Educating Rita at 40, Muslim women on love and desire & Teen mum to midwife
Forty years since Willy Russell’s play Educating Rita was first performed we hear from some real life Rita’s, Willy Russell and Julie Walters on the films influenceSam Baker, the former editor of Cosm...
5 Sep 202056min
Hilary Swank; Miscarriage in lockdown; Muslim women write about love and desire
Hilary Swank, the two time Oscar-winning actress of Boys Don’t Cry and Million Dollar Baby, stars in new Netflix drama Away. She plays Commander Emma Green who leaves behind her husband and daughter t...
4 Sep 202046min
How to be assertive; Rural domestic abuse; Author Helen FitzGerald
In the latest of our How to guides, we discuss the art of being assertive and explore why it can be so difficult for women to stand up for themselves, assert their own needs and make themselves heard....
3 Sep 202047min
The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick
The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick, talks to Jenni about working with women in the community to help combat violent crime. She wants both the victims of things like domesti...
2 Sep 202044min
Annette Bening, Covid realities project, Ann Cleeves, Corroboration in rape trials
Annette Bening stars in a new film 'Hope Gap' about the collapse of a marriage after 29 years. She joins Jane to discuss the disintegration of that union.The Covid realities project from York and Birm...
1 Sep 202050min
Educating Rita at 40 with Julie Walters, Willy Russell and real life Ritas
This summer marks 40 years since Willy Russell’s landmark play Educating Rita was first performed. The funny and moving story of a 26 year-old Liverpudlian hairdresser studying for an Open University ...
31 Aug 202042min
Listener Week - Nits, Accents, Becoming a mother unexpectedly, Paddle sports, Losing your belongings, Choirs
Louise Somerville thinks we need to talk more about nits. She feels that increasingly schools are inconsistent in how much they help parents deal with nits and that clear advice is lacking. We ask how...
29 Aug 202055min
Choirs, Sexual Assault on University Campuses, Retirement, Losing Your Belongings
Presented by Jenni Murray.A 16 year-old young woman looking at universities came across the St Andrews Survivors page on Instagram with more than 100 stories of sexual assault. She only read a couple ...
28 Aug 202045min
