'Phenomenal Women' with Eleanor Mills

Inspired by the poem written by Maya Angelou, ‘Phenomenal Woman’ the Gainsborough Hotel launched a series in 2018 inviting women from all backgrounds who have achieved recognition and made a significant impact in their field to share their experiences and challenges encountered in their path to success.

Our first ‘Phenomenal Women’ guest speaker for 2025 is Eleanor Mills on Thursday 23rd of January.

5:30 pm -7:30 pm

Tickets are £15 and include prosecco and canapes.

Eleanor Mills is a campaigner, Founder, bestselling-author and award-winning editor. Her book Much More to Come: Lessons on the Mayhem and Magnificence of Midlife, published by HarperCollins in August 2024 is a Times bestseller and she is the founder of Noon.org.uk – Home of the Queenager (a term she coined to rebrand midlife!).

Her mission is to change the narrative around older women in our culture to something more positive and fit for purpose – to do that she became an entrepreneur at 50 setting up www.noon.org.uk, a community for midlife women with a 50k reach. For 23 years Eleanor was a senior editor on The Sunday Times where she was Editorial Director, Editor of The Sunday Times Magazine, a columnist and interviewed everyone from Theresa May and Sheryl Sandberg to Harry Styles and the Dalai Lama. She was Chair of Women in Journalism UK from 2014-2021. She writes regularly across UK newspapers and magazines and is a regular broadcaster and commentator on LBC, Radio 4 and Good Morning Britain. On Instagram Noon is @uponnoon and eleanor's own handle is @eleanorkjmills

The Gainsborough welcomes all to attend and participate. Tickets include Prosecco and canapes and cost £15 each. Eleanor's book "Much More to Come: Lessons on the mayhem and magnificence of midlife", published by Harper Collins, will be available to purchase at the event.

Feedback from a previous talk with Belinda Brown in September ‘23.

‘What an absolutely wonderful evening – I feel very privileged to have been part of the conversation with Belinda. It’s so rare to be able to have such an open discussion amongst a close group about the challenges and ambitions we all have. Belinda is indeed a phenomenal woman and I learnt so much and was so inspired so a huge well done for organising.

Kind regards and thank you again – truly inspiring!’

Feedback from Margaret Heffernan talk in April ‘24

• ‘I thought Margaret Heffernan’s talk last night was truly inspirational.'

• 'We certainly need to see and hear from superb female role models.'

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Gainsborough Bath Spa, Beau Street, Bath, United Kingdom