Weekend Woman's Hour - The Art of Repair, Nurses' Pay & the Power of Oprah Winfrey
The art of the repair, Molly Martin an illustrator and textile repairer, tells us why repairing clothes, furniture and appliances can be beneficial to not only your pocket but to your mind.The governm...
13 Mar 202155min
Review into alleged abuse in British Gymnastics
An interim report into British Gymnastics, published this week, revealed 1,500 complaints between 2015 and 2020, including 39 claims passed to police. Jessica Creighton is joined by former gymnast, Cl...
12 Mar 202142min
Nadine Dorries, Dame Donna Kinnair, Women and safety, Organised crime, mafia and gender.
The Health Minister Nadine Dorries joins Emma to talk about her plans to cut deaths caused by Strep B infection in newborn babies, as well as nurses' pay and the government’s new consultation on a wom...
11 Mar 202141min
Stammering, Sharing intimate images without consent and The art of repairs
During lockdown, when we haven't quite had access to the shops we might need, many have turned to 'fixing up' items around the house, and mending our own clothes. With the popularity of shows like The...
10 Mar 202142min
Electing to home school. Trisha Goddard on the power of Oprah.
As Children return to school across the UK an increasing number of parents are choosing to educate their children at home on a permanent basis. Many have enjoyed home schooling their kids during Covid...
9 Mar 202142min
When Meghan and Harry met Oprah; Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release; Clemency Burton Hill’s return to the airwaves.
Oprah Winfrey’s interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex was broadcast last night on CBS in the US. It is due to air here in the UK tonight on ITV at 9pm. What might be the repercussions of the i...
8 Mar 202142min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Pensions scandal, Isabel Allende, Anti-Obesity Drugs
Pensions expert, Baroness Ros Altman talks about the state pension scandal which only affects women. Around 200,000 of them could be due pay-outs averaging £13,500 to top-up the underpayment of their ...
6 Mar 202156min
Isabel Allende, Erna Solberg, music with Madeleine Mitchell & Errollyn Wallen & post lockdown workwear with Emma Jacobs.
Anita Rani talks to the Chilean author Isabel Allende, also to the Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg. To mark International Women's Day we have music with Madeleine Mitchell & Errollyn Wallen and ...
5 Mar 202142min
