SIM EP 332 Chops 144: Portraying Pregnancy at the Foundling Museum

SIM EP 332 Chops 144: Portraying Pregnancy at the Foundling Museum

Women's bodies are a constant source of controversy and debate, during pregnancy as much as any other time in our lives. In the first of a series about pregnancy running throughout February, Jen checked out the Foundling Museum's Portraying Pregnancy: From Holbein to Social Media exhibition, and caught up with its curator Karen Hearn, as well as the museum's director Caro Howell, to find out why this stage of a woman's life has historically been so shrouded in mystery, and precisely what an art historian makes of those famous Beyonce snaps. (Picture credit: Beyonce/Instagram) Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Flicking #57: The Substance (2024)

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Coralie Fargeat’s gonzo body horror comedy The Substance just bagged Demi Moore a Golden Globe and started a lot of conversations when it hit cinemas last year. Conversations in which the word “femini...

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The Bush Telegraph: Phewee, who plogged?

The Bush Telegraph: Phewee, who plogged?

New year, new news-storms, and grooming gangs have dominated 2025’s early headlines. But, asks Mick, how much do the people “leading” this debate care about the working-class girls at the centre of th...

9 Jan 202523min

Rated or Dated: Shallow Grave (1995)

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Danny Boyle's debut film won awards for Ewan McGregor but is he really the star of the show? Did anyone want to see that much of Keith Allen? What's Boyle's problem with friendship? All the answers li...

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A new version of Oscar Wilde’s iconic play The Importance of Being Earnest is enjoying a sold-out run at the National Theatre. Jen caught up with its stars, Sharon D Clarke, Ronke Adekoluejo and Eliza...

7 Jan 202529min

Spring Day's sprung

Spring Day's sprung

As a teenager, American comedian Spring Day was in a cult. Her latest show, Exvangelical, explains why she joined and why she left. She and Hannah chat about that and a lot more besides, including the...

6 Jan 202522min

Wendy Grace chats cold, hard cash

Wendy Grace chats cold, hard cash

Money makes the world go round, and that doesn’t look likely to change anytime soon. So why do so many of us put our head in the sand when it comes to cash? And how do we get more fluent at the money ...

3 Jan 202525min

Laura Tristram’s no year’s resolutions

Laura Tristram’s no year’s resolutions

With the New Year approaching, some of us will be thinking about resolutions for the year ahead. Not Laura Tristram, founder of new app, Lumii Life, an AI-powered mental health companion, who believes...

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It's our second revisit of a classic festive Rated or Dated and this time it's picked by Jen. How did 1990's Home Alone stand up when we watched it all the way back in 2020? Ahh, 2020. I'd say happy d...

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