Cryptic pregnancy, actor Karen Pittman, writer Nikita Gill, Agnes Wanjiru
To so many women the symptoms of pregnancy are instant, intense and unmistakeable; however some make it the full nine months without having any idea they’re even pregnant. This phenomenon is known as ...
17 Sep 202556min
Baroness Hale, Trump’s visit, Afro hair care
As Donald Trump arrives in the UK for his second state visit, we examine how women feel about the US President now and how the Epstein scandal might feature in discussions as Keir Starmer faces more p...
16 Sep 202557min
Patricia Lockwood, SEND rally, Maternity review, Kathrine Switzer
Patricia Lockwood is a poet, memoirist and novelist whose work straddles the literary world and the wilds of the internet. Patricia first went viral with her traumatic poem Rape Joke, while her memoir...
15 Sep 202557min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Davina McCall, Papua New Guinea, Jung Chang, Fawning, Sophie Ellis Bextor
Davina McCall, one of TV’s most popular presenters has a new book out, Birthing, co-written with the midwife, Marley Henry. Davina joined Anita Rani to talk about her stellar career so far, including ...
13 Sep 202555min
Davina McCall, Highland Games, Essex accents
Davina McCall, one of TV’s most popular presenters has a new book out, Birthing, co-written with the midwife, Marley Henry. Davina joins Anita Rani to talk about her stellar career so far, including h...
12 Sep 202557min
Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Pregnancy drug DES, Novelist Heather Morris
For decades thousands of pregnant women across the UK were prescribed the drug Diethlystilbestrol or DES, a synthetic hormone that was meant to help prevent miscarriage. But the drug left a legacy of ...
11 Sep 202556min
Noel Clarke libel case, Bras after cancer, Comedian Emma Doran
On 22 August, the High court rejected Noel Clarke’s claim that accusations against him by more than 20 women were false and part of a conspiracy. The writer, actor and producer of the Kidulthood trilo...
10 Sep 202557min
Jung Chang, Labour deputy leader race, Jaysley Beck's mother.
Jung Chang’s Wild Swans, the epic family memoir that followed the lives of Jung, her mother and grandmother through China's 20th century, was banned in mainland China, but was a smash hit worldwide up...
9 Sep 202557min
