Being evicted from your home is an incredibly distressing time for anyone. Something 56-year-old Heidi Dodson is about to experience, she's being evicted by her private landlord from her home. She approached her local council for priority housing but was declined. In a letter from Thurrock Council, she was told she should be able to function 'reasonably well' if she ends up on the streets. Thurrock Council say they are 'truly sorry for the language used in this letter and the distress it has caused. Heidi speaks to Clare McDonnell along with Polly Neate, Chief Executive of housing charity Shelter.
What is it really like to be a co-parent? Hayley Allen’s son spends the weekdays with his dad and she takes care of him at the weekends. Carly Harris’ two children spend 80% of their time with her and are looked after by their dad every other weekend. Clare talks to Hayley and Carly about the difficulties and benefits of co-parenting.
Dr Jessica Taylor is a best-selling author and chartered psychologist who runs the research consultancy VictimFocus. Her new book, Underclass, is a memoir, detailing her childhood on a council estate in Stoke, the trauma and abuse she suffered and her journey to becoming a professional campaigning on behalf of other victims. Jessica joins Clare to talk about why she wanted to write it.
As the second wife of Henry VIII Anne Boleyn’s life and death have been well-documented but what about her sister Mary? A new play, The Other Boleyn Girl, has opened at Chichester Festival Theatre based on Philippa Gregory's best-selling novel. Lucy Phelps plays Mary and Freya Mavor is Anne – they join Philippa Gregory in a conversation with Clare.
Presenter: Clare McDonnell Producer: Emma Pearce
Historic abortion law change in France and Pornography series
Sarah Everard's murder 3 years on, Jess Phillips MP and Baroness Ruth Davidson, singer CMAT
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Actor Samantha Morton, Alabama IVF, Andi and Charlotte Osho
Female history in 101 objects, Big hair, Toilet training and schools, Primodos
Alabama IVF, Porn series, Tattoos
Yvette Cooper on Raneem's Law, Porn review, Andi and Charlotte Osho, Lucia Keskin
Nadine Shah, Vivian Oparah, Baby loss certificates, Amber Heard trolling
Actor Samantha Morton, Mary Beard, Leap year proposals
Kelsey Parker, Ukraine's children, Black girls in education, Aisling Bea
Kelsey Parker, 'Sharenting', Maternity leave
Mistresses, Ultrasound 'bra', Diane Foley, Black girls in education
Ukraine children, Director of Wicked Little Letters Thea Sharrock, The implications of a new AI study on the brain
Tracey Crouch MP, Marina Litvinenko, Author Kiley Reid
Aisling Bea, Profile of Yulia Navalnaya, Carmen Smith, Wellness v stoicism
Lorraine Kelly, Paralympian Lauren Rowles, Chief Constable Sarah Crew
Lorraine Kelly, Actor and boxer Kali Reis, Presenter Gemma Cairney
Rain Newton-Smith, Paralympian Lauren Rowles, Homelessness
Surviving cancer five times, Government's independent rape advisor, Miners’ strike 40 years on, My Life with the Walter Boys
Joanne Froggatt and Dr Rachel Clarke, Minette Batters, NFU, Israel/Gaza war
Bryony Gordon, Israel-Gaza war, Chief Constable Sarah Crew
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