Irish author Marian Keyes writes funny, clever novels about life including: Rachel’s Holiday, Anybody out There, Grown Ups, Angels. She covers issues such as addiction, break-ups, baby loss, anxiety, depression and love, with women at the heart. We all make mistakes, but when do we stop making the same one over and over again? This is the question at the heart of Marian’s latest novel: My Favourite Mistake. She joins Anita Rani to discuss that, mistakes, perimenopause and ‘feathery strokers’.
In a landmark case, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Switzerland was violating the human rights of its citizens by inadequate action on climate change. A group of more than 2,000 older Swiss women launched the case nine years ago, calling for better protection of women's health from the effects of climate change. The Court's ruling is binding and can trickle down to influence the law in 46 countries in Europe. Anita talks to one of the senior women who brought the case, Elisabeth Stern, and the group's lawyer, Jessica Simor.
Almost 30 years ago, Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman were stabbed to death in Los Angeles. The prime suspect was OJ Simpson, Nicole’s ex-husband and a well-known NFL player turned actor. What followed remains one of the most famous murder trials in history, televised and watched by millions. He was acquitted of the murders of Nicole and Ron. He did plead no contest to charges of ‘spousal battery’ – what we now call domestic violence. And he was later found liable for the deaths in a separate civil case. OJ Simpson died on Wednesday at the age of 76. To talk about the impact his trial had on the perception of violence against women in the US is Sarah Baxter, Director of the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting and former Deputy Editor of The Sunday Times.
This week, it was announced that 883 actors, writers, comedians and creatives had signed an open letter in support of Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, the star in a new production of Romeo & Juliet, due to run in London's West End next month. The open letter came after a statement was published by the Jamie Lloyd Company, "Following the announcement of our Romeo & Juliet cast, there has been a barrage of deplorable racial abuse online directed towards a member of our company..." It was co-authored by actors Susan Wokoma and writer Somalia Nonyé Seaton and Susan joins Anita to talk about the issues.
On 6 April 1999, Mamma Mia! opened in the West End. As the show celebrates its 25th anniversary, Woman's Hour celebrates the music of one of the most popular and successful musicals of all time.
Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Rebecca Myatt Studio manager: Duncan Hannant
Co-parenting, Homelessness and women, Dr Jessica Taylor
Sex and choking, Online Abuse and work, Plastic pollution
Boys, Lyra McKee, Perinatal suicide, South African elections
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Zeinab Badawi, Fisherman Ashley Mullenger, Stalking, Singing and periods
Weinstein conviction overturned, Fishing, Comeuppance, Ballet pumps
BRCA1, Open relationships, Wrongly Accused: The Annette Hewins Story
Zeinab Badawi, Singing and periods, How is the debate over abortion shaping the US election?
Kitty Ruskin's year of casual sex, The Girls of Slender Means, ARFID
Peres Jepchirchir, Rhianon Bragg and stalking, Nitazenes, Tortured poets
Woman's Hour special: Breaking The Cycle
Weekend Woman's Hour: Ruth Wilson, Young women and voting, Jing Lusi
Solitude, Apprentice winner Rachel Woolford, Personal space, Kids and smartphones
Ruth Wilson, periods and concussion, Ashley Storrie on BBC comedy Dinosaur, sewing for mental health
Cricketer Nat Sciver-Brunt, Smacking, Hypochondria, Police drama Blue Lights, Soul Sisters Pakistan
Hollywood film producer Deborah Snyder, Young women and voting, Machinal star Rosie Sheehy
Jing Lusi, Fatal stabbings in Sydney, Australia, Declaration of the Rights of the Child
Weekend Woman's Hour: Juliet open letter, Vogue’s Chioma Nnadi, Female Psychopath
Gloria Steinem at 90, Rebecca Ferguson, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
The Cass Review, Back to Black, Female Psychopath
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