Ruth Wilson explains why she’s running this year’s London marathon for an Alzheimer’s charity, following in the footsteps of her Father who ran the first London marathon in 1981.
During the Women's Rugby Six Nations, the Welsh Rugby Union is using a new technique to assess the impact a player's periods can have when they suffer a concussion. It's the first time data on concussion and periods has been gathered collectively and the hope is it'll help players adapt their training if necessary. Jo Perkins, Head Physio of the Welsh women's squad explains the research.
ITV's Kate Garraway has taken to social media to express her frustration at her local council still sending post to her late husband, Derek. What can you do to make post-death administration simpler and less distressing? Jessica is joined by founder and CEO of the Good Grief Trust, Linda Magistris, to give advice.
Ashley Storrie is the star and co-creator of a brand new BBC comedy series called Dinosaur. It centres around Nina, whose sister has just announced she’s getting married to someone she’s known for six weeks. Ashley joins Jessica to talk about why it was important to her to play an autistic woman, as she is autistic herself, and how writing the series is her dream job.
And can sewing improve your mental health? Following Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s interview on Woman’s Hour about how sewing helped her while she was imprisoned, Jessica Crighton hears from other keen sewers about the impact it’s had on their lives.
Presenter: Jessica Creighton Producer: Olivia Skinner
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
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
Marian Keyes, Juliet open letter, Swiss climate victory
Gloria Steinem at 90, Rebecca Ferguson, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
The Cass Review, Back to Black, Female Psychopath
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