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
Lionesses' legacy, Sarah Greene, Care leavers, Abortion
Martine McCutcheon, anxiety & the perimenopause, Who is Fani Willis? Period huts in Nepal
Youngest Afghan mayor, Romanticising your life, surviving WWII Japanese prison camp, Big tech & sexuality
Women's football World Cup, 'Older-age orphans', Channel swimming with a stoma, Caroline Moran, Women's feet
Weekend Woman's Hour: Megan Thee Stallion, Students Living at Home, Sarah de Lagarde, Dr Nadia Nadim
Andi and Miquita Oliver, Jacqueline Springer, Emma Rawicz, Afghanistan's most successful female footballer - Dr Nadia Nadim
Barbie in China, The Hundred: women's cricket, Women & student loans, Why university students are staying at home
Megan Thee Stallion, Fertility Anxiety, Colombian striker Linda Caicedo
The case against Bill Cosby, Live music from Chloe Matharu, The world of incels, Texas abortion law
Sarah De Lagarde's bionic arm, Women's World Cup update, Kim Sherwood on writing Bond
Weekend Woman's Hour: Loneliness & health, Concepts of Renaissance beauty & Rock Follies musical
Netball World Cup, Comedian Georgie Grier, Can design heal loneliness?
Loneliness, Lucy Calcines, Nicole Travolta, Kids at risk
Accusations against Lizzo, Power Lister Jodie Ounsley, Concepts of renaissance beauty, Loneliness, Rock Follies musical
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, Air pollution and pregnancy, BookTok, Loneliness and health
Author Jane Fallon, Two mothers talk about daughters' deaths, Netball World Cup, Young women and loneliness, Nouhaila Benzina
Weekend Woman's Hour: Men and stopping sexist behaviour, Grenfell play, Date Stacking
Women's Football World Cup, Black Beauty, Women in the city, Italian Lifeguard
Sinead O'Connor tribute, Singapore is scheduled to execute a woman, Scottish women artists, Date stacking, Femorabilia.
Men and stopping sexist behaviour, Beauty Salons close in Afghanistan, Chief Midwife
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