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Woman's Hour

Unpicking the relationship between power and sex during Elizabeth I’s reign.

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

To many Elizabeth I was only ever a kingless Queen, an unmarried woman and a childless virgin. To others she was a political mastermind, a monarchic powerhouse and a resolute survivor. Playwright, Ella Hickson's talks about her new take on the Queen in her play Swive, now on stage at the Sam Wannamaker theatre in London. How do women in power negotiate patriarchal pressure in order to get their way?

How do you as a parent talk to your teenagers about losing their virginity? Flo Perry author of 'How To Have Feminist Sex' and Rachel Fitzsimmons, sex educator and lecturer in sexual health at the University of Central Lancashire with advice and tips on how to navigate the conversation.

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been defending her country against allegations of genocide at the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague. The latest from our Correspondent Anna Holligan.

Thousands of parents are turning to so called "BabyBanks" to feed and clothe their children. They work in exactly the same way as a food bank. You're referred by your midwife or social worker and you can pick up donated items, essentials equipment like cots and prams and more everyday things like wipes and nappies. Henrietta Harrison went to meet some families using a bank in South London.

Presenter Jenni Murray Producer Beverley Purcell

Guest; Flo Perry Guest; Rachel Fitzsimmons Guest; Ella Hickson Reporter; Henrietta Harrison

Transcript

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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. Choosing what to

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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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Cladie Aide!

0:45.7

Loads of games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.

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Lovely.

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Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.

0:51.2

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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Hello Jenny Murray welcoming you to the Woman's Hour Podcast.

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Good morning.

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She was famously The Virgin Queen, a new play called Swive, meaning to copulate with a woman,

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traces the life of Elizabeth I. Why has the playwright Ella Hickson put those two words Virgin and Swive together?

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