Weekend Woman's Hour: Loneliness & health, Concepts of Renaissance beauty & Rock Follies musical
All this week on Woman’s Hour we’ve been discussing the topic of loneliness as women and young people are statistically more likely to experience it. We hear from the psychiatrist Dr Farhana Mann from...
5 Aug 202355min
Netball World Cup, Comedian Georgie Grier, Can design heal loneliness?
Actor and writer Georgie Grier has shared a post on social media after her opening show at the Edinburgh Fringe had just one person in the audience. She’s had replies of support and encouragement from...
4 Aug 202357min
Loneliness, Lucy Calcines, Nicole Travolta, Kids at risk
All this week on the programme we are looking at the topic of loneliness. Women are statistically more likely to be lonely and so in today's programme we will look at ways to cope with those feelings ...
3 Aug 202354min
Accusations against Lizzo, Power Lister Jodie Ounsley, Concepts of renaissance beauty, Loneliness, Rock Follies musical
The singer Lizzo, and her production company, are being sued by three former dancers. They have been accused of sexual and racial harassment, disability discrimination, false imprisonment and creating...
2 Aug 202355min
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, Air pollution and pregnancy, BookTok, Loneliness and health
Frances Haugen is the former Facebook employee turned whistleblower who extracted more than 22,000 pages of documents from the company revealing its inner workings. She believes they show the company ...
1 Aug 202357min
Author Jane Fallon, Two mothers talk about daughters' deaths, Netball World Cup, Young women and loneliness, Nouhaila Benzina
In 2018, two new mothers died weeks apart after giving birth in two Kent hospitals from a herpes infection. Kimberley Sampson and Samantha Mulcahy both had c-sections and contracted herpes before or a...
31 Juli 202357min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Men and stopping sexist behaviour, Grenfell play, Date Stacking
What role should men play in stopping sexist behaviour? Several campaigns have aimed to tackle this, the most recent being the Mayor of London’s Maaate initiative. To discuss we're joined by Karen Why...
29 Juli 202343min
Women's Football World Cup, Black Beauty, Women in the city, Italian Lifeguard
In their second game of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, England’s Lionesses face Denmark. Woman’s Hour will be following the game live, bringing you updates and analysis from our special guests. Ball...
28 Juli 202357min
