Rated or Dated: Barb Wire (1996)
Nineties Baywatch babe (don’t call her that) Pamela Anderson was ridiculed for her part in David Hogan’s adaptation of Dark Horse Comics’ Barb Wire. But was she unfairly scapegoated for the resulting ...
6 Touko 26min
Iron: the hill Rose Stokes won’t die on
Aged 38, journalist Rose Stokes felt not quite right, in fact, she felt not at all well. Doctors quickly dismissed her concerns as either exhaustion from the demands of her two young children, or – cl...
5 Touko 28min
Discovering Paula Bartley’s trailblazing women
Dr Paula Bartley is a women’s historian and author of the new book, Trailblazers: The First Women Elected to Government, in which she uncovers some incredible stories about extraordinary women. She’s ...
4 Touko 27min
Protecting our elderly, with Kate Snell
David Barton, a Southport-based care home owner who preyed on wealthy, elderly residents to fund a lavish lifestyle, was jailed for 21 years in 2018. In today's podcast, Hannah chats to Kate Snell abo...
1 Touko 24min
The Bush Telegraph: The (G)rapes of wrath
If the thought of a rapist having his cock mangled by very sharp plastic teeth is your thing, have we got news for you. We have! In fact, Mick and Jen have got not one, but two positive stories about ...
30 Huhti 33min
Rated or Dated: Harold and Maude
The ultimate in age-defying relationships turns 55 this year, but how has Hal Ashby's black comedy aged? Starring everybody's favourite manic pixie dream sex pensioner, Ruth Gordon, and soundtracked b...
29 Huhti 32min
Sudi Pigott considers the anchovy
Journalist and author Sudi Pigott has spent nearly three decades writing about food and travel. In her new book, Consider the Anchovy: a Journey in Pursuit of the Little Fish With the Big Flavour, she...
28 Huhti 26min
Alexandra Wood on Hilary Mantel, Thatcher and political violence
When back in 2014, the Guardian published Hilary Mantel’s short story The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, it sparked intense controversy. Critics called it a "distasteful fantasy" and "dangerous n...
27 Huhti 24min
