Lyn Slater and I have met several times over the years, in New York - and she attended both my book launches with her partner Calvin. The former professor, writer, activist and 'reformed cultural influencer' is an impressive woman. A social wor

MP and women's rights campaigner Stella Creasy

May 4th, 2023 57m

Concerned about social justice from an early age, Stella Creasy rallied friends to protest about animal cruelty in her teens. Before making her way to Westminster via Walthamstow Council, London (where she's lived since 1998), Stella was employ

Senior Curator at the V&A, Dr Christine Checinska

Jan 4th, 2023 53m 31s

If you’re a fan of BBC2’s Secrets of the Museum, the series filmed behind the scenes at the V&A, then you will recognise my latest podcast guest. Dr Christine Checinska is the Senior Curator of Africa and Diaspora: Textiles and Fashion, and Lea

Author, screenwriter and presenter, Emma Kennedy

Jul 29th, 2022 52m 20s

Emma Kennedy is quite possibly the most multi-talented podcast guest I've interviewed. The 55-year-old is an accomplished author, producer, playwright, TV scriptwriter, she wrote The Kennedys, a 2015 BBC comedy based on her memoir of family hol

Breast surgeon, author and public speaker Dr Liz O'Riordan

Jun 1st, 2022 43m 54s

*Trigger Warning - discussion around breast cancer diagnosis, treatment and recovery*My latest podcast guest is an extraordinary woman. A consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon, Liz O'Riordans world turned upside down in 2015 when she was diagno

Costume Designer Edward K. Gibbon

Mar 26th, 2022 37m 54s

For my latest podcast episode I'm delighted to introduce a very special guest; esteemed costume designer, and dear friend, Edward K Gibbon.As a costume designer, he's managed the wardrobe department on everything from historical dramas to Holly

Former Olympic athlete turned life coach, Michelle Griffith Robinson OLY

Jan 20th, 2022 41m 18s

It is my absolute pleasure to introduce you to 50-year-old Olympian-turned-personal trainer and lifestyle coach, Michelle Griffith Robinson. The very first Olympic athlete to be featured on That's Not My Age. Whoop! As a triple jumper, Michelle

Georgie Newbery from Common Farm Flowers

Dec 16th, 2021 1h 1m

For this episode, I'm delighted to introduce a woman who I've been following online for ages - mainly because she exudes positive energy and is excellent fun - flower farmer, florist and author Georgie Newbery of Common Farm Flowers.Turns out

Esme Young

May 26th, 2021 54m

Esme was seven when she made her first garment at school, a hand-sewn red gathered skirt, and she's had an extraordinary career in sewing and fashion design ever since. In this episode Esme joins me to talk about her career highlights - from la

Curtis Holder

Mar 26th, 2021 59m 8s

Imagine my surprise when I switched over to Sky Art’s Portrait Artist of the Year (2020) and there was friend-of-a-friend, Curtis Holder. With only one male guest so far on the That’s Not My Age podcast roster, I instantly knew who had to be ne

Orsola De Castro

Mar 4th, 2021 1h 4m

Orsola de Castro is the global creative director of Fashion Revolution a not-for-profit organisation formed in response to the Rana Plaza factory disaster in 2013. We first met at London Fashion Week a year earlier, when Orsola was managing Est

Arit Anderson

Feb 2nd, 2021 1h 2m

My guest on today's podcast is the wonderful garden designer, writer and TV presenter, Arit Anderson. Who I'm sure you recognise from BBC Gardener's World and Garden Rescue. The 52-year-old grew up in North London and worked in fashion for 25 y

Amelia Bullmore

Jan 13th, 2021 1h 2m

Serendipity on the cycle path last week. Out for my daily exercise when someone behind me in the bike lane called my name. It was the multi-talented actor and writer Amelia Bullmore. We met several years ago at a local Pilates class and even th

Jan De Villeneuve

Oct 27th, 2020 30m 7s

In the 1960s, model Jan de Villeneuve regularly appeared on the cover of Vogue and was photographed by all the greats, including, David Bailey and Norman Parkinson. An architecture and design graduate from Ohio, she was discovered in her early

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Oct 14th, 2020 29m 13s

An award-winning author, columnist, journalist, activist and a pioneering voice on immigration, diversity, and multiculturalism, Yamin Alibhai-Brown is arguably one of the most influential women in Britain. A self described 'leftie liberal, ant

Sandy Powell

Sep 21st, 2020 39m 30s

After a longer than intended hiatus (it was meant to be a 'slow' podcast, but not this slow...), the That's Not My Age podcast is back with a magnificent guest. One of my Style Heroines, the Academy-Award-Winning costume designer Sandy Powell.

Meredith Gunderson

Dec 19th, 2019 57m 59s

This is not my usual podcast but as it's Christmas, I thought it would be good to talk about peace and calm. Meredith introduced me to meditation at the BlandBadger creative retreat in Italy and I've been making a cack-handed attempt to chill o

Caryn Franklin

Dec 11th, 2019 52m 32s

Caryn Franklin, 61, is a brilliant woman. One of fashion's tribal elders, the professor, journalist, stylist, producer, author, campaigner and activist has worked in the industry for nearly 35 years. Starting her career as fashion editor on i-D

Debbie Bliss

Nov 27th, 2019 1h

I've known my next podcast guest, Debbie Bliss, for many years. We met last century when I was a fashion assistant stepping in for the fashion editor to style one of Debbie's knitting pattern books. The most published knitwear designer in the w

Patrick Grant

Nov 20th, 2019 1h 3m

For our first male podcast guest I am chuffed to bits to introduce award-winning Savile Row tailor, champion of British manufacturing and judge on the BBC’s Great British Sewing Bee (new series out February 2020) Mr Patrick Grant. Seriously, I

Ruby Hammer

Nov 13th, 2019 50m 25s

With a career in the beauty industry spanning nearly 30-years, Ruby Hammer is one of the most respected make-up artists in the business. As well as working with high-profile women such as: Meghan Markle, Kate Moss and Cindy Crawford, she also c

Dame Zandra Rhodes

Oct 2nd, 2019 31m 55s

We are busy recording series two of That's Not My Age: The Podcast, and as a small but delicious taster of what's to come, I am delighted to introduce the legendary fashion designer Dame Zandra Rhodes. Legendary is an overused word but Zandra i

Back in a bit

Jul 24th, 2019 41s

That’s Not My Age: the podcast launched in May and I'm so appreciative of all your supportive comments, reviews and feedback from Series 1. To be honest, it was a bit of an experiment, and one I entered into with some trepidation because I knew

Baroness Young of Hornsey OBE

Jul 3rd, 2019 45m 4s

For this podcast episode, That's Not My Age visits the House of Lords (the second chamber of the UK parliament) to talk to the brilliant Baroness Young of Hornsey OBE. We first met back in April at a Fashion Revolution Week panel event, where s

Michelle Ogundehin

Jun 19th, 2019 1h 4m

This week Alyson speaks to writer, TV presenter and former Editor-in-Chief at Elle Decoration, Michelle Ogundehin. Michelle regularly appears on Grand Designs House of the Year and is the judge on Project Interiors a new design show coming soon