S3 E8: Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson

Comfort Eating with Grace Dent

The Guardian

Food, Arts

4.5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Grace meets former athlete and current House of Lords peer Tanni Grey-Thompson, who introduces her to a snack less highbrow than you might expect. They discuss how to blag the most from being a baroness, what it’s like to be ‘the greatest’ athlete in your field, and the surprising matching tattoos she shares with her husband. And, as usual, she reveals what comfort foods have seen her through it all

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0:00.0	Imagine you, you in a nice comfy seat with your hands behind your head taking in the views
0:09.6	instead of taking on the road, maybe even taking a nap. That's the bliss of getting where you
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0:23.0	and we'll take you there. Avantiwascoast, feel good travel.
0:30.0	Imagine you, you in a nice comfy seat with your hands behind your head taking in the views
0:44.2	instead of taking on the road, maybe even taking a nap. That's the bliss of getting where you
0:50.1	need to go without worrying about driving. Book your train journey via avantiwascoast.co.uk
0:57.6	and we'll take you there. Avantiwascoast, feel good travel.
1:06.9	This is the Guardian.
1:14.2	Comfort Eating with Grace Dent is supported by a Cardo. With more choice than any other supermarket,
1:20.5	there's a Cardo just for you. I'm Grace Dent and this is Comfort Eating from the Guardian.
1:30.1	A podcast where we pay homage to the lesser celebrated foods in life. Because even as a restaurant
1:37.2	critic, I believe the food that matters most is often not snacked or cobbled together when you
1:43.4	curled upon the sofa. Each week, I asked my guests to lift the lid on what comfort foods
1:50.5	have seen them through their lives. Because you can tell a lot about a person from what they eat
1:56.0	behind closed doors. Hello friends, guess what? I am not for once in my kitchen. We'll record in this
2:06.6	inside the Guardian. I know inside Guardian Towers, the snack that I've got today is something that
2:14.2	my producer got for me. It is the most Guardian snack. Some fair trade mango slices. They're dried
2:22.2	by the way just to dry all the fun out of them. So worthy. Today, I'm speaking with a bonafide
2:32.0	polymath. Baroness Tani Gray Thompson is not only one of Britain's greatest ever Paralympians.
2:38.8	Yes, just the 11 gold medals. She's also an independent peer in the House of Lot.
2:45.2	Now, all of this is enough to make me a little bit intimidated, but I have it on good
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