Show Us Your Bits

By: Alice Cripps and Josie Lloyd
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  • Curious magpies Alice Rivers Cripps and Josie Lloyd uncover the personal stories behind everyday and extraordinary pieces of jewellery. Alice is the founder and Creative Director of Posh Totty Designs and Josie is an author and lover of stories, so between them they share their tales of their sparkly bits and their special guests tell all about what's in their jewellery boxes. This is a weekly natter with interesting guests about all things bling with a touch of comedy and heart. This season we have everything from meaningful momentoes, cheap and cheerful charms to high-end designer bling. Here are the stories behind the jewels.


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Episodes
  • A Celebration of Costume Jewellery - with Sophie Adler McKean

    A Celebration of Costume Jewellery - with Sophie Adler McKean
    Nov 1 2024
    It’s all about costumes this week as Josie heads to New York and is getting a costume together for The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Talking of costume jewellery, their guest this week is Sophie Adler Mckean who tells us the story of her great aunt Mimi, who came to the UK via Greece as a refugee escaping Austria before the war. Mimi’s father set up a factory making the metal parts of bailey bridges, which later became a factory making parts for jewellery called Jewelcraft. When it was taken over by Corocraft, Mimi became the head jewellery designer, relocating the factory to Crawley. Mimi was often in the press and was called ‘One of London’s most glamorous business women.’ Sophie shows us lots of Mimi’s incredible necklaces, earrings and brooches and talks about how her family donated some of the spectacular pieces to the V&A. Do look at the pictures on our Instagram page. Inheriting Mimi’s creative and entrepreneurial streak, Sophie is a performer as well as having a wonderful catering business. Find out more at www.superdoux.com

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    28 mins
  • The 'Miss Beeton's Murder Agency' Special

    The 'Miss Beeton's Murder Agency' Special
    Oct 25 2024
    Hot on the back of the book launch, Josie and Alice chat about Josie’s new cosy crime novel, ‘Miss Beeton’s Murder Agency’ which is published this week. Along the way, they talk about their love of Rivals on the TV and Alice’s crush on the original Rupert Campbell-Black and plan their Rivals party. Josie talks about her inspiration for the book - her mother’s copy of Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management and what she discovered about the iconic and progressive Victorian writer Isabella Beeton. Josie is delighted with the personalised gold spinner necklace that Alice made to accompany Miss Beeton. Do enter the competition which we'll post on the @showusyourbits instagram page to win one and a signed copy of the book. https://linktr.ee/missbeeton

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    33 mins
  • You’re never too old to try something new - with Freya North

    You’re never too old to try something new - with Freya North
    Oct 18 2024
    Join us for an inspiring and uplifting chat with our guest, best-selling author Freya North to kick off the new season. After taking her son to University, Freya was reminded of her own experience of leaving home for the first time and wrote her sixteenth novel, ‘The Unfinished Business of Edie Browne’. She describes it as a love letter to youth and also a love letter to a time and a place. Set in Manchester in the late 80’s in the golden age of clubbing, Freya talks candidly about that time and how it inspired her to write her moving tale about friendship. After back surgery in 2016, Freya took up cycling and talks about the joy of discovering a new hobby and the very special community that has come into her life as a result. A country girl at heart, she shows us the little silver horse that her father gave her as a child. Not a jewellery wearer as she now lives on a farm, she shows us her very special tanzanite ring - the rarest gem stone in the world and how she came to design it. She also describes how things have come a full circle and how her vintage watch has recently started working again. As well as her hugely successful Instagram chats with other authors, #wednesdaywriters, Freya is also raising money for the Book Trust with The Book Lovers Journal - which she has created as the perfect gift for anyone who loves books. freyanorth.com

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    43 mins

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