Have you heard the good news, with Generation Rent
All hail the Renters’ Rights Act, the biggest shake-up to renting in England for more than 30 years, which officially comes into play next May. It’s a bundle of positive news for tenants in private ho...
25 Nov 202523min
Cindy Reymond spots an opportunity in women’s football
Cindy Reymond is one of the eight women secretary generals who represented host cities during this summer’s UEFA Women’s Euro in Switzerland. That’s right: they were all women. Jen catches up with Ci...
24 Nov 202526min
Alice Loxton is walking through history
When Queen Eleanor died, her husband - Edward I - ordered that 12 enormous crosses be built along the route her body had travelled back to London. Some survive today. Historian Alice Loxton decided to...
21 Nov 202526min
The Bush Telegraph: Whoa! Back to the island
Jen gets a swift and thoroughly unexpected trip through US political rumours this week, as Hannah looks at the latest from across the Atlantic. Plus there's skorts, sports and women-only carriages. Wh...
20 Nov 202529min
Rated or Dated: Misery (1990)
Another week, another one of film’s most villainous women: this time it’s deranged devotee Annie Wilkes, a role which bagged Kathy Bates an Oscar for mangling the feet, mind and spirit of novelist Pau...
19 Nov 202537min
Ultra Women with Emma Wilkinson and Lily Canter
Back in 2019, ultra runner Jasmin Paris made headlines when she smashed the Montane Spine Race, winning the 268-mile race in the depths of winter outright – while still breastfeeding. Her story was so...
18 Nov 202527min
Sarah Grant on history’s most fashionable queen
More than two centuries since her execution, Marie Antoinette continues to influence fashion and culture, and is now the subject of a major new exhibition at the V&A South Kensington, Marie Antoinette...
17 Nov 202527min
I, Spy (with Agnes O'Casey)
There are a lot of spies in pop culture right now. This pleases Hannah immensely, so she jumped at the chance to get on the Zoom with Agnes O’Casey to talk about her role in upcoming play, The Spy Who...
14 Nov 202524min
