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 - “Too Many to Count” - published today by the charity Brainkind. 55% of survivors they spoke to screened positive on Brain Injury Screening Index (BISI), suggesting history indicative of a brain injury - that's compared with 1 in 8 of the general population. To discuss the research and findings Emma is joined by Steffy Bechelet – Brainkind’s Domestic Abuse and Brain Injury Researcher, and AnnMarie Burns –a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, and hears the story of one of the report’s participants.
After the Advertising Standards Authority banned a Calvin Klein poster featuring the singer FKA twigs for presenting her “as a stereotypical sexual object,” we’re asking, what determines whether an advert is objectifying?
How often do you feel weary and depleted? Or perhaps just plain exhausted? Cultural historian and coach Anna Schaffner knows these feelings well. Now a coach, specialising in helping the exhausted, in her previous life as an academic, a Professor of Cultural History at the University of Kent she suffered from burnout. She has now written a book, Exhausted: An A-Z for the Weary.
Last week, Jade Robertson woke up to find that one of the dresses from her fashion brand Little Lies had sold out overnight – after Taylor Swift was spotted wearing it. Jade joins Emma to talk about what this means for her and her fashion brand, and why she’s so pleased it was Taylor wearing the dress in particular.
Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Lucinda Montefiore
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