Plaid Cymru & culture of harassment, Egg freezing, Taylor Swift, Lisa Selby & Blue Bag Life, Wrexham and DJ Katie Owen
Plaid Cymru have apologised after a damning review found a culture of harassment, bullying and misogyny in the party. The party had "failed to implement a zero-tolerance approach to sexual harassment"...
5 Maj 202355min
Maternal mental health, Ellie Goldstein, Kneelers, Black Ops, Power List
An estimated one in five new and expectant mums develops perinatal mental illnesses according to the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Whilst every pregnant woman should be screened for mental health is...
4 Maj 202357min
Ellie Wilson, Women-only tower block, Rejection, Women's Hour
For Ellie Wilson, now 25, it’s been a year since the man she once called her boyfriend was convicted of raping her and sentenced to five years in prison. Research shows that one in four women have bee...
3 Maj 202357min
Caregivers, What do we know about Queen Charlotte, Ukrainian musical prodigies
There are two new books about the experience of caregiving: Who Cares: the hidden crisis of caregiving and how we solve it by Emily Kenway and Mothercare: on ambivalence and obligation by acclaimed Am...
2 Maj 202356min
Actors Laura Dern and Diane Ladd, Nurses Strikes, Sarah Gilmartin
The book Honey, Baby, Mine is a joint project of mother/daughter actors Diane Ladd, and Laura Dern. Working together is not unusual for these two as over decades they have taken their connection onto ...
1 Maj 202357min
Ruby Wax, Abortion in Ireland, Jo Hansford MBE and Comedian Zoe Lyons
What happens when a woman famous for talking to people, and for her razor sharp wit, is left stranded on a desert island with just herself and a hermit crab for company? Author, comedian, broadcaster ...
29 Apr 202343min
Ruby Wax, Murty women, Summer clothes, National Baby Female choreographers
What happens when a woman famous for her razor sharp wit is left stranded on a desert island with just her own company and a hermit crab called Spartacus? Author, broadcaster and mental health campaig...
28 Apr 202357min
Kingship, Fibromyalgia, Trump, Ireland abortion
In 2018 the people of Ireland voted to repeal the 8th amendment and grant women access to safe and free abortions up to 12 weeks into pregnancy. Ireland was promised ‘excellent’ abortion services but ...
27 Apr 202357min
