Winter Olympics; Ashling Murphy; Gender roles and parenting; Investing in female-founded companies
The Winter Olympics begin on 4th February in Beijing and Team GB will be sending around 50 athletes with the hopes of bringing back a clutch of medals. The run up to the Games has been challenging – ...
17 Jan 202256min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Anti vaccine mandate, Witchcraft, Helen Pankhurst
A midwife from a maternity unit tells us why she and over thirty of her colleagues are refusing to have the Covid jab. We hear from the Royal College of Nursing who want the Government to pause the va...
15 Jan 202243min
Midwives refusing the vaccine, Spiking inquiry, 50 years of diet & fitness with Rosemary Conley, Slam poetry
A midwife from a maternity unit tells us why she and over thirty of her colleagues are refusing to have the Covid jab. They will all lose their jobs when the Government’s vaccine mandate for NHS staff...
14 Jan 202257min
Emma Gannon on her new book (Dis)connected, Virginia Giuffre US civil case, Helen Pankhurst
How can we have a healthier relationship with tech, the internet and social media? In her new book Disconnected, podcaster Emma Gannon looks at how we can take back control, set boundaries, and unlear...
13 Jan 202256min
Safety of Women; Sarak Sak; Adjoa Andoh and Julie Cooper; Women on Coins; Adolescent Skin
Adjoa Andoh is British actor who has graced stage and screen and is perhaps best known as Bridgerton's Lady Danbury - but you may not be aware that in addition to being a director and producer she is ...
12 Jan 202256min
Rhian Graham, Who is Sue Gray?, Hopeline19
Who is Sue Gray, the civil servant tasked with investigating the Downing Street parties and has she been put in an impossible position? Caroline Slocock former private secretary to Margaret Thatcher ...
11 Jan 202257min
Helena Merriman, Bus driver Tracey Scholes, Pardons for women tried as witches
Three years ago, BBC radio broadcaster Helena Merriman received a shock diagnosis related to hearing loss after giving birth to her son. This prompted her to explore how people handle life-changing ne...
10 Jan 202257min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Putting your life on the page, Dr Lin Berwick, Poorna Bell
We explore why so many of us want to put our lives on the page. Can writing stand in for therapy? What are the ethical and moral considerations of such sharing. Julia Samuel is a psychotherapist and t...
8 Jan 202248min
