458. Annie Lennox in Conversation at the V&A

The Guilty Feminist

The Spontaneity Shop

Comedy

4.9 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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The Guilty Feminist 458. Annie Lennox in Conversation at the V&A Presented by Deborah Frances-White with special guest Annie Lennox Recorded 26 September 2025 at The V&A in London. Released 24 November. Thanks to Tara Paterson, Gina Decio, Sophie Liardet, Stefanie Agar and everyone at V&A. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. Get Deborah’s new book with 30% off using the code SIXCONVERSATIONSPOD https://store.virago.co.uk/products/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have More about Deborah Frances-White https://deborahfrances-white.com https://www.instagram.com/dfdubz https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have/9780349015811 https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/the-guilty-feminist/9780349010120 More about Annie Lennox and Retrospective https://www.instagram.com/officialannielennox https://www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847875559/ https://www.annielennox.com/annie-lennox-retrospective-pre-order-now https://www.onrpt.store/collections/annie-lennox https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/eJ0gQ7KdKA/annie-lennox-recording https://www.thecircle.ngo For more information about this and other episodes… visit https://www.guiltyfeminist.com tweet us https://www.twitter.com/guiltfempod like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/guiltyfeminist check out our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theguiltyfeminist or join our mailing list http://www.eepurl.com/bRfSPT More Big Speeches workshops now available https://guiltyfeminist.com/big-speeches/ Come to a live show Russell T Davies at Soho Theatre https://sohotheatre.com/events/the-guilty-feminist-9/ Thank you to our amazing Patreon supporters. To support the podcast yourself, go to https://www.patreon.com/guiltyfeminist You can also get an ad-free version of the podcast via Apple Podcasts. The Guilty Feminist is part of The AudioPlus Network. If you’d like to work with us, please get in touch at hello@weareaudioplus.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:26.0	business.gov.com.ukes. Eligibility criteria apply. Let's hear from the Chancellor, Geoffrey. From
0:32.5	the Chancellor Nigel. Chancellor John Norman. Kenneth. Gordon. Alastair. George, Philip, Sajid, Rishi, Nadine, Quasi, Jeremy.
0:40.3	And now, Rachel, another year, another budget. Over the past 40 years, we've seen it all.
0:47.7	Our experts will continue to filter through the noise and uncertainty, helping you make the most of your tax allowances.
0:54.2	Hargreaves Landsdown, helping Britain invest through it all.
0:57.8	Capital at risk, tax rules applying can change.
1:00.3	Hello everybody, this is Deborah.
1:02.3	This is a break in our road to Gilead scheduling because I was lucky enough to be asked
1:08.4	to interview Annie Lennox at the VNA about her new book, retrospective,
1:13.4	which looks back on her life.
1:15.7	She is a wonder, a powerhouse, a feminist, a social activist.
1:20.6	And I really got a lot out of our conversation.
1:23.3	And they were brilliant enough to say that we could use it as a guilty feminist episode.
1:27.5	And I'm so grateful to get to share this with you.
1:30.6	Enjoy this episode.
1:31.9	And we will be back next week with more Road to Gilead.
1:35.3	And there are still standing room only tickets for our December 6th, 2pm show at Soho Theatre with Russell T. Davies.
1:42.5	Email us if you would like to either come to our January 17th day,
1:47.5	which is an open space day for coming up for ideas to fight the rise of the far right,
1:52.4	or if you'd like to do your own chapter of that somewhere around the country.
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