Olympic medallist Emily Campbell, Sexsomnia and the CPS, Beryl Cook play
Fresh from the Paris Olympic Games, the Team GB weightlifter Emily Campbell joins Jessica Creighton on the programme. Best known for her no-nonsense attitude, fabulous hair and of course, lifting extr...
15 Aug 202457min
Women and science fiction; Say She She
Throughout the summer we’ve been taking a look into the world of 'genre fiction' – the women who read it and the women who write it. In the latest of this series, we’re going to discuss science fictio...
14 Aug 202455min
Actor Romola Garai, AI research and breast cancer, Rebecca Watson
Annie Ernaux’s Booker-nominated book, Les Années, traces her journey from childhood in post-war France to old age in the post-9/11 era. Now adapted for the stage, Gina Mckee, Deborah Findlay and Romol...
13 Aug 202457min
Paralympian Jodie Grinham, The Wicker Man, Singer Mary Bridget Davies
For the first time in history, the Paris 2024 Olympics saw an equal number of men and women competing. But that's not always been the case - in fact, back in 1912, the father of the Olympic games Pier...
12 Aug 202455min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Lottie Tomlinson, Madwomen of the West, Infants and domestic abuse, Elles Bailey
Lottie Tomlinson rose to fame as the younger sister of One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson. At 16, she went on tour with the band as a makeup artist and a decade on, has become an entrepreneur. Lottie’s m...
10 Aug 202452min
Olympics boxing controversy, Lottie Tomlinson, Losing friends after a break-up, Golda Schultz
This evening at the Olympics, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif will fight for a gold medal in the women’s welterweight event. Tomorrow, Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting will compete for gold in the final of the women’...
9 Aug 202456min
Blues singer Elles Bailey, Author Abi Daré, Infants and domestic abuse
First to the news that thousands of anti-racism protesters gathered in cities and towns across England last night. They were rallying in response to a week of anti-immigration rioting and racist viole...
8 Aug 202453min
Army racism, Gardens and the Bloomsbury Group, Fantastically Great Women musical
Kerry-Ann Knight, who served in the army for over a decade, has spoken out about the years of racist and sexist abuse she received whilst serving saying that it made her life "a living hell". She join...
7 Aug 202453min
