Mercury retrograde. A new study into eating disorders. Clever working class women in the UK. Author Anne Enright.

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.1 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Astrology concepts such as retrogrades and returns are no longer niche, they’re meme-worthy, and horoscopes have evolved from a bit of fun into revered life guidance. This isn’t the first time astrology has been part of the Zeitgeist, but it’s definitely enjoying a mainstream moment. So as Mercury the planet that rules technology, travel and communication is retrograde for the first time this year, we look at what that really means and the impact it could have on our life.

An estimated 1.24 million people are affected by eating disorders in the UK, and less than half of those people make a full recovery. Yet the treatment and diagnosis is still comparatively misunderstood. We look at research which is just about to be launched that'll examine the possible genetic links.

Clever working class women in the UK – how do they break through and how are they seen by their peers and those in power?

Plus the author Anne Enright talks to us about her new novel "actress .

Presenter Jenni Murray Producer Beverley Purcell

Guest; Yasmin Boland Guest; Wendy Stacey Guest; Melanie Reynolds Guest; Panya Banjoko Guest; Kristin O’Donnell Guest; Anne Enright Guest; Dr Janet Treasure Guest; Andrew Radford

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0:41.0	Hello Jenny Murray welcoming you to the Women's Our Podcasts for Wednesdens. podcast. the Man Booker Prize for The Gathering in 2007. Today we'll discuss her new novel actress set
0:56.0	in Dublin in the 1970s. What does it mean when your working class and called a clever girl? How does it influence your relationship? your retrograde as astrology becomes increasingly part of the zeitgeist and mercury is
1:16.0	retrograde until the 10th of March, what does it actually mean and what effect might it have on your life?
1:24.0	We've known for some time that there's a strong genetic element in obesity,
1:30.0	but it was only last July that the results of an international study of anorex here were published
1:35.7	and showed that it's not only the psychological disease we'd always assumed it to be, but has a genetic
1:41.6	element too. The research is now being extended at King's College in
1:45.8	in London and Beat the Eating Disorders charity has expressed its excitement at the
1:51.0	results so far. Andrew Radford is the charity's chief executive,
1:55.2	Dr Janet Treasure, is professor of psychiatry at Kings and is leading the research.
2:01.2	Janet, why is a genetic element only recently really been confirmed?
2:06.3	Well over the centuries that these disorders have been discovered, there's been an
2:10.6	oscillation between moral reasons and biological reasons.
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