Jane McDonald, HRT, Amanda Prowse and Josiah Hartley, Paint recycling
We may not be doing much holiday cruising in the pandemic but Jane McDonald known as ‘Queen of Cruise’ has a new album out ‘Cruising with Jane McDonald Vol 2’ featuring many well-known songs, all perf...
2 Nov 202051min
Weekend Woman's Hour - Pottering, BAME Eating Disorders & Ditching Shame
Pottering can be described as keeping busy without a plan or purpose. We hear from a self-confessed potterer. She's life coach Sarah Longfield, and we also have Anna McGovern, who's written a book cal...
31 Okt 202055min
The British women taking part in the Vendee Globe solo round the world sailing race
The Vendee Globe solo round the world sailing race is considered to be one of the toughest sporting competitions: 24,000 miles as the crow flies, no help, no stops and no turning back. This year out o...
30 Okt 202049min
Author Victoria Hislop. Women's FA Cup. Diagnosing ovarian cancer. Singer Charlotte Awbery
Author Victoria Hislop discusses her new novel ‘One August Night’, the long-anticipated sequel to her award-winning work, ‘The Island’. Why has she waited so long to revisit the hugely popular Cretan ...
29 Okt 202045min
BAME Eating Disorders, Leaving Care, Cyberstalking
According to NHS Digital more people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities are being admitted to hospital because of eating disorders. Experts say problems should have been picked up much ...
28 Okt 202045min
The art of pottering, Sexual assault allegation against the Minister of Tolerance, Black women and poetry
Pottering - what exactly is it? And why should you make time for it? To discuss this most British of pastimes, Jane is joined by self-confessed potterer – life coach Sarah Longfield and Anna McGovern...
27 Okt 202047min
Abortion in Poland, Who Holds The Real Eco-Power
Poland's top court has ruled that abortions in cases of foetal abnormality are unconstitutional. Poland's abortion laws were already among the strictest in Europe but the Constitutional Tribunal's rul...
26 Okt 202049min
Singing nuns, Long Covid, US presidential elections, Victoria Wood, Women and homelessness, Sister Bliss.
The Poor Clares of Arundel are a community of nuns. They've just released an album'Light for the World' described as 'traditional plainchant with added beats'. We hear from Sisters Leo & Sisters Aelre...
24 Okt 202057min
