Sharon Stone, Gillian Keegan MP, Fertility & Race

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

It’s nearly thirty years since Sharon Stone was in the film Basic Instinct, with the famous uncrossing-of-legs scene. She really wanted the role but only got it after twelve other actresses turned it down. After Basic Instinct more films followed including Casino alongside Robert De Niro. In 2001, after adopting her first child, she suffered a stroke and almost died. She’s now written her autobiography called The Beauty of Living Twice. She gave Woman's Hour her only UK broadcast interview.

On the morning that a new helpline has been launched for potential victims of school sexual abuse we speak to Gillian Keegan MP who's from the Department for Education.

We're talking about shop changing rooms with retail expert Catherine Shuttleworth. When lock-down lifts will you be using them, or sticking with ordering online and trying things on at home?

People from ethnic minorities who have fertility treatment are less likely to be successful. That's according to the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority. Their data says Black patients having the lowest chances of successful treatment whilst only 4% of egg donors were Asian. We find out more with Sally Cheshire, outgoing Chair of the HFEA and Dr Karen Joash, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Imperial College Healthcare Trust and spokesperson for Race Equality at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

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0:00.0	Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless
0:06.8	searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the
0:11.8	telly we share what we've been watching
0:14.0	Fladiated.
0:16.0	Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
0:19.0	Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:21.0	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:25.0	searching and a lot more auction listen on BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts.
0:35.0	Our first guest today is the one and only Sharon Stone, who says she's incapable of lying,
0:41.0	which has ended up with her being accused of being a difficult woman.
0:45.0	Well we don't shy away from that sort of straight talking here on Wumsa,
0:48.0	in fact we positively sprint towards it.
0:50.0	That interview next.
0:52.0	But let me get your straight view, I know I can always rely on you for this, on something else.
0:56.0	Changing rooms, love them or loathe them. I ask because they're back or about to be.
1:01.0	The government has caved to demands from shops and will allow them to reopen
1:04.5	for the first time in a year when clothed shops resume trading on April the 12th. But will you be using them?
1:11.5	I personally say, amen, I can't buy anything without trying it on,
1:15.0	and I can't be doing with all the postage around buying it online, but maybe I'm in a minority.
1:20.2	How about you? Do you feel they're safe? I'll tell you the rules around it with regards to COVID.
1:25.0	Your views please on 84844.
1:28.0	Text will be charged at your standard message rate or get in touch on social media at BBC Woman's hour or email us through our website.
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