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Woman's Hour Craft Exhibition, Lloyd Dorfman, Karen McCarthy Woolf, John Ashbery
30 minutes
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Woman's Hour Craft Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum; arts benefactor Lloyd Dorfman; poets Karen McCarthy Woolf and the late John Ashbery. Show more
Woman's Hour
Regulation of home schooling; Time alone for mothers
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Is time alone essential or a luxury for mothers? Plus, the regulation of home schooling, female solar engineers in Asia, and the art of quilt making.
Woman's Hour
Phyllida Law; Women and pensions
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Actor Phyllida Law on her mother-in-law. Plus, closing the pension gap between men and women; and Julie Welch on the long distance walk.
Woman's Hour
Sheryl Gascoigne; Jeans; Breast cancer in black and Asian women
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Sheryl Gascoigne on her life with Gazza. Plus, raising awareness of breast cancer symptoms among women from ethnic communities; and why we love wearing jeans.
Woman's Hour
Martine McCutcheon; Donor transplants
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Martine McCutcheon on writing her first novel. Plus, encouraging more organ donation; and why are applications to take children into care up 50% since last year?
Woman's Hour
FTSE females; Anti-depressants during pregnancy
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
The American women in charge of FTSE 100 companies. Plus, the effects of taking anti-depressants during pregnancy, and the alternatives.
Woman's Hour
Chores for children; Dinner parties
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Why do today's children do fewer chores? Plus, are dinner parties in decline? And what has gone wrong with a national programme to screen young people for chlamydia.
Woman's Hour
Marketing women's sports; The Pre-Raphaelites
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Why is women's sport overlooked? Plus, the women who inspired the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood; and the enduring appeal of beach huts.
Woman's Hour
Breastfeeding health benefits; Sex diaries
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
What, if any, are the health benefits of breastfeeding? Plus, the life of lepidopterist Lady Eleanor Glanville; and how do couples cope when they have mismatched libidos?
A special edition of the programme to mark 100 years of the Girl Guides, the largest organisation for girls with over half a million members in the UK and 10 million worldwide.
Woman's Hour
Margaret Drabble; Student depression
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Margaret Drabble on the British landscape as an inspiration for writers. Plus, dealing with student depression; and Colombian singer Toto La Momposina performs live.
Woman's Hour
Marriage in England; Lynne Truss; School discipline
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
The history of marriage in England. Plus, Lynne Truss on becoming a sports fan; and do parents need to take more responsibility for the behaviour of their children in school?
Woman's Hour
Kym Marsh on premature babies; Life skills for children
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Actor Kym Marsh on the death of her premature baby. Plus, building character in children; and can you beat the recession by entering competitions?
Woman's Hour
Cath Kidston on her success; Philippa Gregory on The White Queen
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Designer Cath Kidston on retro chic and its continuing success. Plus, author Philippa Gregory on The White Queen Elizabeth Woodville; and the origins of the demon child.
Woman's Hour
Holiday boredom; India's gender ratio
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Can boredom be a good thing for children? Plus, India's gender ratio; and mother of two Sarah Gabriel on her experience of breast cancer.
Woman's Hour
Jill Murphy; Political spouses
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Children's author Jill Murphy on her career. Plus, can the popularity of a leader's partner influence the success of the leader?
Woman's Hour
Camille O'Sullivan; Men and depression; Rollerderby
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Cabaret star Camille O'Sullivan sings live. Plus, Plus, living with a man with depression, and the popularity of the predominantly woman only sport Rollerderby.
Woman's Hour
Banning mephedrone; The Wizard of Oz's Dorothy
45 minutes
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Woman's Hour looks at the enduring appeal of Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. Plus, should the 'legal high' mephedrone be banned? And has the simple pleasure gone out of gift giving?