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Woman's Hour

Midlife marriage and money, Sara Sharif, Blessing scams, Maddalena Vaglio Tanet

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

What are the economic implications of getting married in your midlife? Anita Rani is joined by the Financial Times’ Claer Barrett, writer and couples counsellor Lucy Cavendish and journalist and author Flic Everett to share their thoughts and experiences.

The murder trial of Sara Sharif, a 10-year-old girl found dead in Woking in August 2023, is at the Old Bailey in London. Sara's father Urfan Sharif, stepmother Beinash Batool, and uncle, Faisal Malik, have denied murder. BBC correspondent Helena Wilkinson talks to Anita about what the jury has been told so far.

Are Women's Super League football clubs overlooking female English coaches? The Football Association has an aim of 75% female coaches in this league, but the season started with four out of 12 female coaches, two of whom are English. The BBC’s senior women’s football reporter Emma Sanders joins Anita to discuss why this might be.

Blessing scams are targeting Chinese communities in the UK. They're usually carried out by women in groups of three, approaching people asking for help in Cantonese. Tuyet van Huynh's mother was one of these victims. After she was targeted, Tuyet set out to expose this practice on social media and has since heard from other victims. She speaks to Anita about the impact the crime has had on their family.

Italian author Maddalena Vaglio Tanet’s acclaimed debut novel Untold Lessons is a story she was born to write. Based on events that took place in her own family decades ago, Untold Lessons explores how a tragic event prompts the disappearance of a much-loved teacher, and what the double mystery tells us about the lives and attitudes of the people living her local community at the time.

Transcript

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Before you listen to this BBC podcast I'd like to tell you why I love

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podcasting. I'm Natasha Aronson I'm an assistant commissioner for the BBC and I work on

0:09.4

making podcasts my real passion is discovering unbelievable unheard stories and working with the biggest

0:16.9

stars who can really bring those stories to life.

0:20.1

I love the whole process of making podcasts from the spark of an idea to hearing the final edit.

0:26.4

There's nothing like it. What makes BBC Podcast special is that we're working for you.

0:31.0

So whatever we commission has to reflect the things that you care about and love wherever you are in the

0:36.0

UK. So if you like this BBC podcast, there's so much more to discover. Have a listen on BBC Sounds.

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BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Womons Hour from BBC Radio 4.

0:52.0

Good morning. Welcome to Womons Hour from BBC Radio 4.

0:52.6

Good morning.

0:53.4

Welcome to Womons Hour on the program today.

0:56.2

Madelena Vaglio Tenet will be telling us

0:58.8

about her beautiful novel untold lessons.

1:02.4

And the scam targeting older Chinese women

1:05.0

by convincing them their children are in danger

1:07.0

and offering blessings in return for their valuables.

1:10.0

We'll be hearing about that.

1:12.0

We'll also be looking at why there are so

1:13.4

few female English football coaches in the women's Super League and we're going to be

1:18.4

discussing the financial implications of getting married a little later in life.

1:23.2

You're midlife and beyond.

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