new you" issue . But how do you put together a fun, fitness special that doesn't just bang on about losing weight? Eleanor Mills and the team have tried to do just that... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 34 - How the Magazine covered 2017

Sun, 31 Dec 2017 00:01:00 GMT

Editor Eleanor Mills is joined by Matt Rudd and Ellie Austin to review the past 12 months. From a summer of terror attacks to the Grenfell fire to that Harry Styles cover interview, they explain how, in such a busy - and at times bleak - year, the Magazine decides which stories to cover. Plus, any guesses which is our most-read story of the year? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 33 - When you work at a magazine, Christmas begins in July

Sun, 24 Dec 2017 00:01:00 GMT

Editor Eleanor Mills and the team discuss why this week's festive issue has been months in the making. Plus, how will Jeremy Clarkson cope with his first fag-free Christmas? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 32 - Damien Hirst; Lynn Barber on mortality

Sun, 17 Dec 2017 00:01:00 GMT

Magazine editor Eleanor Mills and the team discuss Damien Hirst - and why it has taken so long to get the bad boy of art in the Magazine. Plus, why does Lynn Barber want to choose when she dies? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 31 - The untold story of Grenfell

Sun, 10 Dec 2017 00:01:00 GMT

Eleanor Mills explains why she was determined to revisit the Grenfell community, six months after the devastating fire. Plus, as The Last Jedi hits cinemas, Matt Rudd tries to convince his (sceptical) colleagues Eleanor Mills and Ellie Austin that Star Wars is the greatest film franchise of all time For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 30 - Generation Wired; Prince Andrew and the new-look royal family

Sun, 03 Dec 2017 00:01:25 GMT

How do you stop children being glued to their screens? Eleanor Mills and the team discuss the most comprehensive report on kids and tech to date. Plus, we go behind the scenes of our (tricky) photo shoot with Prince Andrew and unpick what Harry and Meghan's engagement means for the rest of the royal family For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 29 - Our nightmare week with Morrissey

Sun, 26 Nov 2017 00:01:00 GMT

How difficult is it to photograph Morrissey? Pretty difficult, it turns out. Eleanor Mills and the team pull no punches in explaining how The Smiths frontman kept our photographer waiting in New York for four days and why today's Magazine interview with the controversial singer almost completely unravelled For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 28 - How to raise happy girls & The Grand Tour

Sun, 19 Nov 2017 00:01:00 GMT

Eleanor Mills and the team discuss the impact of social media on the mother-daughter relationship plus, as The Grand Tour returns, are Clarkson, Hammond and May getting too old for their death-defying antics? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 27 - Would you take a refugee into your home?

Sun, 12 Nov 2017 00:01:00 GMT

The Magazine’s Eleanor Mills, Matt Rudd and Ellie Austin discuss the big stories from this week's issue, including the London family who took in a young Iranian man. Plus, as the former Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown publishes her tell-all diaries, what does it take to be a magazine editor in 2017 — and is it all The Devil Wears Prada? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 26 - Food special: The Wetherspoon Controversy & Celebrity Chefs

Sun, 05 Nov 2017 00:01:00 GMT

Last Sunday Twitter erupted in anger after our restaurant critic Marina O'Loughlin gave JD Wetherspoon the thumbs down. Eleanor Mills and the team discuss the reaction. Plus, the decline of the celebrity chef For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 25 - The Best of The Sunday Times Magazine Podcast

Sun, 29 Oct 2017 09:07:00 GMT

Highlights from the past six months' episodes including Richard Branson's attitude to women, how to secure an interview with Hillary Clinton and is Love Island feminist TV? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 24 - Bowe Bergdahl & Celebrity Interviews

Sat, 21 Oct 2017 23:01:00 GMT

Eleanor Mills and the team discuss why it took two years to publish today's world exclusive Bowe Bergdahl cover story. Plus, what makes a brilliant celebrity interview? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 23 - Jenson Button & The secret life of restaurant critics

