Netball World Cup, Comedian Georgie Grier, Can design heal loneliness?
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Actor and writer Georgie Grier has shared a post on social media after her opening show at the Edinburgh Fringe had just one person in the audience. She’s had replies of support and encouragement from thousands of people, including comedian Jason Manford. She joins Anita to talk about what it was like to perform to one person, and how she feels about the reaction she’s getting.
The Women’s Netball World Cup is hotting up and Anita is joined by the BBC’s Katharine Merry to look ahead to Sunday’s final. She also tells us how netball is impacting girls in the host city of Cape Town.
All this week we’ve been talking about loneliness. Today we ask: Is it possible to design cities and public spaces with social connection at their heart? Anita is joined by Erin Peavey, an architect and well-being design leader at HKS and by Joanna Yarrow, a Non-Executive Director at property developer Human Nature.
What do you consider before buying an item of clothing? The cost? The brand? Journalist and TikTok creator Andrea Cheong says we’ve never been taught how to shop and that breaking up with fashion is like leaving behind a bad boyfriend. Andrea joins Anita to discuss her new book Why Don’t I Have Anything to Wear?
Woman’s Hour has been closely following the Women’s Football World Cup in Australia and New Zealand this year. Dr Kerry Peek has also been keeping a close eye on the action – but for different reasons. She is one of the ‘concussion spotters’, who for the first time in the women’s game have been deployed to monitor players for head injuries during matches. She joins Anita Rani to explain her research into why women footballers sustain more concussions than men.
Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Emma Pearce
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.2 | Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour |
| 0:08.6 | from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:10.2 | It's sporty Friday today on Woman's Hour. |
| 0:13.2 | We'll be bringing you the latest |
| 0:14.5 | from the Netball and Football Women's World Cup. |
| 0:17.6 | But this morning, I want to hear about you |
| 0:19.7 | and your relationship with sports |
| 0:21.7 | or the physical activity you do in your spare time. |
| 0:24.9 | Yesterday, we discussed how joining a club |
| 0:27.4 | can help with loneliness. |
| 0:28.8 | Is this you? |
| 0:29.7 | How important is your club, your team, |
| 0:32.2 | your squad in your life? |
| 0:33.6 | In fact, Claire Bolding is encouraging women |
| 0:36.6 | to take up playing sports. |
| 0:37.8 | She's said in an interview, |
| 0:39.1 | find friends who you want to do it with, |
| 0:41.6 | give yourself permission to take the time to do it, |
| 0:44.3 | men allow themselves five hours to play golf, |
| 0:46.8 | whereas women think they don't have time. |
| 0:49.2 | Is this the situation in your household? |
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