Stand by Your Nan with Rachel Sambrooks

The final episode of the Stand By Your Nan podcast is a short compilation of stories sent in to me, including Maggy Whitehouse, Craig Deeley and more. Thank you so much to the participants and to eve…

Stories and sharing grandmother stories with writer Rachel Sambrooks. The final part of my Nan's story looks at life long learning, with guests from a storytelling workshop I ran with Holborn Communi…

This episode is all about the wise women in our lives, my Nan's spooky stories and a guest interview with comedian and laughter yoga practitioner Ishi Khan-Jackson. 

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Did you learn to cook with your Gran? I'm keeping it in the family this episode as my artist cousin Jacqui Calladine joins me to bake Shrewsbury Cakes and talk about my Nan Eve, creating art, moving …

With special guest Craig Deeley. Nostalgia for Christmas is high on my list of Nan memories, in this episode we learn all about walnuts and how I became a Christmas man. Enjoy a Christmas jolly in th…

Episode 3 features an interview with special guest comedian Steve Day. Talking about legacies, memoir, who you think you are and the extraordinary lengths we go to, to avoid being ordinary. What do w…

What was the origin story of your grandmother? This episode is all about the beginnings of my Nan's story, how she survived childhood and an interview with award winning comedian and brilliantly ente…

Was your gran an Invisible Nan? How are older women changing today? This episode asks what we can do about the disappearance of our matriarchs. With stories from Rachel Sambrooks and an interview wit…

Trailer for Stand By Your Nan. What's your Nanecdote? Did your Nan have Gran Designs? Was she more a Nandoes? Stand By Your Nan is part discussion, part show, all Super Nan!

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