Bullied by my kids; Alexandra Heminsley; Healthcare workers on the frontline
Listeners and practitioners offer advice and support to parents living with violent children. Pat Craven from the Freedom Programme, and Karina Kelly who advocates Non-violent Resistance join Emma.Aut...
11 Jan 202141min
Weekend Woman's Hour - Holly Humberstone, #metoo & Imelda Staunton as the Queen
We have music and chat from singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone who has been named as runner up of the BBC Sound of 2021.Helen Lewis, staff writer at the Atlantic and Melissa Melewski lecturer in Amer...
9 Jan 202143min
Singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone. Lockdown family pressures. BPAS not for profit IVF Clinic.
We hear from the singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone who's the runner up in the BBC Sound of 2021. Caroline Aldridge's eldest son Tim had a bipolar disorder and he passed away before he could acce...
8 Jan 202141min
Carol Ann Duffy, Women and US riots, Tree Activist Maria Gallastegui and Scottish Judicial Review on Definition of Woman
The poet Carol Ann Duffy - who served as the first woman poet laureate between 2009-2019 and has won numerous awards for her poetry including the Whitbread, Forward and T. S. Eliot Prizes - joins Emma...
7 Jan 202142min
#MeToo - the victories, the criticisms and the unintended consequences
The #MeToo movement exploded across social media and into the public consciousness in late 2017. In case you missed it, Me Too aimed to show the scale of harassment and sexual violence in society and ...
6 Jan 202142min
The Closure of Schools, Ghosted by Mum, Naked Walkers
We're in another lockdown. Schools are shut like last time. Only children of key workers and those who are vulnerable can go in. Listeners have already been in touch expressing their concerns. We wan...
5 Jan 202142min
Emma Barnett presents Woman's Hour with Imelda Staunton, Mel C, Jeremy Hunt and Richard Ratcliffe
Emma Barnett presents her first edition of Woman's Hour with music from Mel C, Imelda Staunton on her new role in The Crown and the latest on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from her husband Richard and th...
4 Jan 202140min
A farewell to Jane Garvey, Women on the moon, Ageing well
Holly Ridings is the first woman to be Nasa's chief flight director and is in charge of the Artemis programme - named after Apollo's twin sister - which will land the first woman and next man on the M...
2 Jan 202155min
