Arlene Foster, french women and high heels
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Former Northern Ireland First Minister and DUP leader Arlene Foster joins the programme to talk about a return to devolution in Northern Ireland and the fourth anniversary of Brexit.
Author Fiona Williams is out with her debut novel, The House of Broken Bricks. She joins Emma to talk about the ways in which the book relates to her real life in terms of navigating issues of race and belonging, and why she wanted to write a story so intertwined with nature.
Thames Valley Police has referred itself to the policing regulator after a BBC investigation revealed that officers ridiculed an assault victim while watching body-worn video that showed her groin. Emma speaks with the BBC's Noel Titheradge about his investigation as well as Harriet Wistrich about misogyny in the UK police force.
It’s out with heels and in with trainers. That’s what is happening in France where, according to a poll, women are falling out of love with high heels - instead going for a chunky boot or comfortable trainer. To discuss this fashion shift, Emma is joined by Professor of Fashion History Dr Serena Dyer and French shoe designer Marie Laffont.
Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Cece Armstrong Studio Manager: Duncan Hannant
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| 0:00.0 | I love you and would kill before I would see you taken from me. |
| 0:06.0 | Lady Killers is back. |
| 0:08.0 | Join me Lucy Worsley to investigate infamous female criminals from the past. |
| 0:13.2 | It's really important that we listen to these voices about the society in which they lived. |
| 0:18.0 | We're seeking to understand these women from the perspective of 21st century feminists. |
| 0:23.0 | We cannot put women into history on the basis of likeability. |
| 0:26.0 | Put all the women back, the sinners and the saints. |
| 0:29.0 | Lady Killers, listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:33.0 | BBC Sounds. |
| 0:34.0 | BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:38.0 | Hello, I'm Emma Barnet and welcome to Woman's Ah, from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:43.0 | Today as well as trying to familiarize ourselves with political texts that could unlock power |
| 0:48.1 | in Northern Ireland. |
| 0:49.1 | I'm sure you'll be spending your lunch hour doing just that. |
| 0:51.4 | You could also find yourself inspired by the self-appointed |
| 0:54.3 | wellness guru and actor Gwyneth Paltra who's been speaking publicly about how she |
| 0:58.9 | expresses rage. She's trying to get better at it, having felt doing it in any physical way would be deemed un-ladie-like. |
| 1:06.0 | It's pretty basic. She buys a plastic bat and just hits stuff with it. |
| 1:10.0 | What do you do? There is some rage-inducing moments perhaps in today's |
| 1:14.4 | program so let's come together and talk about how one expresses rage. You can |
| 1:18.5 | text me here with your thoughts and ideas on 84844 that's the number you need on social media where at BBC women's are. and |
| 1:25.0 | I'd be on social media where at BBC Women's are or you can email through the website |
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