Kate Rusby, Frances Cha, Textile Factories
The folk singer, Kate Rusby also has the nickname, The Barnsley Nightingale. Kate's latest album is covers of pop music you're bound to recognise, but in her own folksy, mellow way. She talks to us a...
23 Jul 202045min
Parenting Podcast: Rock Pools
Heading to the British coast on holiday this year? The fascinating Heather Buttivant tells us what wonders we can find in the common rock pool, and how to interest kids in them.
22 Jul 20209min
How to be a good friend, Hairdresser tribunal case, Rock pools
In the next of our summer series of practical How to guides, we talk about how to be a good friend. There will be tips on how to make, keep and politely shed friends at different stages in your life...
22 Jul 202049min
Gender neutral parenting, Women and high street job losses, Author Emma Donoghue, Late diagnosis of autism
As the neutral pronouns they/them start to enter the public consciousness, so too has the idea of gender-neutral parenting. Sarah Davies is a new mum to baby Quinn and talks about her experience of pr...
21 Jul 202053min
Leaving friends on a night out; Emma Gannon; Black women and photography; Asylum seeking women in lockdown;
Michaela Coel’s BBC drama ‘I May Destroy You’ has brought to light a number of interesting dilemmas, particularly within the realm of female friendships. Today we ask – is it okay to leave a friend on...
20 Jul 202049min
Karen Gibson 'Godmother of Gospel', the Price of Fast Fashion, Abuse in Gymnastics
Karen Gibson aka “Godmother of Gospel” who shot to worldwide fame in 2018 after she appeared conducting The Kingdom Choir at the Royal Wedding of Harry and Meghan – tells me about the Choir’s new sin...
18 Jul 202056min
Caitlin Moran on How to Build a Girl. How to change your career. The school's fruit and veg scheme.
How To Build A Girl – based on Caitlin Moran’s non-fiction memoir of the same name - has now been turned into a film It introduces us to Johanna Morrigan, a young Wolverhampton local who’s strugglin...
17 Jul 202046min
Black Women's Mental Health, Pensions, Natasha Gregson Wagner and Women on Remand
The mental health charity, Mind is calling for the government to publish their White Paper on the Mental Health Act. They have been pushing for reforms so that fewer black people who are disproportion...
16 Jul 202046min
