Ofsted, Carrie Coon and Elizabeth Olsen, 'Mum friends'
One or two-word Ofsted inspection grades for England's schools are being scrapped immediately. Early next year, school improvement teams will be set up in every area, and the Government says it will c...
2 Sep 202457min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Kaos with Janet McTeer, Sisters Lina and Laviai Nielsen, India protests, Post Office Scandal
A new Netflix series, Kaos is a modern, darkly comic retelling of Greek mythology that will perhaps have you seeing the gender politics of ancient Greece in a new light. Stage and film actor Janet McT...
31 Aug 202453min
Nicki Chapman, Los Bitchos, Post Office Scandal
Nicki Chapman is well-known for presenting shows like Escape to the Country and Wanted Down Under and also a regular presenter on BBC Radio 2. She started out as a record plugger in the music industry...
30 Aug 202452min
Kaos with Janet McTeer, India protests, author Clare Chambers
Protests have been happening across India after a 31-year-old junior doctor was raped and murdered in a hospital in Kolkata earlier this month. Her death prompted marches and strikes nationwide over ...
29 Aug 202457min
Bel Powley and Susan Wokoma, Genre fiction: Spy novels and thrillers, Jenny Ryan
The Real Thing is a play within a play currently on stage at the Old Vic in London. It encourages the audience to question why we fall in love, what is fact and what is fiction. And can we can ever re...
28 Aug 202454min
Paralympics preview, Master of King's Music Errollyn Wallen, Shifters
The Paris Paralympic Games begin tomorrow. Nuala is joined by Paralympian turned broadcaster Rachael Latham to talk us through the women we should be looking out for over the next 12 days.Composer and...
27 Aug 202456min
Sisters: A Woman’s Hour special
Whether you have a sister or not, it’s a relationship that has long fascinated us. In this special edition of Woman’s Hour, Nuala McGovern explores what makes the female sibling dynamic so compelling....
26 Aug 202458min
Weekend Woman's Hour Listener Week: Van Life, Risky sports, Widows Fire, Pets as therapy, Tummies
Listener Week is when all the topics, interviews and discussions are chosen by YOU!We hear from listener Siobhan Daniels. She wrote to us on Instagram: 'I would love you to talk about van life and an ...
24 Aug 202456min
