Sandi Toksvig, Breast cancer study, Carrie Hope Fletcher

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Writer, comic, theatrical impresario, TV host and weekend chainsaw wielder Sandi Toksvig joins Clare McDonnell to talk about Friends of Dorothy, her first adult novel in 12 years. When Stevie and Amber move into their new home, they are surprised to find that the old woman they bought it from, a cantankerous and outrageous 79-year-old called Dorothy, is still living there.

Today marks two years since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Iran. She’d been arrested by the country’s morality police for allegedly not wearing her hijab properly and died in police custody. Her death sparked nationwide protests and the birth of the Women, Life, Freedom movement. BBC Verify journalist Reha Kansara talks to Clare about her new reporting on the women who continue to speak out and the horrific consequences they are still suffering.

The Breast Cancer Now Generations Study was set up in 2004 to help understand the causes of breast cancer. This 40-year landmark study – which this month reaches its halfway point – is following over 110,000 women to understand why breast cancer develops. Woman’s Hour has been following the project from the start, checking in every decade. Clare is joined by co-leader of the study Professor Amy Berrington and participant Amanda Jones.

The trailblazing ballerina, Michaela Mabinty DePrince, has died at the age of 29. A war orphan from Sierra Leone, she was brought to the US by her adopted family and made her way to the Dance Theatre of Harlem, the Dutch National Ballet, and even performed alongside Beyoncé. We hear an archive interview with Michaela when she spoke to Woman’s Hour about her life and career in 2015.

Carrie Hope Fletcher is an author, singer, West End star – and now a new mum. She’s about to start a brand new tour around the UK, called Love Letters, which will feature musical theatre favourites and love letters from the audience. She joins Clare to talk about the tour, what it’s like being a musical theatre mum, and why she's chosen not to put photos of her child online.

Presenter: Clare McDonnell Producer: Maryam Maruf Editor: Olivia Bolton Studio Manager: Duncan Hannant

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0:00.0	Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy.
0:05.0	My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC.
0:08.0	It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs, moments and movements,
0:14.7	stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous.
0:19.1	And the BBC's position at the heart of British music means we can tell those stories like no one else.
0:24.6	We were, are and always will be right there at the center of the narrative.
0:28.6	So whether you want an insightful take on music right now or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and
0:34.4	infamous moments in music check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds.
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0:43.6	Hello, this is Claire McDonnell and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast.
0:48.1	Hello and welcome to Woman's Hour, I'm Claire McDonnell taking care of things for the next few days.
0:54.0	Great to have your company. Coming up, today marks two years since the death of 22 year old
0:59.7	Masa Amini in Iran. She been arrested by the country's morality police for allegedly
1:05.3	not wearing her hijab properly and died in police custody. Her death sparked
1:10.3	nationwide protests and the birth of the Women Life Freedom Movement.
1:15.1	We'll hear from the BBC verified journalist Ray Ha Kansara about her new reporting on the
1:20.6	women who continue to speak out and the horrific consequences they are still
1:25.4	suffering.
1:26.4	Writer, comic, Theatrical Impressario, TV host Weekend Chainsaw Welder, Sandy Toxfig is a woman who defies pigeonholing and she continues
1:38.6	in that vein with her new novel Friends of Dorothy.
1:42.2	It's a story that explodes the expectations
1:44.3	around how older women should behave and what family should look like.
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