Fri, 13 Oct 2017 23:01:00 GMT

Editor Eleanor Mills introduces the Magazine's new restaurant critic, Marina O' Loughlin, and explains the tricky process of finding someone to step into AA Gill's shoes. Plus, Nick Rufford on the big revelation from his Jenson Button interview For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 22 - Hillary Clinton, The Great Storm

Sat, 07 Oct 2017 23:01:00 GMT

Editor Eleanor Mills and the team explain how they landed this week's exclusive Hillary Clinton interview and 30 years after the Great Storm, Matt Rudd reflects on a night of chaos For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 21 - Love Island, Richard Branson and Bear Grylls

Sat, 30 Sep 2017 23:01:00 GMT

Editor Eleanor Mills and the team discuss the talking points from this week's magazine including Richard Branson's fallout with Trump and how Love Island became must-watch feminist TV For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 20: Rio Ferdinand and Matt Lucas

Sat, 23 Sep 2017 23:01:00 GMT

Magazine editor Eleanor Mills and the team discuss this talking points from this week's magazine including Matt Lucas on cultural appropriation in comedy and Rio Ferdinand on grief For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 19: Dawn French, Camila Batmanghelidjh

Sat, 16 Sep 2017 23:01:00 GMT

Editor Eleanor Mills takes you behind the scenes of her cover interview with a surprisingly angry Dawn French, plus Camilla Cavendish on Camila Batmanghelidjh and the Kids Company saga For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 18: Back to Damascus

Sat, 09 Sep 2017 23:01:00 GMT

Acclaimed travel writer Colin Thubron reflects on his recent return to Damascus fifty years after his original trip. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 17: Robbie Williams

Sat, 02 Sep 2017 23:02:00 GMT

Eleanor Mills talks to Krissi Murison about meeting Robbie Williams. Robbie has been telling Krissi about his struggles with food, his marriage and his visits to a sperm bank. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 16: Brain Tumour

Sat, 02 Sep 2017 23:01:00 GMT

Eleanor Mills talks to Sarah Pullen, whose son Silas died from a brain tumour. Her story moved and inspired readers when it was in the Sunday Times Magazine. Sarah tells Eleanor about Silas and brings the story up to date talking about grief and how her family has coped with the death of a child. Sarah also reads from her book "A Mighty Boy" For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 15: Tech Special - welcome to the future

Sat, 26 Aug 2017 23:01:00 GMT

Trevor Phillips and Eleanor Mills discuss tech's "White Guy Problem" plus Danny Fortson is live from Silicon Valley. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 14: Princess Diana - The Legacy

Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:01:00 GMT

Andrew Morton reflects on how his explosive biography Diana: Her True Story rocked the monarchy and The Sunday Times royal correspondent Roya Nikkhah analyses Princess Diana's continued influence on the royal family twenty years after her death. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 13: Food Special

Sat, 05 Aug 2017 23:01:00 GMT

This week, it's our summer food special. Deputy editor Krissi Murison takes us behind the scenes of her very frank cover interview with Jamie Oliver and food editor Francesca Angelini is the first journalist to go into the Bake off tent to meet the new cast. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 12: Inside North Korea

Sat, 29 Jul 2017 23:01:00 GMT

Our writer Chris Ayres on the spy fiction-style murder of Kim Jong Nam - half brother of North Korea leader Kim Jong Un - in Kuala Lumpa airport earlier this year. He cross examines the two young assailants, one of whom became globally famous for wearing a "LOL" t-shirt during the attack, and the bloody politics of North Korea's first family.We are then joined by Dr Jim Hoare, a former diplomat who set up the UK embassy in Pyonyang, who discusses the centuries-old history of dynastic struggle in Korea, and the wider geopolitical context of North Korea in a Trump-era.Lastly we have Jihyun Park, who twice defected from North Korea and made it to Britain. She spent six years as a slave in China and was later interred at a North Korean gulag, before travelling across Eurasia to London. Plus we have Bake-Off winner Candice Brown's latest recipe for Fluffy Chocolate Hazelnut Pear Pancakes. Follow the podcast contributors on Twitter@eleanormills@km_km_km_@ayreslive@JihyunPark7@gabriel_pogrund For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 11: Books Special

