Can trauma in childhood become a driving force for success in later life?
In their book What I Wish I’d Known When I Was Young, they interview the likes of Ruth Davidson and Mary Portas and explore the psychology behind their experiences. Hayley is joined by Alice Thomson a...
15 Touko 202357min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Activist Masih Alinejad, Malorie Blackman, Bel Powley and Kate Ferdinand
Masih Alinejad, Iranian American journalist, women's rights campaigner and a Time Woman of the Year 2023, is an outspoken critic of the Iranian government. She joins Anita to talk about her fight for ...
13 Touko 202356min
Maureen Lipman, Kate Ferdinand, Power Lister Rimla Akhtar, Women ambassadors
In her latest stage role Dame Maureen Lipman plays Rose in a one-woman memory play with its Jewish heroine sitting Shiva – mourning for the many dead, and moving through Jewish twentieth century histo...
12 Touko 202357min
Operation Identify Me, Iran, Rosie & Chris Ramsey, Race Across the World
Masih Alinejad, Iranian American journalist, women's rights campaigner and a Time Woman of the Year 2023, is an outspoken critic of the Iranian government. She joins Anita to talk about her fight for ...
11 Touko 202357min
Malorie Blackman, Trump verdict, Kitemark for female-founded firms, Netball
Just Saying’ is a memoir by the bestselling author Malorie Blackman, former Children’s Laureate, best known for her Noughts & Crosses series for young adults. Malorie received eighty-two rejection le...
10 Touko 202357min
Bel Powley, UTIs, Thai Elections, Theatre for Teenagers, Under Pressure
Most of us are familiar with the story of Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who wrote a diary while hiding from the Nazis with her family, in Amsterdam during the Second World War. You are probably l...
9 Touko 202357min
Julian of Norwich and the power of inspirational words in tough times
Words to live by and finding hope in the face of terrible suffering, the life of the anchoress or hermit Julian of Norwich, the power of walking and nature to heal and art that replaces adverts with w...
8 Touko 202357min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Maternal mental health; Actors Laura Dern and Diane Ladd & Comedy drama Black Ops
An estimated one in five new and expectant mums develop perinatal mental illnesses such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and psychosis, according to the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Wh...
6 Touko 202355min
