Grease stars Olivia Moore and Jocasta Almgill. Author Julie Myerson. Restorative justice.
Grease IS the word! We meet actors Olivia Moore and Jocasta Almgill, who are taking on the roles of Sandy and Rizzo in a new production of one of the best-loved musicals of all time.Author Julie Myers...
31 Maj 202255min
Hannah Fry, Female Bouncers, Ukrainian Refugees
Hannah Fry is a professor in the Mathematics of Cities at UCL, a best selling author, a TV presenter and a podcaster. But in January 2021, her life changed when she found out she had cervical cancer. ...
30 Maj 202257min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Amara Okereke as Eliza Doolittle, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Sean O'Neill on his late daughter's ME
Part of our exclusive Woman’s Hour interview with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. She reveals the full story of her imprisonment in Iran to Emma Barnett. Nazanin explains how she survived solitary confinem...
28 Maj 202256min
The play Lotus Beauty, Women in Agriculture & America’s Sterilisation policy
The play Lotus Beauty set in a beauty salon in Southall tells the story of the Punjabi immigrant women it serves where culture meets the desire to fit in. The beauty salon is a backdrop for exploring ...
27 Maj 202258min
ABBA Voyage, rape disclosure, Katie Hickman, cost of living, women of colour & racism in the workplace
Amongst all his other difficulties, Boris Johnson has promised to improve the outcome for rape victims, saying he will fix the system. It was a pledge made after the murder of Sarah Everard. Today, l...
26 Maj 202256min
Roxanne Tahbaz, Mina Smallman, Amara Okereke on playing Eliza Doolittle
It has been just over two months since Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori returned to the UK from detention in Iran, and were reunited with their families. But for the family of London bor...
25 Maj 202255min
Mary Anning statue, Sean O'Neill and daughter's death from ME, Social care
This month, the health secretary announced a new plan to tackle ME and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in England. Woman’s Hour is joined by Sean O’Neill, a senior writer for the Times, whose eldest daughter...
23 Maj 202258min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Siobhan McSweeney, Anne-Marie Duff, Mel C
Do you know much about nuns? Many people don’t, but some nuns in the US are turning to social media to bring religion into the 21st century. Sister Monica Clare from the Community of St John the Bapti...
21 Maj 202256min
