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🗓️ 30 January 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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The Royal Ballet School (RBS) has reached a financial settlement with former student Ellen Elphick who said the body-shaming she experienced while at the elite institution has left her with lifelong psychological damage. The London-based school accepts no liability for the former dancer’s case and has not issued an apology. Ellen talks to Anita Rani about the experience along with her lawyer, Dino Nocivelli.
Female-dominated films are more likely to get more sexist criticism in reviews- that's according to a study of more than 17,000 reviews. Another study looked at how women in finance are portrayed in films and how this impacts real women working in the sector. Anita talks to the film critic, Leila Latif, about women in film.
Cardiff University has announced possible cuts to 400 full-time jobs amid a funding shortfall. One of the departments to be potentially impacted is nursing and, whilst the university has said that no "final decisions" have been made and there's "no immediate impact" to those currently studying, concerns have been raised about the future supply of those going into the profession. Anita talks to Helen Whyley, executive director of the Royal College of Nursing Wales.
Preet Chandi, better known as Polar Preet, broke world records in 2023 when she made the longest solo and unsupported journey across Antarctica, crossing 922 miles in 70 days. Now Preet is setting her sights on the North Pole, hoping to cross 500 miles of sea ice to reach it in under 70 days. She joins Anita to discuss why she’s making the change to the North Pole, how she plans to get there and how she plans on dealing with polar bears.
Poet Maria Ferguson has a new collection out. It’s called Swell, and it explores the highs and lows of conception, pregnancy and motherhood, including looking at miscarriage. Maria joins Anita to talk about her compositions and why she wanted to write about becoming a mother.
Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Rebecca Myatt
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0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Greg Jenner. I'm the host of Your Dead to Me, where the best names in comedy and history |
0:05.5 | join me to learn about and laugh at the past. You are a traitor. And in the new series, we'll meet |
0:11.2 | Aristotle. I think he might have been a time traveller. Someone who's like almost a glitch. |
0:15.3 | We'll dive into the causes of the British Civil Wars in the 1600s. In England at this period, |
0:19.8 | there's people can't get on the housing ladder. |
0:21.5 | This sounds familiar. |
0:23.2 | And we'll discover the arts and crafts movement. |
0:25.3 | I love the clothes. I love the vibe. |
0:27.1 | Yes, we're a comedy show that takes history seriously and then laughs at it. |
0:30.5 | You're dead to me. Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
0:34.3 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
0:38.1 | Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. |
0:43.2 | Good morning and welcome to Woman's Hour. |
0:46.0 | Maria Ferguson has charted her journey to motherhood through poetry |
0:49.8 | and she'll be here to tell me all about her new book called Swell and she'll be performing live. |
0:55.9 | Cardiff University is proposing to cut 400 academic jobs and subjects, including nursing, are at risk of disappearing. |
1:03.1 | We'll look at what this could mean. |
1:04.8 | And Preet Chandi, or Polar Prit, the incredible explorer, decided in 2022 to do a solo journey to the South Pole. |
1:13.2 | Since then, she's done two more solo expeditions and broken a few world records while she was at it. |
1:18.7 | And now she's doing it again. |
1:20.6 | This time, with a much harder expedition in her sights, to become the first woman to travel solo to the North Pole. It's only ever been |
1:30.4 | done twice before and it's not been done for 20 years. It's a very treacherous journey. She'll be |
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