Penny Lancaster on overcoming childhood trauma, reinventing yourself in your 50s and being Mrs Rod Stewart
Postcards From Midlife
Lorraine Candy & Trish Halpin
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
In a funny, frank & fascinating interview, model, TV presenter & Special Police Constable Penny Lancaster tells Trish & Lorraine about her roller coaster, rock n roll life - from the glitz & jet set glamour of being Mrs Rod Stewart, to the everyday practicalities of making a blended family work, the emotional resilience she drew on to get through three rounds of IVF, and why she thought she was having a breakdown in perimenopause. Penny also opens up about the childhood assault that haunts her and what really happened behind the scenes with Greg Wallace on Masterchef. Plus Penny’s advice on coping with midlife weight gain and why she sees her severe dyslexia as a superpower. Extra: it's the autumn book club - our pick of the best titles for your reading list!
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| 0:00.0 | Sounds like Lidbey |
| 0:01.6 | Switch service |
| 0:02.8 | Move your money bills and pay |
| 0:05.4 | Switch |
| 0:07.1 | You'll change |
| 0:09.9 | Sounds like Libby just switched her bank account |
| 0:14.4 | With the current account |
| 0:15.6 | Switch service |
| 0:16.8 | And now she calls the shots |
| 0:19.1 | You choose the bank The date of your your switch, and they sought the rest. |
| 0:24.4 | Maybe it's time to switch with the current account switch service. |
| 0:32.0 | Here's a commercial message from Reserve by Warner Hotels, a collection of hand-picked destinations that are more than just a hotel. |
| 0:40.1 | Lorraine, we know our lovely listeners at Postcards from Midlife enjoy nothing more than planning a family holiday, a solo trip, a girls' getaway or even a romantic mini-break. |
| 0:50.6 | And how do we know all this? |
| 0:51.6 | Well, we know this because these are the most asked questions |
| 0:55.6 | on our private Facebook group of the podcast. Us midlifers are always looking for recommendations |
| 1:01.1 | for special destinations to visit and as always we, that's me and you Trish, are here to help. Yes, |
| 1:07.4 | we bring news about reserve by Warner Hotels, which is a collection of three |
| 1:11.9 | unique and sophisticated properties in extraordinary settings. There's the flagship |
| 1:16.9 | riverside destination, the Runnymede on Thames in Windsor, the stunning, 300-year-old grade-old |
| 1:23.3 | listed Haythrop Park in the Cotswolds, and reimagined for 2026, the rather |
| 1:29.7 | impressive a Grade 1 listed stately home, Thorsby Hall in Nottinghamshire. |
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