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http://www.bbc.co.uk/womanshour 27-07-2010 13:47:41
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‘They could barely see me because I was so invisible to them.’
Marian Keyes told anita rani about the invisibility she feels comes with being a middle-aged woman...and how she tackles it! She popped into the studio to discuss her new novel, My Favourite Mistake.
‘It was liberating. The minute I spoke up… a weight just left my shoulders’
Rebecca Ferguson has become one of the UK’s most successful soul vocalists.
She told @EmmaBarnett about giving evidence in parliament about the serious problems faced by women in the music industry.
‘Love and solidarity towards her has to be louder than the abuse’
Actor Susan Wokoma told anita rani why she co-authored an open letter to actress Francesca Amewudah-Rivers.
The black actress received racist backlash for being cast as Juliet, opposite Tom Holland as Romeo.
We all need a friendship like Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain’s 🙌
The actors spoke to Nuala McGovern about their friendship and acting together in a new film, Mothers’ Instinct.
So, we’d love to hear about your friends who uplift you and make you feel good ❤️ ⬇️
🗣 'I thought: 'Oh, my goodness, what have I just done?''
Have you ever quit a job? 👀 Was it a good experience or did you slam the door on the way out? 😯 anita rani spoke to Mandy Dennison and Karen Danker about the art of quitting well.
Click here to read their advice ⬇️
‘Love and solidarity towards her has to be louder than the abuse’
Actor Susan Wokoma told anita rani why she co-authored an open letter to actress Francesca Amewudah-Rivers.
The black actress received racist backlash for being cast as Juliet, opposite Tom Holland as Romeo.
‘You don't feel very much different from 50 or 60’ 👀
As pioneering journalist and feminist Gloria Steinem turns 90, she told Emma Barnett what she's learnt over the decades, and what she thinks the women's movement should focus on now:
'Anything they damn well please' 🙌 ⬇️
‘They could barely see me because I was so invisible to them.’
Marian Keyes told anita rani about the invisibility she feels comes with being a middle-aged woman...and how she tackles it! She popped into the studio to discuss her new novel, My Favourite Mistake.
‘It was liberating. The minute I spoke up… a weight just left my shoulders’
Rebecca Ferguson has become one of the UK’s most successful soul vocalists.
She told @EmmaBarnett about giving evidence in parliament about the serious problems faced by women in the music industry.
A group of older Swiss women have won the first-ever climate case victory in the European Court of Human Rights.
anita rani talks to one of the women, Elisabeth Stern, and the group’s lawyer Jessica Simor KC.
🎧⬇️
OJ Simpson, the former American football star turned actor who was controversially cleared of double murder, has died aged 76.
His trial changed perceptions and policing of domestic violence in the US.
Sarah Baxter, Director Marie Colvin Center joins anita rani.
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We all make mistakes. But when do we stop making the same one over and over again?
That is the question at the heart of author Marian Keyes’ new novel, My Favourite Mistake. She joins anita rani to discuss sisters, friendships, perimenopause and ‘feathery strokers’.
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✍🏾Just over 800 creatives have signed an open letter in support of Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, who is due to star in a new production of Romeo & Juliet, after she faced racial abuse alone.
anita rani is joined by actor Susan Wokoma, who co-authored the letter.
Coming up at 10am:
A group of older Swiss women have won the first-ever climate case victory in the European Court of Human Rights.
anita rani talks to one of the women, Elisabeth Stern, and the group’s lawyer Jessica Simor KC.
🎧⬇️
Coming up at 10am:
Best-selling author Marian Keyes joins anita rani to talk about her latest novel My Favourite Mistake, all about how we forgive ourselves for the things we did when we didn't know any better.
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‘The biggest danger online is that we can’t empathise with each other’
Pioneering journalist & feminist activist Gloria Steinem has just celebrated her 90th birthday.
She told Emma Barnett about the need to connect with each other in person ⬇️