Jung Chang, Labour deputy leader race, Jaysley Beck's mother.
Jung Chang’s Wild Swans, the epic family memoir that followed the lives of Jung, her mother and grandmother through China's 20th century, was banned in mainland China, but was a smash hit worldwide up...
9 Sep 202557min
Angela Rayner fallout, Do we need to take creatine? Papua New Guinea
The fallout from Angela Rayner's departure continues to dominate the headlines today as Labour's National Executive Committee is expected to meet to agree the timetable for the race to replace Rayner ...
8 Sep 202557min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: actor Robin Wright, life after a parent’s suicide, disliking your child's friends
Actor Robin Wright joined Nuala McGovern to discuss directing and starring in new series The Girlfriend, based on the book by Michelle Frances. Best known for her award-winning role in House of Cards ...
6 Sep 202556min
Menopause and severe depression, Disliking your child's friends, Giorgio Armani
In the last of our series on life after suicide, our reporter Jo Morris meets Stef whose mother took her own life when Stef was 19. On experiencing severe depression as she approached the menopause h...
5 Sep 202557min
Afghanistan earthquake, Friendship anxiety, Invasive Species play
It has been four days since the huge 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck the mountainous eastern region of Afghanistan, near the city of Jalalabad. Over 1,400 people are reported to have been killed by th...
4 Sep 202557min
American Vogue's new editor, Sandie Peggie tribunal, Sabrina Carpenter's lyrics, Life after a parent's suicide
There's a new woman deciding what's hot and what's not in the world of fashion. Chloe Malle has been appointed as the head of US Vogue - the biggest job in the industry - replacing the formidable Dame...
3 Sep 202556min
Femicide Census, Period Pain, Eve Myles, Forced Adoption
New figures from the latest Femicide Census out are out today. It records the killings of women. It shows that 122 women, that’s more than 2 women a week, were killed by men and boys in 2022. Most wom...
2 Sep 202557min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Forced adoptions, Author Paula Byrne, Is rugby safe?, Stalking and heart disease, Wool Sourcing
The former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has added his voice to calls for an apology for what he has called the state's role in the "terrible tragedy" of historic forced adoptions. Between 1949 and 1976...
1 Sep 202556min
