Kate Humble, Impact of International Aid Cuts, Moving House, My Life in Shoes
Number 23 on this year’s Woman’s Hour Power List is Kate Humble – whose TV career spans 30 years and includes all sorts of programmes covering nature, wildlife and farming. But how important is TV in ...
20 Nov 202050min
Young women and environmental activism. Nadine Shah on her new album Kitchen Sink
Young people are one of the key driving forces behind climate activism and fighting for the future of the planet. But what’s it like being on the front line? And how do young people want to change the...
19 Nov 202044min
Rosamund Kissi-Debrah, No.10 - Women Behind the Scenes, Crime writer Claire McGowan, Gender Politics.
Rosamund Kissi-Debrah is number three on the Woman’s Hour Power List 2020: Our Planet. She is a tireless campaigner for cleaner air, following the tragic death of her daughter Ella from a series of se...
18 Nov 202045min
Woman's Hour Power List: Farhana Yamin, Jo Whitfield CEO Co-op Food, Chila Kumari Burman
The idea of reaching net-zero emissions is mentioned so often, it’s easy to forget that someone came up with it. That someone is Farhana Yamin – a world-class environmental lawyer, expert in internati...
17 Nov 202048min
Woman's Hour Power List: Our Planet - The Big Reveal
Today Jane Garvey reveals the 30 names on this year's Woman’s Hour Power List, which celebrates women from across the UK that are making a significant contribution to the health and sustainability of...
16 Nov 202053min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Anne-Marie, Princess Diana, The forgotten history of women slaves
The popstar Anne-Marie is famous for songs such as 2002, Ciao adios & Clean Bandit’s Rockabye. She talks to us about lockdown and her new documentary on You Tube ‘How to Be Anne Marie. We discuss the ...
14 Nov 202043min
Remembering the victims of Peter Sutcliffe; Women in the wedding industry; Kate Malone
The serial killer Peter Sutcliffe has died of Covid 19. He was convicted of the murders of 13 women, and the attempted murder of 7 others, in Yorkshire and the north-west of England between 1975 and ...
13 Nov 202048min
Otegha Uwagba, Nigella Lawson, Anne-Marie
Otegha Uwagha is a writer & commentator. Today she discusses her new essay, Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods. She discusses, what she sees as, the ‘colossal burden’ of co-existing with white peop...
12 Nov 202048min
