Beige Flags, Prince Andrew, The Waste Land poem

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

We're all aware of red flags, the indicators that a potential partner may exhibit a lack of respect, or interest in your relationship. But a new flag has emerged on dating apps - the beige flag. These are indicators on dating app profiles which suggest a person has nothing of interest to say, and may well be boring. Emma Barnett is joined by Caitlin MacPhail, who coined the phrase, and comedian Helen Thorn. The period of national mourning following the death of the Queen has ended but will continue for the Royal Family. One senior member of the family who has been the subject of many headlines over the past week is Prince Andrew who stepped down as a working royal in 2019 after a Newsnight interview that addressed his relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He paid a financial settlement to Virginia Giuffre, who had accused him of sexual assault, a claim he denies. Catherine Mayer, author of Charles: The Heart of a King, joins Emma Barnett to discuss what type of monarch King Charles will be and what the future holds for Prince Andrew. Analysis today by the BBC has found more than half of maternity units in England fail consistently to meet safety standards. Birte Harlev-Lam is Executive Director at the Royal College of Midwives and joins Emma. The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot is considered one of the most important poems of the 20th century. To celebrate its centenary Lyndall Gordon, author of Hyacinth Girl, tells Emma Barnett about the women who weave a vital thread through the poem; from Eliot’s first wife Vivienne to his hidden muse Emily Hale. Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Emma Pearce

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:05.2	Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's R from BBC Radio 4.
0:10.5	As Autumn begins its slow advance and the country has a back-to-school feel about it again.
0:16.8	How are you?
0:17.9	Board or invigorated?
0:19.9	Today we're going to be amongst other things talking about beige flags in the context of
0:24.9	dating, indicators which infer a person is boring or rather beige.
0:30.2	What are beige flags for you?
0:32.2	It could be in terms of dating.
0:33.4	It could be about some of the friends you choose to keep or choose to avoid.
0:36.9	What are no-nose when it comes to subject areas or how someone presents themselves?
0:41.9	One message we already received on this subject on Instagram gives this example.
0:46.0	If somebody writes on their dating profile, hobbies include Netflix.
0:51.2	What do you know?
0:52.0	Perhaps a beige flag's about yourself?
0:54.1	Or perhaps there's another one of our listeners who's already been in touch to say,
0:57.5	you love and crave a bit of beige in your life, especially at the moment.
1:01.4	One message says,
1:02.4	I think I'd like a beige flag on dating apps.
1:04.7	No drama, no games.
1:06.3	Bage sounds great.
1:08.0	Text me here on 848-442 to get involved with this.
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