Brigitte Macron cyberbullying case, Comedian Laura Smyth, Autism de-diagnosis
Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, has accused ten people of posting malicious comments about her, claiming she was a born a man, something Macron says is completely untrue. He...
28 Okt 202553min
Petula Clark, Teenagers and online coercion, Clocks going back
Singer, actor and performer, Petula Clark’s career has spanned over eight decades. She sang to wartime troops in the 40s, was a 1950s child star, became a European musical icon, before conquering Ame...
27 Okt 202553min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Landmark policy change in the Family Court, Essex Witches, Women rowing across the Pacific
The Essex witch trials represent one of the darkest chapters in British history. A new Sky History series, Witches of Essex, revisits the real lives of women accused of witchcraft in the 16th and 17th...
25 Okt 202528min
First mum in space, Tiggy Walker, Recruiting women to Formula 1
50 years ago today - in 1975 - 90% of women in Iceland took part in a nationwide protest over inequality. Instead of going to the office, doing housework or childcare, 25,000 women took to the streets...
24 Okt 202554min
Wes Streeting, Virginia Giuffre memoir, Pacific Ocean rowers
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting joins Anita Rani to announce new government policy on women’s health. Anita speaks to Amy Wallace, the writer and journalist who worked with...
23 Okt 202554min
The Nocebo effect, Women sports photographers, Parental involvement in family courts
We’ve heard about the placebo effect, when belief in a treatment makes us feel better, but what do you know about the nocebo effect? It’s when our negative expectations of a treatment, medicine or pro...
22 Okt 202554min
Grooming gangs, Eve Muirhead, Lily King, Menopause
Two sexual abuse survivors have resigned from their roles on the national inquiry into grooming gangs. Fiona Goddard and Ellie Reynolds both stood down from the victims' liaison panel which was overse...
21 Okt 202554min
Maternity services inquiry, Women in architecture, Witches
The government has announced an independent inquiry into repeated failings in maternity services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Earlier this year, a BBC investigation revealed that the deaths ...
20 Okt 202554min
