Women and Gaming; ICU nurse Dawn Bilbrough; Poulomi Basu; Puberty blockers
Dawn Bilbrough is a critical care nurse from York who in the early stages of COVID-19 posted an emotional video on social media that went viral. She was appealing to the public to stop panic buying as...
30 Jun 202047min
Skin-lightening creams
Last week Johnson & Johnson announced it will cease production on two lines of skin-lightening products sold in countries across Asia and the Middle East. At the same time, Unilever, who own the skin-...
29 Jun 202048min
Rethink: How might our relationship with our bodies and appearance change after the pandemic?, Public Speaking, Pregnancy
How might our relationship with our bodies and appearance change after the pandemic? As part of the BBC's Rethink series, Laura Bates, the founder of the Everyday Sexism project, Kate Lister, Lecture...
27 Jun 202054min
Rethink – The harm of macho leadership; Athlete A
Today’s Rethink essay comes from the musician and artist Brian Eno, he asks what the response to the pandemic has taught us about leadership, and how what we want and need from our future leaders migh...
26 Jun 202047min
I May Destroy You
Michaela Coel’s new drama “I May Destroy You” on BBC 1 is receiving rave reviews on Twitter and in the papers. The story centres around a writer called Arabella who is drugged and sexually assaulted b...
25 Jun 202045min
R4 Rethink: How might our relationship with our bodies and appearance change after the pandemic?
Rethink is a series of essays and discussions across BBC Radio 4, 5 Live and the World Service that looks at how the world might change after the coronavirus pandemic. Today's essay features the polit...
24 Jun 202044min
The Prison Doctor, Public Speaking, Holiday Clubs, Contraception & Lockdown
Theresa May has made a million pounds on the speaker circuit since she stood down as Prime Minister just under a year ago. We discuss how she’s done it and whether she might have a long career ahead o...
23 Jun 202051min
R4 Rethink: how might we design our world better post Covid?
Today Radio 4 launches Rethink - a series of essays and discussions right across BBC Radio that ask how the world might change after the pandemic. We begin with an essay from Stirling Prize winning ar...
22 Jun 202051min
