Author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the author of novels including 'Purple Hibiscus', 'Half of a Yellow Sun', which won the Orange Prize (now called the Women’s Prize for Fiction), and 'Americanah', which won...
3 Juni 202157min
The Politics of Motherhood, Big Night Out Reading, Women and environmental art.
You may have visited Kew Gardens and seen the incredible gallery of botanical art created by Marianne North - she is one of several female artists being featured at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum ...
2 Juni 202157min
Sinead O'Connor, Your returning to work manifesto.
It's one of the most unforgettable moments in pop. Sinead O'Connor singing Nothing Compares 2 U straight into the camera. Big eyes, shaved head, minimal make up - tears rolling down her cheeks. It ca...
1 Juni 202156min
A Celebration of Women's Sporting Success
Over the last few weeks and months we have seen women make huge progress in the world of sport. It was just over a month ago that the jockey Rachael Blackmore made history by becoming the first female...
31 Maj 202156min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Holly Smale, Paris Lees, #MeToo in the British Army, Hormones and vaccines
A former senior Army officer is calling for the military to have a “#MeToo moment” and is claiming that hundreds of female troops have been raped and sexually abused by colleagues. Lt Col Diane Allen,...
29 Maj 202157min
Covid vaccines and women, Paris Lees & Nero's women
Some women and trans men are reporting unusual symptoms after having their Covid vaccinations – ranging from menstrual irregularities to bleeding post menopause. We talk to the reproductive immunologi...
28 Maj 202158min
Babes in the wood, Ecocide, Sexism in craft beer, and How to save a life
Karen Hadaway was one of two little girls murdered in the Babes in the Wood case. Her mother, Michelle, tells us about giving her daughetr's clothes to Martin Bashir in 1991 to get DNA tested. She sti...
27 Maj 202157min
Gemma Arterton, Care Homes, The Astronomer Royal
Gemma Arterton’s latest acting role is in a play called Walden. It's on in London’s West End and it's the story of estranged twin sisters: one's a botanist for Nasa and the other's a former architect...
27 Maj 202157min
