Minette Walters, Menopause supplement adverts, Blake Lively
Bestselling author Minette Walters shot to fame in the 1990s with her award-winning gritty crime novels The Ice House, The Sculptress and The Scold’s Bridle. She continued to write successful crime fi...
24 Dec 202457min
Amy Dowden, Syrian Women's Affairs Office, Nancy in Oliver!
Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Amy Dowden was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer last year, and she shared her treatment journey in a BBC documentary. Now, Amy is preparing for a comeback...
23 Dec 202452min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Anne-Marie Duff, Gisele Pelicot, Black female journalists, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Ballet Shoes
It's the rape trial that has shocked the world. Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband Dominique was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison for her rape, alongside 50 other men. We hear Gisèle's own words, an...
21 Dec 202456min
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Gisèle Pelicot, Trampolinist Bryony Page
Daisy Edgar-Jones and her co-star Paul Mescal rocketed into the public gaze in the BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel Normal People. Following a couple of notable film performances Daisy is now on...
20 Dec 202457min
Gisele Pelicot mass rape trial verdicts, Venture capitalist, Ballet Shoes
The verdicts have been handed down in the mass rape trial that has truly shocked and appalled people in France and around the world where 51 men stood accused of raping Gisele Pelicot. One of these me...
19 Dec 202457min
WASPI women, Puberty blockers, Black female journalists
The government has announced that a ban on the private prescriptions of medicines used to delay puberty to young people questioning their gender in the UK, is being made indefinite. They are no longe...
18 Dec 202455min
Sophie Duker, Sudan sexual violence crisis, The Road Trip
Would you ask your friends to describe you in one word? Comedian Sophie Duker did. She joins Nuala McGovern to talk about hearing their responses and how it influenced her new standup show, But Daddy,...
17 Dec 202456min
Anne-Marie Duff, Home education, Willpower Detectives, Iran update
Anne-Marie Duff joins Nuala McGovern to talk about her latest stage role in The Little Foxes at London’s Young Vic Theatre. It’s a family drama where she plays Regina Hubbard, an ambitious woman who i...
16 Dec 202457min
