Failures in maternity care, Spain's Princess Leonor turns 18, Women's Ballon d'Or
A group of families affected by failures in NHS maternity care are calling for a full statutory public inquiry into maternity safety in England. Emily Barley from the Maternity Safety Alliance group t...
31 Okt 202357min
Bianca Williams, Sandra Hüller, Living with your parents too long
Bianca Williams and her partner, fellow athlete Ricardo dos Santos, were stopped outside their home in London in July 2020. They had their three-month-old baby with them in their car. Both were handcu...
30 Okt 202357min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Rescuing seal pups, Tell-all celebrity memoirs
Leigh-Anne Pinnock - a name you may know, as a member of one of the biggest girl bands in the world, Little Mix. This year - almost two years since the band announced a hiatus - Leigh-Anne has embarke...
28 Okt 202356min
Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Black British Book Festival, Gesbeen Mohammad
Leigh-Anne Pinnock has embarked on her own solo career, almost two years after her band, Little Mix, called a hiatus - and has already released two songs. Now she's got a new book out, Believe, all ab...
27 Okt 202356min
Tell-all celebrity memoirs, child poverty, and 'de-banking'
Britney Spears has been in the news again after spilling personal stories in a memoir. Are women being pressured to overshare in order to sell books? And are men also expected to publicise their perso...
26 Okt 202357min
Israel-Gaza war, Monica Dolan, Kathryn Mannix
As the Israel-Gaza war continues, aid groups are calling for a ceasefire in Gaza as power shortages threaten the lives of vulnerable patients, including women and children. UN agencies have estimated ...
25 Okt 202357min
Ruth Birch and Julia Curry, Liza Mundy, Lyse Doucet and Tal Hochman, Cindy Thomas and Laura Barton
Liza Mundy is the bestselling author of Code Girls, a book about the American women who broke codes during the Second World War. Her new book details the lives of spies and intelligence agents behind ...
24 Okt 202357min
Ukrainian children in Russia, Fanny Mendelssohn, Men designing clothes for women
Ukraine claims it has identified 20,000 children who it alleges have been abducted by Russia since the start of the war. Arrest warrants have been issued to President Putin and his Commissioner for Ch...
23 Okt 202356min
