Weinstein conviction overturned, Fishing, Comeuppance, Ballet pumps
Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood film producer, has had his 2020 rape conviction in New York overturned. The New York Court of Appeals has ruled that he did not receive a fair trial, because ...
26 Apr 202457min
BRCA1, Open relationships, Wrongly Accused: The Annette Hewins Story
The system of one word ratings for schools in England 'should stay' and has 'significant benefits' according to the government. It said the grades, such as 'Inadequate', 'requires improvement' 'good'...
25 Apr 202457min
Zeinab Badawi, Singing and periods, How is the debate over abortion shaping the US election?
The broadcaster Zeinab Badawi joins Krupa Padhy to discuss her first book, An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence. The book has taken her seven years to research, tra...
24 Apr 202456min
Kitty Ruskin's year of casual sex, The Girls of Slender Means, ARFID
Ten Men, A Year of Casual Sex is a new book from the author Kitty Ruskin. It follows a year of her life when she attempts to embody Samantha from Sex and the City and enjoy all the advantages of being...
23 Apr 202457min
Peres Jepchirchir, Rhianon Bragg and stalking, Nitazenes, Tortured poets
The Kenyan distance runner Peres Jepchirchir won yesterday’s elite women's London Marathon, breaking the women’s only record with her time of 2:16:16. She beat the previous record set in 2017 of 2:17:...
22 Apr 202457min
Woman's Hour special: Breaking The Cycle
Over the past few weeks, Woman’s Hour has been telling the stories of young people, staff and parents involved in SHiFT in Greater Manchester. SHiFT is a new approach to helping young people at risk o...
21 Apr 202458min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Ruth Wilson, Young women and voting, Jing Lusi
This week, Ruth Wilson explains why she’s running this year’s London Marathon for an Alzheimer’s research, following in the footsteps of her father who ran the first London Marathon in 1981.Tuesday wa...
20 Apr 202455min
Solitude, Apprentice winner Rachel Woolford, Personal space, Kids and smartphones
Nearly a quarter of five-to-seven-year-olds now have their own smartphone according to OFCOM. Social media use also rose in the same age group over the last year with nearly two in five using the mess...
19 Apr 202457min
