{"podcast":{"title":"Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor","slug":"spinning-plates-with-sophie-ellis-bextor-301678","podcast_index_feed_id":301678,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/fba1a06c-5366-4fde-9182-d47aa7f6f9f6","website_url":"http://www.sophieellisbextor.net","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/611e762606c05eb791f4093e/show-cover.jpg","author":"Kat Rulach","episode_count":185,"summary":"Hello I’m Sophie Ellis-Bextor and this is my podcast: Spinning Plates where I speak to busy working women, who also happen to be mothers, about how they make it work. I am a singer and have released 8 albums in-between having my 5 sons who are aged between 7 and 22 so I spin a few plates myself. Being a mother can be the most amazing thing.. but it can also be hard to find time for yourself and your own ambitions. I want to be a little bit nosy and see how other people balance everything. Join me while I speak to a host of interesting and inspirational women who’ve really made me think - and laugh, and sometimes cry. Welcome to Spinning Plates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spinning-plates-with-sophie-ellis-bextor-301678"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 168: Fiona Bell","slug":"episode-168-fiona-bell","published_at":"2025-11-03T04:59:26+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spinning-plates-with-sophie-ellis-bextor-301678/episode-168-fiona-bell","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spinning-plates-with-sophie-ellis-bextor-301678","url":"https://shows.acast.com/spinning-plates/episodes/episode-168-fiona-bell","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/spinning-plates/e/6908121e17c1d64648d0bb11/media.mp3","summary":"Fiona Bell is the founder of Their Nibs clothing brand which specialises in night wear.  I first came across Fiona’s shop when pushing my eldest son around Ladbroke Grove in his buggy in the mid naughties. And I still think she makes the loveliest pyjamas in the land! Fiona has a 25 year old son Finn and an adoptive daughter Maggie who is 11. We talked about the close link Fiona still keeps with the adoption agency Coram, which made her and her husband Charlie’s adoption of Maggie possible. It has been an emotional journey but so worth it, she says. And her advice to anyone planning to adopt is: 'as an adoptive parent you've got to be selfless because you've got to accept you might not get very much back, but if you work at that, you definitely do'. Maggie has obviously brought so much joy to the whole family. Listen to the interview to hear why I think Fiona’s next PJ print should be rainbows and ginger cats.  Spinning Plates is presented by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, produced by Claire Jones and post-production by Richard Jones. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Fiona Bell is the founder of Their Nibs clothing brand which specialises in night wear. I first came across Fiona’s shop when pushing my eldest son…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3717,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/spinning-plates-with-sophie-ellis-bextor-301678/episodes/episode-168-fiona-bell/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spinning-plates-with-sophie-ellis-bextor-301678/episode-168-fiona-bell.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}