The art of pottering, Sexual assault allegation against the Minister of Tolerance, Black women and poetry
Pottering - what exactly is it? And why should you make time for it? To discuss this most British of pastimes, Jane is joined by self-confessed potterer – life coach Sarah Longfield and Anna McGovern...
27 Okt 202047min
Abortion in Poland, Who Holds The Real Eco-Power
Poland's top court has ruled that abortions in cases of foetal abnormality are unconstitutional. Poland's abortion laws were already among the strictest in Europe but the Constitutional Tribunal's rul...
26 Okt 202049min
Singing nuns, Long Covid, US presidential elections, Victoria Wood, Women and homelessness, Sister Bliss.
The Poor Clares of Arundel are a community of nuns. They've just released an album'Light for the World' described as 'traditional plainchant with added beats'. We hear from Sisters Leo & Sisters Aelre...
24 Okt 202057min
Women and Long Covid
New research out this week suggests that 1 in 45 people who get COVID-19 will continue to be unwell after three months, even if their initial infection was mild. And, under the age of 50, it does see...
23 Okt 202050min
DJ songwriter Sister Bliss. Deaths from cocaine. Starting a business during lockdown.
Sister Bliss is a DJ, songwriter and one of Britain’s most iconic and long lasting female electronic artists. She is perhaps best-known as a member of the British electronic band Faithless. She join...
22 Okt 202044min
Women and homelessness, WTO, The Secret Garden, Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women's Rights
The number of women sleeping rough has risen over the last decade and as the economic impact of Covid 19 takes hold, social policy advisers fear the situation could worsen. Female rough sleepers with ...
21 Okt 202042min
Singing Nuns, the US elections and women, the politicisation of Mumsnet? and what makes a good jobshare?
Jane Garvey talks to Sisters Leo & Aelread from The Poor Clares of Arundel who've just released an album of traditional plainchant with added beats. What can we learn from them about living life in t...
20 Okt 202050min
Victoria Wood, Frozen eggs, How to raise a kind child
Victoria Wood, the Lancashire born comedian, writer, actor, stand up and singer found fame with shows such as Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, Wood & Walters and Dinner Ladies. She died in 2016 having ne...
19 Okt 202049min
