Woman's Hour: News, Politics, Culture
Radio 4's Woman's Hour brings you topical subjects in the news, interviews and dicussions on issues affecting women around the world. Jenni Murray and Jane Garvey bring you the big celebrity names and leading women in the news and subjects range widely from politics to health, law, education, arts, parenting, relationships, work, fiction, food and fashion. Woman's Hour is broadcast Monday to Friday on BBC Radio 4 from 10.00 - 11.00. The podcast features highlights from each day's programme and will be published daily Monday to Friday. Find out more at www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour
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WHNews: Tuesday 9 February 2010
Published: 2010-02-09 08:48:00Back to the 1930s with Juliet Gardiner, Sally Alexander, Judy Giles and Carol Dyhouse
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WHNews: Mon 8th Feb 10
Published: 2010-02-08 06:56:00With the General Election no more than four months away we've been looking at issues that might sway the way you vote. Today Jane Garvey talks to Liberal Democrat leader Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP.
Last week, many of Mrs Thatcher's personal papers from her first year in office were put online. A slip of paper inside her personal diary for 1979 showed her diet then consisted mainly of eggs. Edwina Currie talks about the salmonella scare and Mrs T's egg diet, and nutritionist Kat McDonald and chef and food writer Sybil Kapoor join Jane.
Local reports in Iran say a woman, who is 24 and a dual British and Iranian national, faces charges including espionage, participating in anti-government protests, consuming alcohol and having immoral relations with foreigners. She is not believed to be one of the five opposition supporters facing the death penalty, but she is likely to be whipped and imprisoned. The BBCâÂÂs Tehran correspondent Jon Leyne explains.
Woman's Hour 05 Feb 10
Published: 2010-02-05 05:02:00With Jenni Murray:
Winning Women's Votes - Women at Westminster: Why, almost 100 years after the first woman took her seat in the House of Commons, do women still make up less than 20% of MPs? With Edwina Currie, Oona King and Sue Doughty.
Dating @ 60: A group of predominantly older women writers discuss their publication, Dating @ 60 and other Tribulations, a collection of poems about the rush of romance in the retired generation.
PeopleQuake is the title of a new book by science journalist Fred Pearce who says that fertility rates across the world are so low we're no longer facing a population explosion. He discusses his book with Karen Newman of the Population and Sustainability Network.
Pies - One of Britain's oldest culinary inventions is making a comeback! To find out how to make the perfect pie, Jenni is joined by Pastry Tutor, Amy Callin, from Betty's Cookery School in Harrogate, and by the food historian, Kate Colquhoun.
WHNews: Woman's Hour 04 Feb 2010
Published: 2010-02-04 07:42:00With Jenni Murray. Today, Natasha Walter; political power for women in India; Margaret Forster; and the joys of solo activities.
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Woman's Hour: 3rd February 2010
Published: 2010-02-03 06:00:00Novelist Siri Hustvedt on her book The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves; Equal pay 40 years on; your emails on older drivers; Iris Apfel and Zandra Rhodes on wearing bright colours.
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