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
Endurance runner Imo Boddy, love bombing, fake food artist
Solving historic rape cases, British cyclist Lizzy Banks, Margaret Leng Tan
Infected blood scandal, Anita Pallenberg, Feminist theatre
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Royal Navy exclusive, Tamsin Greig, Period Tracker Apps, Formula One, Sleepwalking, Choral music
Lesbian bars, Period Tracker Apps, World champion boxer, Lauren Price MBE
Women in Formula One, Monstrum, Sex education, Bridgerton dresses
Beth Mead, Women and choral music, Eating disorders
Birth trauma, Sleepwalking, Lolita Chakrabarti
Royal Navy Exclusive, Sarah Atherton MP, Tamsin Greig, singer-songwriter Lauren Mayberry
Weekend Woman's Hour: Foster caring, Liz Carr on assisted dying, Sabrina Ali on Dugsi Dayz, Rachel Chinouriri
Whooping cough, Shirley Conran, Lying, Afghanistan tourism
Liz Carr on assisted dying, Money in relationships, Singer Rachel Chinouriri
Safer sport for women, novelist Nadine Matheson, Sabrina Ali on Dugzi Dayz
Losing your possessions, Defining honour abuse, Foster caring
How to age well: A Woman's Hour special
Weekend Woman's Hour: Co-parenting, Plastic pollution, ACL injuries, Perinatal suicide
Listener phone in: Boys - what's it's like to be one in 2024?
Woman's Hour special: How is porn shaping our sex lives and relationships?
Lawyer Harriet Wistrich, Chef Asma Khan, ACL injuries and women
Co-parenting, Homelessness and women, Dr Jessica Taylor
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