The School Runway

Bronagh is hungover. England are out. Hanna has arrived wearing the most incredible sequin kimono and is about to save Bronagh's entire Camp Bestival experience. This is exactly the episode we needed.

This week Cara and Bronagh are joined by Hanna from The Savvy Mummy — mum of three, festival veteran of eight years and the person who knows absolutely everything there is to know about taking your family to a festival and actually enjoying it. Hanna has been going to Camp Bestival since her eldest was tiny, camped in her garden during lockdown when they sent DVDs out instead, and is now on to a new favourite called Stowaway where everything is included. She knows her stuff and she is not holding back.

Bronagh is heading to Camp Bestival for the first time and has approximately one million questions — from wagons and fancy dress to posh toilets, skull caps and whether she needs to book the yoga in advance. Hanna answers all of it with the patience of a woman who has done this many, many times. There's also a beautiful moment where they discover they both used to work on the Chanel counter at Bluewater, a very moving wardrobe story in honour of Hanna's late dad, and the most relatable pencil skirt disaster story you'll hear all year.
Oh, and Bronagh buys the skull cap on the pod. Obviously.

The ultimate Camp Bestival guide — wagons, fancy dress, the kids meal pass, posh toilets and what to actually book in advance
Festival outfit must haves — Merry People clogs, burnt soul catsuits, sequin kimonos, disco ball leggings and layering essentials
The Luna Daily wipes, Trinny London stacks and Merit balms that Hanna takes to every festival
Stowaway festival — the family festival with everything included that you need to know about
Moving to Deal from Bexleyheath and why Hanna wishes she'd done it sooner
The Gucci bag her dad bought her at 16 that she'll never part with
Pencil skirts, hook fastenings and getting tangled up in a Dartford nightclub

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West End performer. Wicked film cast member. House renovation survivor. And our kind of person.

This week Cara and Bronagh are joined by the brilliant Courtney Mae Briggs — West End actress, content creator, mum to two year old Minnie, and the woman who played the mum in the Wicked film alongside Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. Yes, really. And somehow we nearly got through the whole episode without anyone realising quite how major that is.

Courtney tells us about growing up in Surrey, training at drama college and going straight into work — including the original London cast of Hamilton, Back to the Future the Musical, In the Heights and Strictly Ballroom. She opens up about what it's actually like doing eight shows a week in the West End, the adrenaline of coming offstage at half ten in Covent Garden and immediately going out, and the surreal experience of filming Wicked — singing live on set, doing the whole duet sequence in one Steadicam take, and her costume ripping between takes while sixty crew members stood watching. Oh, and she once farted on stage during Hamilton and the skirt wafted it directly into the audience. 1200 people. She's fine about it now.

House renovations, the chaos of coming home from hospital with a newborn to a building site, why Courtney is completely unbothered about people scuffing her nice kitchen, and the old school video camera she uses to document family life that had everyone reaching for their phones to order one.

Courtney's route from Surrey to drama college to the original London cast of Hamilton
What it's really like performing eight shows a week — the fitness, the injuries and the adrenaline
The Wicked film — how she got the role, filming live on set and why the costume kept splitting
House renovations, newborns on building sites and why Cara is still waiting for her shower
Five beauty must haves — Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter, Biodance collagen masks, Sunday Riley Good Genes, Pearl Beauty bronzer and Medicube pore pads
The wardrobe malfunction that shall not be named. (It was the fart. On stage. In Hamilton.)

Find Courtney: @courtneymae_briggs on Instagram
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She's been on the list for years. She was worth the wait. Welcome to the pod, Shelley.

This week Cara and Bronagh are joined by the wonderful Shelley Jackson, better known as @_shelleyloves, the Manchester based qualified stylist and high street aficionado who has been building one of the most genuinely warm and relatable communities on Instagram for nearly a decade.

From starting a blog on New Year's Day just to tell her friends where Daisy's dress was from, to 200k followers and counting, Shelley's story is one of the best and she's exactly as lovely in person as she comes across online.

