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Woman's Hour

Kelsey Parker, Ukraine's children, Black girls in education, Aisling Bea

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

It has been almost two years since the death of The Wanted star Tom Parker after he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in 2020 aged 33. His wife, Kelsey Parker, announced last month that, after a lot of reflection, it was time to take off her wedding rings. Kelsey tells Anita Rani about the decision and how she has dealt with her grief. The Ukrainian government says it has identified 20,000 children who have been abducted by Russian forces. This week saw 11 Ukrainian children reunited with their families. The BBC’s Hague Correspondent, Anna Holligan, and filmmaker Shahida Tulaganova, who directed the ITV documentary Ukraine’s Stolen Children, discuss. Wicked Little Letters is a new black comedy film set in Littlehampton in the 1920s. It follows two neighbours, deeply conservative Edith Swan played by Olivia Colman and rowdy Irish single mother Rose Gooding played by Jessie Buckley. When Edith and other residents begin to receive poisonous pen letters full of obscenities, potty mouthed Rose is charged with the crime. The director, Thea Sharrock joined Emma Barnett to discuss this true story, and the parallels with trolling on social media today. How do black girls and women experience education in Britain today? Sociologist Dr April-Louise Pennant of Cardiff University joined Emma to discuss why Black Caribbean girls are excluded from school at double the rate of white girls and why intersectionality means the issue of afro hair continues to affect black girls' education today. She explores these issues and more in her book, Babygirl, You’ve Got This! Experiences of Black Girls and Women in the English Education System. The comedy and acting star Aisling Bea grew up in County Kildare in Ireland and in 2011 became the first woman for 20 years to win the prestigious stand-up competition So You Think You’re Funny? She spoke to Emma about her latest show, Alice and Jack.

Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Dianne McGregor

Transcript

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0:00.0

If you could have a conversation with your younger self, what would you tell them?

0:06.0

Anonymity is our most valuable gift.

0:09.0

I'm Kristi Young, and in Young again, I'll be asking my guests what honest advice they would give their past self.

0:16.0

Believe it when they say that loving yourself is the answer.

0:20.0

Among those joining me will be Jamie Oliver, Jeda Pinkett Smith and Mel B.

0:24.1

I knew that I had a voice and I knew that I wanted to say certain things and represent certain things.

0:30.0

Young again, with me, Kirstie Young. Listen on BBC Sounds.

0:35.0

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.

0:40.0

Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Womens Hour from BBC Radio 4.

0:45.4

Good afternoon, welcome to Weekend Womens Hour with me, Anita Rani.

0:49.2

Coming up.

0:50.2

The Ukrainian government says 20,000 children have been taken by Russian forces since the start of the invasion.

0:56.4

We hear the latest on the ones who've been reunited with their families and those still in Russia.

1:02.0

The English coastal town scandalised by

1:04.4

obscenity-filled letters, we speak to the director of a new film called Wicked Little

1:09.3

Letters, an appraisal of how black women and girls experience education in Britain today

1:14.4

and Irish actor and comedian Ashling B on her latest TV series Alice and Jack

1:19.8

where her character finds out she's second choice to her partner's ex.

1:25.2

But first, Kelsey Parker's husband Tom, best known for being a pop star in the band The

1:30.0

Wanted, died two years ago after he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in 2020,

1:36.2

aged only 33.

1:38.5

Throughout his illness, Tom spoke openly and honestly about his diagnosis and was involved in raising awareness and funding

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