Lifestyle Chat - Gerold Brenner, Dig It! - Chantilly Plant Fair, Gadget Guru - Watching Your Favorite TV Programmes

For the latest installment of Gaynor's Lifestyle Chat, she interviewed the famous fashion designer, stylist, 50+ male model, award-winning Gerold Brenner. Gerold shared tips on getting started in the fashion industry, which Social Media to use and how to get famous followers such as Boy George. Male modelling, denim and fashion icons were also discussed. Gerold has been a panelist on the European Design Awards, so it's well worth listening to his personal style tips which he also shared: why you should never wear head to toe high-street, how to choose vintage garments, why you need a relationship with a tailor and why men should seriously consider wearing a skirt! Listen to the interview again here.

The famous Journées de Plantes Courson, hosted by the chateau of the same name for over 30 years, moved to Chantilly in 2015, to another ravishing chateau and park. Hester Macdonald explored what this wonderful plant fair had to offer recently and enjoyed some sound advice on growing auriculas in pots from Jodie Mitchell of Barnhaven Primroses. Barnhaven have an even longer pedigree than Courson, celebrating their 60th anniversary this year, and have a wonderful selection of their own primrose and auricula hybrids as well as lots of other varieties. Have a look on their website; they can ship to Switzerland and all over Europe. Listen to the segment again here.

This week Ian the Gadget Guru tackles one of the most controversial topics for the expat abroad, how to watch your favorite television programs while in your new country. He tells us what changes are coming up and how can you continue to watch into the future. Listen to the segment again here.

Our music theme this week was 'whispers', where all of the songs have lyrics that are whispered to cool, dramatic or spooky effect:

Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses

The Beatles - Come Together

The Romantics - What I Like About You

Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun

Foo Fighters - Everlong

P.J. Harvey - Down By The Water

Dusty Springfield - The Look of Love

The Clash - Pressure Drop

Donovan - Mellow, Yellow

Björk - It's Oh So Quiet