Sexist abuse of MPs, Town Crier Brenda Willison, Vanessa Frake on The Governor, Second Chances
Vanessa Frake worked in the prison service for 27 years. For 16 of those years she was the head of security and operations at the notorious male prison Wormwood Scrubs. Her career saw her cross paths ...
21 Apr 202143min
Dogs of Lockdown; Teachers assaulted by pupils; Family reconciliation; Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
With the surge in people getting dogs during lockdown, Emily Dean, broadcaster and host of ‘Walking The Dog with Emily Dean’ joins Anita to discuss her shih-tzu called Raymond, the trend for ‘pandemic...
20 Apr 202143min
Pauline Black of The Selecter, Julia Gillard on girls' education, Mothers at risk of losing their children.
The original rude girl and ‘Queen of Ska’ Pauline Black was working as a radiographer when she came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the 2 Tone ska revival band The Selecter. Paul...
19 Apr 202143min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Dame Maureen Lipman; Women feeling the Cold; Singer Imelda May.
Actor and writer Dame Maureen Lipman recently lost Guido Castro, her partner of more than thirteen years, having already been widowed in 2004 when her husband Jack Rosenthal died after 30 years of mar...
17 Apr 202146min
Irish singer-songwriter Imelda May
Imelda May is an Irish singer/songwriter discovered by Jools Holland when she supported him on tour and subsequently appeared on Later ... with Jools Holland in 2008. She was the queen of rockabilly, ...
16 Apr 202143min
Catholic Church Abuse. Recycling Shaming, Maureen Lipman
A woman who won a settlement from the Catholic Church after reporting the abuse she suffered, is now launching a personal injury claim against Westminster Diocese. It's because of a series of emails w...
15 Apr 202144min
Owen Paterson MP on the suicide of his wife Rose, Evy Cohen, GeorgiaElliot-Smith and music from Manika Kaur
Emma Barnett talks to the former cabinet minister Owen Paterson about the suicide of his wife Rose and the charity he's founded in her memory. Evy Cohen talks about Prince Philip and how his mother Pr...
14 Apr 202140min
Shirley Williams, New Mums & Jury Service, Flexible Working
Baroness Shirley Williams has died at the age of 90. She was a titan of British politics and a true trailblazer for women. She appeared on Woman's Hour many times and so we remember her by listening t...
13 Apr 202143min
