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
Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Black British Book Festival, Gesbeen Mohammad
Tell-all celebrity memoirs, child poverty, and 'de-banking'
Israel-Gaza war, Monica Dolan, Kathryn Mannix
Ruth Birch and Julia Curry, Liza Mundy, Lyse Doucet and Tal Hochman, Cindy Thomas and Laura Barton
Ukrainian children in Russia, Fanny Mendelssohn, Men designing clothes for women
Weekend Woman's Hour: Coleen Rooney, IVF add-ons, Online safety, Talking on the phone, Singer Mica Millar
Maternity services, Resigning as a bridesmaid, Mica Millar, Poet Safiya Sinclair
Dr Lisa Cameron MP, Saffron Coomber & Yero Timi Biu, Julia Fox, IVF add-ons
Coleen Rooney, Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves MP, Poet Becky Hemsley.
Israel-Gaza war, Talking on the phone, Online safety, Baby stealers in Kenya
Madonna, Polish elections, Diana Parkes, Unconventional setups
Weekend Woman's Hour: Dawn French, Shirley Ballas, Violinist Esther Abrami, Pelvic Pain
Shirley Ballas, Bed Bugs, Everything Now writer Ripley Parker
Dawn French, Laura Linney, Israel-Gaza conflict, Unconventional living
Dr Katalin Kariko - Nobel Prize winner, latest on Israel Gaza, Pelvic pain and pain in sex, The International Day of the Girl.
Israel-Gaza conflict: Bereaved parents across the divide, musician Esther Abrami, Emily Hunt, Is the future of the Labour Party
Israel-Gaza conflict, Endometriosis test, Sam Brown - Savile survivor
Gunner Jaysley Beck’s mother, Organist Anna Lapwood, Menopause tribunal, Mary McAleese, Grace Dent
Food writer Grace Dent, Artist Shirin Neshat, History of enslaved women, Actor Mei Mac
Gunner Jaysley Beck's mother, Wild Hope, Earth Mama, Dangerous dogs
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