Bonus episode: Raye in conversation with BBC 100 Women
In this episode, Woman's Hour's Nuala McGovern introduces a bonus podcast in collaboration with BBC 100 Women. It’s an interview with the award-winning singer-songwriter Raye, who has been named as on...
3 Des 202426min
Gregg Wallace, Uterine fibroids, Director Kiran Rao
The TV presenter Gregg Wallace has denied behaviour of a sexually harassing nature, after 13 people came forward last week with allegations of inappropriate comments. In a video posted on Instagram, h...
2 Des 202457min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Miscarriage, Maggie O'Farrell on stammering, Women and alcohol-related liver disease
Losing a baby in the early stages of pregnancy can be an extremely painful experience. Having to explain to your employer why you can’t come to work only adds to the difficulty. In the UK, there’s cur...
30 Nov 202455min
Author Maggie O'Farrell, Allegations against Gregg Wallace, Marina Costa-Jackson
When the Stammer Came to Stay is award-winning author Maggie O’Farrell’s third book for children. Based on her own experience of living with a stammer, it's a story that celebrates differences and exp...
29 Nov 202454min
Children with special educational needs and disabilities at academy schools, Kim Cypher, Choreographer Lucy Hind
Academy schools were one of the issues that listeners raised during, and since, Woman’s Hour’s special programme investigating the SEND system for children with special education needs and disabilitie...
28 Nov 202454min
Joan Armatrading, Baroness Lola Young, Melanie Reid
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Joan Armatrading joins Nuala McGovern to discuss her 23rd studio album, How Did This Happen and What Does it Now Mean?Losing a baby in the early stages of pregnancy ...
27 Nov 202455min
Supreme Court hears case on definition of a woman, Barbara Taylor Bradford's life
Judges at the Supreme Court are today considering how women are defined in law in a landmark case brought by Scottish campaigners. It will address what “sex” means legally, and will set out exactly ho...
26 Nov 202456min
Civil rape case against Conor McGregor, Binge drinking, Chappell Roan
The woman who accused the mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor of raping her has won her civil case against him. He has been ordered to pay nearly a quater of a million euros in damages. Mr McGre...
25 Nov 202456min
