Mary McCartney on motherlove, healthy midlife eating and family ties
Postcards From Midlife
Lorraine Candy & Trish Halpin
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2021
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
In a rare interview photographer, food writer, film maker, meat-free campaigner and mum of four Mary McCartney talks to Lorraine and Trish about feeding families well across the generations - from living with dad Paul in lockdown to continuing mum Linda’s vegetarian legacy. She also shares her easy peasy, favourite recipes.
Plus: how to network with ease and boost your career; micro exercise sessions and peculiar midlife smells...
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| 0:00.0 | Oh my goodness, Trish, you'll never guess what my dad, my parents, my 81-year-old parents who live in a small bungalow in Cornwall have done now. |
| 0:08.5 | They haven't sold their house and decided to move in with you, have they? |
| 0:12.0 | No. They wouldn't want to do that. My cooking's worse than my mum's cooking. |
| 0:16.5 | They've just bought a six-week-old Jack Russell puppy, Terry a puppy. |
| 0:21.5 | Oh, isn't that really sweet? |
| 0:23.0 | No. No, Trish, because it's led to an awkward silence. |
| 0:29.0 | This is my brain process this thing. |
| 0:33.0 | Yeah, I did dead dog maths, dead dog maths. |
| 0:37.0 | I just, I said, well, I was very, I hoped I was very kind and happy about it. |
| 0:42.0 | But really, what would you, what would happen? |
| 0:45.0 | I mean, how do you have an awkward conversation? |
| 0:47.0 | Because I do not want a Jack Russell. |
| 0:50.0 | I've got a Terry area. That one's quite tricky. |
| 0:53.0 | I don't like it. |
| 0:54.0 | I think you've just got to be thinking short-term. |
| 0:57.0 | Great for the old parents. Give them a new lease of life. |
| 1:00.0 | Get them out, get them walking, and then just try and park it. |
| 1:03.0 | Park it. |
| 1:04.0 | Okay. Yeah. |
| 1:05.0 | Don't be the adult in this conversation with that. |
| 1:08.0 | Definitely not. |
| 1:12.0 | Hello. Hello. Welcome to Postcards from Midlife. |
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