I'm Rory Stewart and I grew up wanting to be a hero and I'm still fascinated by the ideas of heroism.

In my new series, I'm taking in the long sweep of history from Achilles to Zelensky and asking, what is a hero?

Simply doing your job, being a decent human being.

A true hero is someone who just kind of shines by

their own light and that light is to be recognised by others. The long history of heroism with me,

Rory Stewart. Listen on BBC Sounds. Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC

Radio 4. Good morning and welcome to the program.

There's a new drama beginning on ITV called I Fought the Law. It stars Sheridan Smith, who plays

Anne Ming. Anne's daughter Julie was murdered in 1989, but the murderer was acquitted. The double

Jeopardy Rule in law meant he couldn't be tried for the same crime twice.

Anne spent 17 years fighting to change the law and succeeded. I'll be speaking to Anne Ming shortly.

Ahead of the World Athletics Championship, which starts on September 13th in Tokyo,

World Athletics will require all athletes competing in the female category to undergo a one-time test to determine their biological sex.

We'll be getting the details shortly.

And The Wonder of Wool is a new coffee table book celebrating British sheep and all things woolly.

Knitware designer Justine Lee, who's written the book, went back into education

after learning about the environmental cost of fashion. One shocking finding of hers was we wear an

item of clothing five times before we throw it away. So this morning, I'd like you all to share

your clothes stories. How do you shop? Do you love a vintage shop, or as we once used to call them second-hand shops? Are you someone who needs to buy something new every week? Wear once and then, and then what? You can remain anonymous. Or tell me about the treasured item you've kept for years and years. A hand-me-down, a moth-munched jumper that was once maybe grannies. Or if you simply want to share your love of wool and knitting, then please get in touch. In the usual way, the text number is 84844. You can email the program by going to our website, and the WhatsApp number is 0,700-100-444. And if you'd like to follow us on social media, it's at BBC

Woman's Hour. But the text number once again, 84844. First, though, the fertility rate has fallen

for the third year in a row to reach a record low in England, Wales and Scotland. Figures

from the Office for National Statistics show that the average number of

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