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Back to SearchHaving more children after 40, Gladiators, Nikki Hayley profile
The first female Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale has died at the age of 83. She was a huge trailblazer when it came to breaking down barriers for women …
2 years, 9 months ago
Domestic abuse and brain injury, Calvin Klein advert, Exhaustion
Up to one in two survivors of domestic abuse in the UK may be living with an undiagnosed brain injury. That's according to a new report by the chari…
2 years, 9 months ago
Weekend Woman’s Hour - Cush Jumbo, Spice Girls Stamp, Assisted Dying
Cush Jumbo is the award-winning actor known for her roles on the stage and screen, from The Good Fight to Macbeth. She joins Clare McDonnell to discu…
2 years, 9 months ago
Quarterlife crisis, Family Courts, Northern Soul
A pilot scheme to allow journalists to report cases from three family courts in England and Wales is to be extended to almost half of the courts. Fro…
2 years, 9 months ago
Zara Aleena's aunt, Spice Girls stamps, surge in scabies
Farah Naz, the aunt of murdered law graduate Zara Aleena, tells of her concerns that her niece’s killer has allegedly been caught having sex with a p…
2 years, 9 months ago
Cosmetic surgery reviews, Speed dating, Bangladesh elections, Assisted dying & palliative care
Woman’s Hour investigates the cosmetic surgery clinic taking legal action when patients post unfavourable reviews. Kate Kronenbach tells reporter Me…
2 years, 9 months ago
Midwife shortages, Dating at 81, Jackie Mag anniversary
The number of midwives in England has increased by just 7% over the last year and some NHS Trusts in England have more than one in five midwifery job…
2 years, 9 months ago
Cush Jumbo, Church leader survivors, Exonerated sub-postmistress
Cush Jumbo is the award-winning actor known for her roles on the stage and screen, from The Good Fight to Macbeth. She joins Clare McDonnell to discu…
2 years, 9 months ago
Weekend Woman's Hour - Women in the metaverse, Author Vanessa Chan, Women and negotiation
Police are investigating what is possibly the first crime of its kind: a British schoolgirl playing a game in the metaverse was allegedly sexually as…
2 years, 9 months ago
Women and music in 2023, Nicole Jacobs, Women in farming
Female artists dominated the 2023 music scene. New figures from the British Phonographic Institute reveal that Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Billie Eili…
2 years, 9 months ago