Shakespeare's Women, Izzy Judd, Women in the metaverse
A new play - Shakespeare’s Women - transports ten of Shakespeare’s female characters from the 16th century to 2024, placing them in the same domestic abuse support group. Written by Lorien Haynes, thi...
3 Tammi 202453min
Lavinia Greenlaw, Lindsay Duncan, the Irish mother and baby homes scandal
The names of Jeffrey Epstein's associates are likely to be published today, after a judge in the US ordered the release of court documents. Epstein took his own life after he was accussed of sexually ...
2 Tammi 202455min
Women and Negotiations
A special Woman's Hour episode all about women and negotiation. Nicky Perfect is the former Deputy Head of the elite New Scotland Yard Hostage and Crisis Negotiation Unit. She has travelled the world ...
1 Tammi 202456min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Dame Siân Phillips, Highflying care-leavers, 'Trouser-less' trend
Just 14% of care leavers go to university, compared to 47% of young people who didn’t grow up in care, according to a report by the think tank Civitas. The figures have barely changed over the past 10...
30 Joulu 202355min
Dame Siân Phillips, Abuse of vulnerable elderly, Clemency Burton-Hill
Actor Dame Siân Phillips’ life and career are explored in a new documentary, Siân Phillips at 90. She joins Krupa Padhy to talk about some of her acting roles, including playing Emmeline Pankhurst in ...
29 Joulu 202356min
Highflying care-leavers, Freebirths, 'Trouser-less' trend
This summer, the region of Manipur in India made headlines after two women were viciously attacked and assaulted by a mob of men. With a similar case happening this month in the south west of the coun...
28 Joulu 202357min
UTI treatment, Being dumped by text, Lighthouse keeper
Up to half of women will have a UTI at some point in their life. Earlier this year the NHS launched a new awareness campaign which the filmaker and author Kate Muir has criticised for not mentioning v...
27 Joulu 202357min
Women who dig for the truth
A special Woman’s Hour episode all about women who dig for the truth.Marianne Asher-Chapman from Holts Summit, Missouri has been searching for her daughter, Angie Yarnell, for more than 20 years now. ...
26 Joulu 202355min