The reality of running an Instagram account when you've got kids, a house and a life — and why the bath is actually the secret weapon for getting your work done without the kids seeing you on your phone.

Shelley also shares her non-negotiable skincare routine, her thoughts on why authenticity is the only thing that actually works on Instagram anymore, and the very specific 90s outfit involving a Born to Be Wild t shirt, a checked skirt and over the knee socks that she thought was absolutely the bee's knees.

How Shelley built her community from a New Year's Day blog to 200k followers
The reality of full time content creation as a mum and why the balance doesn't really exist
Shelley's non-negotiable skincare routine — Heritage Store rosewater, Hada Labo hyaluronic acid, Doctor Sam's moisturiser and why she never strays
Magnesium salts, Merit and the beauty products she'd never part with
Raising young adults and the realities (and anxiety) of dealing with a daughter at university
Shell suits, velvet trousers and the Born to Be Wild era nobody needs to revisit
Social battery, school runs and why even the friendliest people need a week to recover from a night out

Find Shelley: @_shelleyloves on Instagram and TikTok
Instagram: @schoolrunwaypod

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Please note: the health and wellbeing information discussed in this episode, including the benefits of magnesium, is based on personal experience and opinion only. It is not intended as medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, supplement routine or health regime.
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We're back, we're frazzled and the summer holidays are two weeks away. Send help.

It has been a week and a half. Cara is running on three Red Bulls and the last of her patience,

Bronagh spontaneously burst into tears thinking about Dolly going into year six and is now signed up to be class rep.

There's a lot to catch up on.

Listener questions on petite dresses and how to inject colour into your wardrobe, and an honest conversation about eight year old boys, screen time, and why taking the telly off the wall might be the only move left.

Oh, and Cara dyed Delilah's hair pink. Nathan was not consulted.

Eight year olds, screen time and why Netflix/Amazon Prime putting YouTubers on there has been an absolute betrayal
A four hour car journey, missing Shania Twain and Harry Styles being surprisingly brilliant
Garth Brooks at Hyde Park — crimped hair, cowboy boots, old friends and a very unexpected cry
Soho House Festival coming up and neither of them knows what to wear
Vintage shopping tips — how to lowball offers and why it's the way forward right now
Petite dresses and injecting colour into your wardrobe — listener questions answered
Supplements and why Bronagh is dissolving everything in water
Delilah's pink hair, Disney California questions and a honeymoon at Walt Disney World

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Since landing back from Walt Disney World, Cara and Bronagh have barely stopped.

There's been Mighty Hoopla with Scissor Sisters and a very unexpected backstage moment, Hugo's Holy Communion, Toy Story 5 which made at least one of them cry, and a spontaneous trip to Chinatown for dumplings and nostalgic bangers that made Nathan's entire weekend.

Oh, and Cara got her belly button pierced. Just casually. In between everything else.

This week they've got Harry Styles (twice for Cara), the Soho House festival with Basement Jaxx headlining, and Garth Brooks at Hyde Park on the horizon.

There's also a deep dive into festival outfit planning when you've got no budget, the return of the Adidas leopard print joggers in snake print, why ties are apparently the thing to wear to Harry Styles right now, and a Rivals debrief that very nearly tips into spoiler territory.

Plus nits, worms, spot popping, and cow hoof abscesses. Because that's just where the conversation went.

Mighty Hoopla reviewed — the outfits, the backstage moment and why you should go if you never have
Hugo's Holy Communion — the Child of Prague, the parking chaos, the spread and Gloria Hunniford
Toy Story 5 — worth it, emotional and makes you put your phone down (briefly)
What to wear to Harry Styles, Soho House festival and Garth Brooks at Hyde Park
School Sports Day — do you enjoy the spectacle, or would you rather see your kids and get out ASAP?
Rivals, Gimme Gimme Gimme and why Rupert Everett is still very much that guy
Pokemon card shows, pin trading and why both their kids are now obsessed with collecting things

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