Nick Fletcher MP, Rebuilding my life: Martine Wright, Food writer Bee Wilson, Filmmaker Celine Song
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Ukraine's First Lady, Olena Zelenska, has given a very personal interview to the BBC 18 months after the Russian invasion and subsequent war in her country. In it, she speaks about having to live in a different location to her husband, President Zelensky, and her fears for her children's future. The BBC's Yalda Hakim joins Nuala McGovern.
A male politician is calling for a Minister for Men. Nick Fletcher, the Conservative MP for Don Valley, believes that men face such serious difficulties in today’s society that they need a specific champion.
The second in our Rebuilding My Life series. When Martine Wright was rescued from the wreckage of a bombed Tube train on what became known as 7/7, her injuries were so severe that she could not be identified. Both her legs were amputated above the knee. Eighteen years on, Martine speaks to Nuala about her road to recovery, physically and emotionally.
Past Lives is the directorial debut from the New York playwright turned filmmaker Celine Song. She tells the story of Nora and her childhood sweetheart, Hae Sung, who she left behind in Seoul when her family immigrated to Canada. But they reconnect years later in New York, when Nora is happily married - and grapple with what they are to each other now… and whether they missed their chance.
Do you wish you cooked more but don't know where to start? Yotam Ottolenghi called Bee Wilson 'the ultimate food scholar'. She's the author of six books on food-related subjects. Now she's written her first cookbook, The Secret of Cooking: Recipes for an Easier Life in the Kitchen.
Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Lucinda Montefiore
Opener 00:00 Olena Zelenska 01:40 Nick Fletcher 09:10 Rebuilding My Life - Martine Wright 24:29 Past Lives 37:35 Bee Wilson 45:51
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| 0:00.0 | Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to introduce myself. |
| 0:03.7 | My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a load of sport podcasts. |
| 0:08.4 | I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with a leading journalist, experienced |
| 0:12.2 | pundits and the biggest sport stars. |
| 0:14.3 | Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights straight from the players' |
| 0:18.5 | mouths. |
| 0:19.5 | But the best thing about doing this at the BBC is our unique access to the sport world. |
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| 0:28.8 | dedicated sports fans across the UK. |
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| 0:35.2 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:40.3 | Hello, this is Neulam Agarvern and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast. |
| 0:45.9 | Well, the Conservative MP Nick Fletcher will be with us this hour. |
| 0:49.9 | He's calling for a minister for men. |
| 0:52.7 | We want to know why and also how, as he believes, such a role would be good for women. |
| 0:58.1 | Also today, my colleague Yalda Hakim has been speaking to First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska. |
| 1:03.7 | We'll bring you part of that interview as Mrs. Zelenska talks about the toll the war |
| 1:07.9 | is having on her family and the effects of not having her husband by her side. |
| 1:13.9 | Food writer B. Wilson, she'll also be here in studio. |
| 1:17.4 | After breakup of her 23-year marriage, be found, solace and pleasure again with a chopping |
| 1:23.9 | board and a knife. |
| 1:24.9 | If she's going to tell us how she found that joy again, in what can be the most mundane |
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