Allergy training, A Woman of Substance, Ramadan & 'sandwich generation', Model Charli Howard
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Schools in England must provide allergy awareness training for all staff for the first time, under new statutory guidance announced by the Department for Education today. From September, all schools will be required to stock auto-injectors - those pen-like needles that quickly deliver a dose of adrenaline. Anita Rani is joined by Tanya Ednan-Laperouse, whose daughter Natasha died in 2016 of a severe allergic reaction after eating a baguette containing sesame seeds - an ingredient not listed on the packaging's label. Tanya is co-founder of the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation to fund research to eradicate allergies.
Ramadan is a time for reflection, spirituality, worship and mindfulness. But many women who are part of the 'sandwich generation' may feel that they are up against the clock. Juggling caring for young children and elderly parents, while also trying to find the time to fuel their bodies and their minds. Anita is joined by Shelina Janmohamed, an author and podcaster and Tabassum Niamat, a mother and community activist, who both think of themselves as sandwich-generation carers.
Breasts, skin, stomach, thighs; Model, author and activist Charli Howard says she has always been treated like a sex object. But in a new book of essays called Flesh Charli is reclaiming her body for herself, piece by piece. She joins Anita to discuss how she believes sexualisation and misogyny has impacted the way women view themselves across time, why she likes to share ‘real’ images online and what the true meaning of empowering really is.
Barbara Taylor Bradford's novel A Woman of Substance sold more than 32 million copies and has never been out of print since it was first published in 1979. Its original 1985 television adaptation became Channel 4’s highest-rating drama, drawing almost 14 million viewers for its final episode. Now, more than four decades later, the epic saga of ambition, betrayal and revenge is back on our screens. Anita is joined by Jessica Reynolds who plays Emma Harte and the writer of the series, Katherine Jakeways in this new version of the story which follows the character Emma Harte in a rags-to-riches tale of class struggle, gender politics and unrelenting drive.
Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Rebecca Myatt
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| 0:11.0 | The Hunger Game, a new five-part series exploring the meteoric rise of weight loss drugs. |
| 0:16.0 | It's been an incredible story with these drugs. |
| 0:18.1 | The uptake, the amount of product that's been sold, the amounts of |
| 0:20.9 | money is cost. What the drugs do, how they work, and the knock-on effects of their widespread use. |
| 0:26.5 | We'll be sitting here in three years' time going, oh, it caused problems that we're now going |
| 0:31.3 | to have to fix. The Hunger Game with me, Professor Gilesio. Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:38.2 | Hello, I'm Neula McGovern, and you're listening to The Woman's Hour podcast. |
| 0:43.2 | And while you're here, I wanted to let you know that the Woman's Hour Guide to Life is back. |
| 0:49.0 | You might have listened to some of the episodes from the first series, including ambition without burnout, or turning |
| 0:55.4 | aging into your superpower. Well, we've got six new episodes for you over the coming weeks |
| 1:01.3 | that will give you practical tips on issues like self-promotion without feeling awkward, caring |
| 1:07.5 | for aging parents, navigating infertility with family and friends, and also how to love your face, |
| 1:15.4 | whatever your age. I'm really excited about this series of The Woman's Hour Guide to Life, |
| 1:21.3 | so I really hope you'll join us. You will find the episodes in the Woman's Hour podcast feed on Sundays. |
| 1:27.4 | It's only on BBC Sounds. But now, back to in the Woman's Hour podcast feed on Sundays. It's only on BBC Sounds. |
| 1:29.7 | But now, back to today's Woman's Hour with Anita Rani. |
| 1:33.8 | Good morning and welcome to the program. |
| 1:36.7 | Now, in some way, shape or form, women are often treated as a sex object. |
| 1:41.4 | Model and activist Charlie Howard explores this in her new book. It's called |
| 1:45.4 | Flesh. She's going to be here talking to us about it. And a woman of substance, the multi-million |
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