Sat, 22 Jul 2017 23:01:00 GMT

Columnist and author India Knight and our literary editor Andrew Holgate on the books you should read this summer - plus Candice Brown's recipe of the week Join us as we search for the perfect summer read on this week's podcast. The Sunday Times literary editor Andrew Holgate is joined by our columnist India Knight and food editor Frankie Angelini. From the Soviet Union and solitude to ancient Rome and modern romance, they discuss the books which you should bring with you on holiday. Magazine editor Eleanor Mills also speaks to our recipe writer, the bake-off winner Candice Brown, who shares her mouthwatering recipe of the week: a mixed berry cassis sorbet. Follow the podcast contributors on Twitter:@EleanorMills@aholgate@indiaknight@angelinifl@CandiceBrown For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 10: Tough Love Special

Sat, 15 Jul 2017 23:01:00 GMT

The podcast that takes a deep dive into some of the features on the magazine. This week: our advice columnist Emma Barnett on how she answers readers'questions plus Candice Brown's recipe of the week. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 9 Game of Thrones: Behind the Phenomenon

Sat, 08 Jul 2017 23:01:00 GMT

Historian Dan Jones and our columnist Josh Glancy discuss how a fantasy series with dragons became a global smash-hit For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 8 - How they live: Britain's Haredi Jews

Sat, 01 Jul 2017 23:01:00 GMT

A rare insight into the secret life of Britain's Haredi Jewish Community through the voices of rebels and rabbis. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 7: The Harry Potter Effect

Sat, 24 Jun 2017 23:01:00 GMT

The publisher Katie Bond masterminded the Harry Potter marketing campaign. She reflects on the creation of a phenomenon. Plus more of Paul Blanchard's podcast recommendations. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 6: The Real John McEnroe

Sat, 17 Jun 2017 23:01:00 GMT

Matt Rudd takes you behind the scenes of his cover interview with the tennis heavyweight. Just how angry was he? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 5: Social integration and terrorism; marital infidelity

Sat, 10 Jun 2017 23:01:00 GMT

Sarfraz Manzoor discusses how Britain can stop diversity becoming dangerous For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 4: Camilla Long meets Caitlyn Jenner

Sat, 27 May 2017 23:01:00 GMT

Camilla Long takes us behind-the-scenes of her eventful interview with Caitlyn Jenner plus Lynn Barber on what happened when she took in an asylum seeker. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 3: Brian May, Mike Tyson and India Knight on smash-hit TV

Sat, 20 May 2017 23:01:00 GMT

Deputy Editor Krissi Murison discusses her cover interview with Brian May and Chris Ayres reaveals all about his surreal afternoon at Mike Tyson's mansion. Plus India Knight on why cinema is dead. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 2: Harry Styles: Behind the Interview

Sat, 13 May 2017 23:01:00 GMT

The Sunday Times Magazine deputy editor, Krissi Murison, reveals all about her lunch date, sorry, interview with Harry Styles and historian Tom Holland takes us behind the scenes of his new Isis documentary. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Episode 1: The Making of The Rich List 2017

Fri, 05 May 2017 16:10:51 GMT

In the first episode of our brand new podcast, Sunday Times Magazine editor Eleanor Mills takes us behind the scenes of the UK's definitive guide to wealth. We hear from Rich List compiler Robert Watts, who has spent the past 12 months scrutinising the bank balances of the UK's 1,000 wealthiest people as well as Sunday Times writers John Arlidge and Ellie Austin who were dispatched to interview some of the biggest names on the list. The Magazine's deputy editor and all-round pop guru, Krissi Murison, is also on hand to tell us who is worth more - Adele or One Direction. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Intro

Thu, 04 May 2017 16:56:01 GMT

Eleanor Mills and the Sunday Times Magazine Team preview the content you can expect from the Sunday Times Magazine podcast. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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