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Woman's Hour

Brigitte Macron, Miriam Stoppard, Going It Alone

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Ten people have been found guilty of cyber-bullying Brigitte Macron, the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, by a Paris court, but that is not the end of the lawsuits. Next up, it's the Macrons against the controversial right-wing podcaster Candace Owens in a US civil court. They've accused her of mounting “a campaign of global humiliation”. Nuala McGovern speaks to Sophie Pedder from The Economist, in Paris, and BBC journalist Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty.

Dr Miriam Stoppard has been writing books for five decades now - maybe one has helped you through a relationship, or a pregnancy, or with your parenting or your grand parenting, many of you will have loved her column as an agony aunt. Today she wants to talk about our sex lives as we grow older. Her new book is Sex, Drugs and Walking Sticks.

In our new series Going it Alone, we are hearing from three women about their experiences of having a child without a partner. These are women who are having donor-conceived children, which is different to single mums who may have split up with the child’s father. Statistics show that more women than ever in the UK are choosing to become solo mums by choice. Today we hear Jay's story.

Lynley is a new TV adaptation of Elizabeth George’s much-loved Lynley detective series novels on BBC One. Central to this four-part series is the relationship between Detective Inspector Tommy Lynley, played by Leo Suter, who is the son of an Earl, and the working class, no-nonsense Detective Superintendent Barbara Havers, who’s been assigned to work with him. Barbara Havers is played by actor Sofia Barclay, who joins Nuala in the studio.

Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Helen Fitzhenry

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds

0:02.2

Music Radio Podcasts

0:04.6

I like when a manager wears a suit and tides, you know what I mean?

0:09.7

In 2025, we were here for the football.

0:13.0

The Wayne Rooney Show

0:14.0

As a manager, you're making decisions on what you're seeing on the pitch.

0:16.9

Sometimes it doesn't always pay off.

0:18.3

Football daily.

0:19.4

Loyalty in football. Does it still exist?

0:22.0

There is no loyalty in football. And Tuni and Russo. Do you feel like the pressure actually helps

0:26.9

you play the best football? We've prepared ourselves to step out onto the pitch at the end of the day.

0:31.5

Get the best of 2025 with podcasts on BBC Sounds.

0:36.8

Hello, this is Newell & McGovern and you're listening to The Woman's Hour podcast.

0:41.5

Hello and welcome to the programme.

0:43.6

Well, 10 people have been found guilty of cyberbullying Brigitte Macron,

0:48.5

the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron.

0:51.4

That was by a Paris court, but it's not the end of the lawsuits.

0:55.3

Next up, it is the Macron's against the controversial right-wing podcaster Candace Owens in the States.

1:01.6

They've accused her of mounting a campaign of global humiliation. More on that in just a moment.

1:07.1

Also today, Dr. Miriam Stoppard, her new book is Sex, Dr. Miriam Stoppard. Her new book is Sex, Dr.

1:10.6

Drugs and Walking Sticks.

1:12.7

We're going to talk about sex as we age.

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