The women behind our best-loved puzzles and games - A Woman's Hour special
In a Boxing Day special, Anita Rani celebrates a favourite Christmas activity: puzzles and games.Anita hears from Leslie Scott, the woman who invented Jenga, and steps into the world of crosswords and...
26 Joulu 202455min
Comfort: A Woman's Hour Christmas Day special
As this is the season of Comfort & Joy, today’s programme is devoted to the theme of ‘Comfort’. At this time of year when many women are frazzled and craving a bit of comfort, Nuala McGovern and Anit...
25 Joulu 202448min
Minette Walters, Menopause supplement adverts, Blake Lively
Bestselling author Minette Walters shot to fame in the 1990s with her award-winning gritty crime novels The Ice House, The Sculptress and The Scold’s Bridle. She continued to write successful crime fi...
24 Joulu 202457min
Amy Dowden, Syrian Women's Affairs Office, Nancy in Oliver!
Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Amy Dowden was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer last year, and she shared her treatment journey in a BBC documentary. Now, Amy is preparing for a comeback...
23 Joulu 202452min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Anne-Marie Duff, Gisele Pelicot, Black female journalists, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Ballet Shoes
It's the rape trial that has shocked the world. Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband Dominique was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison for her rape, alongside 50 other men. We hear Gisèle's own words, an...
21 Joulu 202456min
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Gisèle Pelicot, Trampolinist Bryony Page
Daisy Edgar-Jones and her co-star Paul Mescal rocketed into the public gaze in the BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel Normal People. Following a couple of notable film performances Daisy is now on...
20 Joulu 202457min
Gisele Pelicot mass rape trial verdicts, Venture capitalist, Ballet Shoes
The verdicts have been handed down in the mass rape trial that has truly shocked and appalled people in France and around the world where 51 men stood accused of raping Gisele Pelicot. One of these me...
19 Joulu 202457min
WASPI women, Puberty blockers, Black female journalists
The government has announced that a ban on the private prescriptions of medicines used to delay puberty to young people questioning their gender in the UK, is being made indefinite. They are no longe...
18 Joulu 202455min
