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
Listener Week: Sex in your 70s, Risky sports, Cost of men and women's haircuts
Listener Week is when all the topics, interviews and discussions are chosen by YOU!Woman's Hour listener Elaine asked the programme to discuss the issue of having sex in later life. Elaine is in her s...
23 Aug 202456min
Listener Week: Leaving a legacy, Periods through history, Belly dancing
Listener Week is when all the topics, interviews and discussions are chosen by YOU!What is it like to parent a neurodivergent child when you are neurodivergent yourself? Anita Rani speaks to listener ...
22 Aug 202457min
Listener Week: Widow's Fire, DNA discoveries, Decluttering backlash
Listener Week is when all the topics, interviews and discussions are chosen by YOU!As part of Listener Week we have been asked by widows to discuss one side effect of bereavement – hyper-arousal, and ...
21 Aug 202457min
