Rugby World Cup, Tracey Ullman, Janet Skinner, Ava Pickett
The Rugby World Cup has been the culmination of a stellar summer of women's sport and a second huge win for an England women's side. And there's lots to celebrate for the other home nations too. The ...
29 Sep 202557min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Annie Lennox, Motorway anxiety, New play Punch
Journalist Mary McCarthy has been avoiding motorways for years, even planning her life around how to dodge them. She's discovered it’s a far more common problem than you might think, especially among ...
27 Sep 202527min
Penny Lancaster, New play Punch, Rugby grounds-women
Penny Lancaster is a special constable, TV personality and photographer. She’s also married to rock legend Rod Stewart. Penny talks to Anita Rani about her life so far - from being bullied at school a...
26 Sep 202557min
Child benefit cap, Prof Edith Heard, Book banning
More than 100 Labour MPs are calling this morning for the Government to put up gambling taxes to pay for scrapping the two child cap on universal credit. Lifting the cap would cost an estimated £3 bi...
25 Sep 202557min
Post childbirth and sex, Juliet Stevenson, Ruby Tui
There has been a renewed conversation regarding sex after childbirth following a recent episode of the CBeebies Parenting Helpline podcast which tackled the topic of libido in the time after having a ...
24 Sep 202557min
Annie Lennox, Paracetamol in pregnancy, Liquid BBLs, Phubbing
The multi award-winning singer songwriter Annie Lennox has been part of the musical landscape for almost 50 years, from her days in The Tourists, to the Eurythmics and then going solo. Now at the age ...
23 Sep 202555min
Driving anxiety, Erika Kirk profile, Marie Antoinette style
Journalist Mary McCarthy has been avoiding motorways for years, even planning her life around how to dodge them. She tells Kylie Pentelow how she discovered it’s a far more common problem than you mig...
22 Sep 202557min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Baroness Hale, Race Across the World, Cryptic pregnancy, Patricia Lockwood, Sudanese women, Susie Dent
How well does the law serve women? That’s a question Nuala puts to Brenda Marjorie Hale, The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Hale of Richmond, DBE a former judge who served as the first female President of the ...
20 Sep 202556min
