Weekend Woman’s Hour: Twiggy, Misogyny and boys, Lucy Edwards, Segregation, Mhairi Black, Nieve Ella
Twiggy turned the modelling world upside down with her androgynous style, big round eyes, bold eyelashes, and pixie haircut, becoming a defining figure and fashion icon of the swinging 60s. Considered...
8 Mar 202552min
Mhairi Black, Women's boxing, Helen Castor and Rosanna Pike on writing history
In May 2015, 20 year-old Mhairi Black was the youngest person for more than a century to become a Member of Parliament – and she then remained a Westminster MP until standing down at the 2024 election...
7 Mar 202557min
Millie Bobby Brown's video, Tuppence Middleton on OCD, 30 years of Lush
A video made and posted by Stranger Things actor Millie Bobby Brown has gone viral. In it she criticises the recent press articles about her appearance, saying "this isn't journalism, this is bullying...
6 Mar 202557min
New womb cancer swab test, the legacy of the last woman hanged, music from Nieve Ella
Nuala McGovern hears about a new swab test which could mean women avoid having invasive tests used to detect womb cancer. About 800,000 women per year see a GP because they are suffering from abnormal...
5 Mar 202554min
Obesity and children, How carers are coping, Lucy Edwards' new book
A third of children and young people worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, according to a new worldwide study, while rates of obesity in children, younger teenagers and younger adults more th...
4 Mar 202557min
Twiggy, Trauma cards, Lesbian Lines
Last night was the biggest night in film - the Oscars! The independent film Anora, made for just $5 million, cleaned up winning five awards including best picture and best actress for Mikey Madison - ...
3 Mar 202557min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Tamsin Greig and Celia Imrie, Esther Ghey, Nnedi Okorafor, Same Dress Different Bodies, Fostering, Rory
Two of the country’s best-loved stage and screen Olivier award-winning actors, Celia Imrie and Tamsin Greig are currently playing mother and daughter in Backstroke, a new play at the Donmar Warehouse ...
1 Mar 202554min
Simone Ashley, The Tate brothers, Fostering siblings, Driving instructors
Simone Ashley plays Kate Sharma in one of Netflix's biggest shows, Bridgerton, and also graced our screens in groundbreaking comedy Sex Education. She joins Nuala McGovern to talk about her new romcom...
28 Feb 202557min
