Weekend Woman's Hour: Anne-Marie, Princess Diana, The forgotten history of women slaves
The popstar Anne-Marie is famous for songs such as 2002, Ciao adios & Clean Bandit’s Rockabye. She talks to us about lockdown and her new documentary on You Tube ‘How to Be Anne Marie. We discuss the ...
14 Nov 202043min
Remembering the victims of Peter Sutcliffe; Women in the wedding industry; Kate Malone
The serial killer Peter Sutcliffe has died of Covid 19. He was convicted of the murders of 13 women, and the attempted murder of 7 others, in Yorkshire and the north-west of England between 1975 and ...
13 Nov 202048min
Otegha Uwagba, Nigella Lawson, Anne-Marie
Otegha Uwagha is a writer & commentator. Today she discusses her new essay, Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods. She discusses, what she sees as, the ‘colossal burden’ of co-existing with white peop...
12 Nov 202048min
Princess Diana. High Court challenge over late Down's syndrome terminations. Religion and climate change activism
Twenty five years ago Martin Bashir's Panorama interview with Diana Princess of Wales made headlines around the world with quotes like “ there were were three of us in this marriage so it was a bit ...
11 Nov 202045min
Critical care nurses' mental health; Allotments; Women of the Miners’ Strike; Mother and son referees
Covid 19 has been difficult for everyone but one group that’s been at the front line of fighting the pandemic is critical care nurses. There are reports of record sickness levels partly due to stress ...
10 Nov 202045min
USA presidential elections, Down's syndrome, The forgotten history of women slaves, Young inventor
The US Presidential election results with Dr. Jeanne Morefield, Senior Lecturer in political theory at the University of Birmingham, and Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Wash...
9 Nov 202046min
Supporting a child with depression, Flexible working, Maggie O'Farrell, Paint recycling, Carers and the pandemic.
Liz Brookes looks after her husband Mike, who has had vascular dementia and Chris Black cares for his wife, Helen, who has Picks disease, or Frontotemporal dementia. How have they coped during the pan...
7 Nov 202056min
Carers and the pandemic, Blind pregnancy test, Suffrage Science Award
In April we spoke to Liz Brookes who looks after her husband Mike, who has had vascular dementia and to Chris Black who cares for his wife, Helen, who has Picks disease, or Frontal Temperal dementia. ...
6 Nov 202052min
