Women and Long Covid
New research out this week suggests that 1 in 45 people who get COVID-19 will continue to be unwell after three months, even if their initial infection was mild. And, under the age of 50, it does see...
23 Okt 202050min
DJ songwriter Sister Bliss. Deaths from cocaine. Starting a business during lockdown.
Sister Bliss is a DJ, songwriter and one of Britain’s most iconic and long lasting female electronic artists. She is perhaps best-known as a member of the British electronic band Faithless. She join...
22 Okt 202044min
Women and homelessness, WTO, The Secret Garden, Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women's Rights
The number of women sleeping rough has risen over the last decade and as the economic impact of Covid 19 takes hold, social policy advisers fear the situation could worsen. Female rough sleepers with ...
21 Okt 202042min
Singing Nuns, the US elections and women, the politicisation of Mumsnet? and what makes a good jobshare?
Jane Garvey talks to Sisters Leo & Aelread from The Poor Clares of Arundel who've just released an album of traditional plainchant with added beats. What can we learn from them about living life in t...
20 Okt 202050min
Victoria Wood, Frozen eggs, How to raise a kind child
Victoria Wood, the Lancashire born comedian, writer, actor, stand up and singer found fame with shows such as Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, Wood & Walters and Dinner Ladies. She died in 2016 having ne...
19 Okt 202049min
Weekend Woman's Hour - Carla Bruni, Working from Home, HIV and Bame women
We have music from the former supermodel Carla Bruni who tells us about her new album.We hear from the Conservative MP Laura Trott who is trying to get a law passed to stop under 18s accessing filler ...
17 Okt 202056min
Dolly Alderton; Rape convictions - Katie's story; How to work from home
Dolly Alderton joins Jane to talk about her first novel Ghosts. Her protagonist Nina Dean is dealing with a lot. She’s trying to make it as a food writer and finally has a flat of her own. Her dad is...
16 Okt 202054min
Sculptor Susie MacMurray, Fillers, ADHD Late Diagnosis and Women and Forgiveness
A striking new female figure can be seen in Kings’ Place in London, and online from this week. Medusa is a tall, headless woman whose body turns into snakes made of chainmail. For her creator, Manches...
15 Okt 202051min
