The film Lynn and Lucy; The Double X Economy; Gender Bias at Work and Domestic Abuse Bill.
Lynn and Lucy is a new film about the lives of two best friends in a close-knit community in Essex whose relationship is tested after a tragedy happens. It stars Nichola Burley and Roxanne Scrimshaw ...
2 Jul 202046min
Women and Gaming;
The stereotypical view of a gamer is a socially-isolated teenager who could be doing something better with their time. Liz Vickers is a 74 year old gamer from Manby, Lincolnshire, and so is her good f...
1 Jul 202045min
Women and Gaming; ICU nurse Dawn Bilbrough; Poulomi Basu; Puberty blockers
Dawn Bilbrough is a critical care nurse from York who in the early stages of COVID-19 posted an emotional video on social media that went viral. She was appealing to the public to stop panic buying as...
30 Jun 202047min
Skin-lightening creams
Last week Johnson & Johnson announced it will cease production on two lines of skin-lightening products sold in countries across Asia and the Middle East. At the same time, Unilever, who own the skin-...
29 Jun 202048min
Rethink: How might our relationship with our bodies and appearance change after the pandemic?, Public Speaking, Pregnancy
How might our relationship with our bodies and appearance change after the pandemic? As part of the BBC's Rethink series, Laura Bates, the founder of the Everyday Sexism project, Kate Lister, Lecture...
27 Jun 202054min
Rethink – The harm of macho leadership; Athlete A
Today’s Rethink essay comes from the musician and artist Brian Eno, he asks what the response to the pandemic has taught us about leadership, and how what we want and need from our future leaders migh...
26 Jun 202047min
I May Destroy You
Michaela Coel’s new drama “I May Destroy You” on BBC 1 is receiving rave reviews on Twitter and in the papers. The story centres around a writer called Arabella who is drugged and sexually assaulted b...
25 Jun 202045min
R4 Rethink: How might our relationship with our bodies and appearance change after the pandemic?
Rethink is a series of essays and discussions across BBC Radio 4, 5 Live and the World Service that looks at how the world might change after the coronavirus pandemic. Today's essay features the polit...
24 Jun 202044min
