Priti Patel on Afghan crisis, Aisha Jawando as Tina Turner
The UK government has announced plans to resettle 20,000 Afghan refugees over the coming years, with 5,000 coming to the UK in the first year. This will be in addition to those such as interpreters an...
18 Aug 202155min
Dental health and menopause, Lisa Nandy, Police disclosures, Joy of stationery
Hot flushes are probably the first thing you associate with going through the menopause. But Radio 2's Liza Tarbuck had an interesting angle on it she wanted us to investigate - gums! Decreases in oes...
17 Aug 202158min
Clothes sizing, Afghan women, What's driving men who define themselves as incels?
Many bigger-busted women find it difficult to find clothing tailored to their chest size. The last time a national size survey was conducted in the UK was back in 2001, so why don’t clothing manufactu...
16 Aug 202157min
Weekend Woman's Hour - Mental health and dating, Charlotte Worthington BMX gold & comedy writer Georgia Pritchett
Dating apps have seen a growing trend towards individuals disclosing that they have a mental health disorder in their online profiles. Jo Hemmings a behavioural psychologist and Beth McColl a lifestyl...
14 Aug 202156min
Singer-songwriter Joy Crookes, Maternity discrimination, Data-driven parenting, Hot Girl Summer
Joy Crookes was nominated for Rising star at the BRIT awards 2020. Born and raised in Elephant and Castle, London, the daughter of a Bengali mother and an Irish father, she grew up listening to an ecl...
13 Aug 202157min
Baby Bonding, ASMR, Afghanistan, Eimear McBride, BMX Freestyle
Some mums may take a while to bond with their baby after they're born. This can be for a variety of reasons and is in fact very common among new mothers. Journalist and writer Natasha Lunn decided to ...
12 Aug 202157min
Kamala Harris, US Vice President; WFH; Georgia Pritchett.
Earlier this year, Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first female black Asian American Vice President in history. 6 months on, some polling has been interpreted as saying she's the most unpopular Vice...
11 Aug 202157min
Unregistered births, Results Day, Dating and mental health, Work and menopause
Today will mark the first time that there will be a single results day for the whole of the UK with AS and A level, vocational qualifications, Welsh Baccalaureate, and Scottish Highers and Advanced Hi...
10 Aug 202157min
