American Vogue's new editor, Sandie Peggie tribunal, Sabrina Carpenter's lyrics, Life after a parent's suicide

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

There's a new woman deciding what's hot and what's not in the world of fashion. Chloe Malle has been appointed as the head of US Vogue - the biggest job in the industry - replacing the formidable Dame Anna Wintour. Financial Times fashion editor Elizabeth Paton tells Nuala McGovern more.

Scotland Correspondent for BBC News, Lorna Gordon brings us an update on a landmark tribunal case this week involving nurse Sandie Peggie who objected to a trans woman doctor using the women’s changing room at an NHS Fife hospital.

Sabrina Carpenter’s new album Man’s Best Friend has caused a stir recently due to its provocative artwork, plus nine out of the 12 tracks on the album are marked as explicit. We explore if it's still controversial for female pop stars to embrace their sexuality in this way with critics Jude Rogers and Jacqueline Springer.

This week Woman's Hour is talking to women who have had the experience of someone close to them taking their own life. They speak frankly and honestly to reporter Jo Morris about what happened, both immediately in the aftermath of a death by suicide but also reflect on the long term-impact. Today we hear from Eloise who was just 14 when her dad Damian took his life two years ago.

Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Simon Richardson

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0:00.0	I'm Rory Stewart and I grew up wanting to be a hero and I'm still fascinated by the ideas of heroism.
0:09.0	In my new series, I'm taking in the long sweep of history from Achilles to Zelensky and asking, what is a hero?
0:16.0	Simply doing your job, being a decent human being.
0:20.0	A true hero is someone who just kind of shines by
0:23.1	their own light and that light is to be recognised by others. The long history of heroism with me,
0:28.6	Rory Stewart. Listen on BBC Sounds. Hello, I'm Nula McGovern and welcome to Women's Hour
0:34.8	from BBC Radio 4. Just to say that for rights reasons,
0:38.6	the music in the original radio broadcast has been removed for this podcast.
0:43.8	Good morning, good to have you with us.
0:45.8	Well, Dame Anna Wintour's successor has been named
0:48.6	and so American Vogue gets a new editor.
0:51.6	We'll hear how Chloe Mal landed the coveted job. But also staying with fashion,
0:56.1	you may have seen Julia Roberts and Amanda Seafreed wearing the same outfit at the Venice Film Festival,
1:02.1	shock horror, or more like creative power move by Versace. So, an oversized blazer, jeans with a striped shirt,
1:10.6	is now hailed as the new Go Anywhere outfit.
1:14.2	Today's iteration of power dressing.
1:16.4	So we're also going to talk about that.
1:18.7	And to you, what is in your wardrobe that gives you that oomph and ready to take on the world?
1:25.0	I do love a blazer.
1:26.2	I am partial to red.
1:46.3	I also like a pair of high-waisted, wide-leg trousers. But what about you? You can text the program. The number is 844-on social media where at BBC Women's Hour. Or you can email us through our website. For a WhatsApp message, a voice note, the number is 0-3700-100-400-444.
1:50.7	Also today, we'll get an update on a landmark tribunal case taking place. It involves a nurse, Sandy Peggy, who objected to a trans woman doctor,
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