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Woman's Hour

Rachel Weisz; Euro 2020; Kanya d’Almeida; Abortion in Northern Ireland; Emily Rapp Black

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Rachel Weisz seems to have had constant work in the film industry since the early nineties. She's been in all kind of films: historical, action, science fiction, serious, art-house. Now she's diving into the world of superheroes with the new Marvel film, 'Black Widow'. Anita speaks to her about her latest role.

The nation is transfixed - after many years of hurt could England be on the road to winning a major trophy? Football journalist Flo Lloyd-Hughes joins Anita.

Sri Lankan author Kanya d'Almeida has been named the Commonwealth Short Story Prize Winner of 2021. Her winning piece, "I Cleaned The-" features two women who share a room in a refuge run by nuns, for people who have nowhere else to go. Kanya talks to Anita about her winning story, motherhood, mental health and paying for childcare in Sri Lanka.

Northern Ireland politics is stuck. Continued disagreements between the power-sharing parties have led to stagnation in the Northern Irish Assembly, leaving lots of services in the lurch, including access to abortion for Northern Irish women. Now a charity, which is the first port of call for those who want an early medical abortion, says if they don't get funding they'll have to stop.

Emily Rapp Black felt an instant connection with the artist Frida Kahlo after seeing her famous painting 'The Two Fridas'. At the age of four, Emily’s left leg was amputated due to a congenital birth defect. In her new book ‘Frida Kahlo And My Left Leg’, she explores the legacy, life and art of Frida Kahlo which helped her to make sense of her own life and body. Emily writes about the trauma of her son’s death and the current discourse and attitudes around disability.

Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Frankie Tobi

Transcript

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0:00.0

Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless

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searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the

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telly we share what we've been watching

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Fladiated.

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Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.

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Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.

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And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less

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searching and a lot more auction listen on BBC Sounds.

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BBC Sounds music radio podcasts.

0:35.0

Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.

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Good morning all, we've made it to another Friday.

0:42.0

Now if I were to say

0:43.7

superheroes who comes to mind Spider-Man Superman, Batman, Aquaman, Ant-Man?

0:51.4

Well fans of Marvel and the Avengers franchise will know that there is a kick-ass

0:55.8

woman called Natasha Romanov, aka the Black Widow. She's played by Scarlet

1:00.7

Johanson and after years of being a side character, she finally gets her own film,

1:05.3

which fans are thrilled about. Here's something to wet your appetite.

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You don't know everything about me.

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I've lived a lot of lives.

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Before I was an Avenger.

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Before I got this family,

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I mean mistakes choosing between what the world wants you to be. No, you are. You are. Yes, fans are buzzing. It's got a fantastic cast including Rachel Vice who will be on the show later. But what we want to know on Women's Al today is who are your real life superheroes?

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