Weekend Woman’s Hour: SEND, Christiane Amanpour, Self Esteem, Return of the bullet bra

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The Department for Education has just released the latest figures that show another rise in the number of Education, Health and Care Plans, or EHCPs, in England. These are the legal documents that outline what support a child or young person with special educational needs and disabilities is entitled to. The BBC’s education reporter Kate McGough, Jane Harris, vice chair of the Disabled Children's Partnership, and Jacquie Russell from West Sussex County Council joined Clare McDonnell.

Christiane Amanpour has been at the forefront of international news for more than 40 years, reporting from all over the world as a journalist and war reporter as well as being CNN’s Chief International Anchor, steering the helm of several programmes including CNN International's nightly interview programme Amanpour. She’s now launched a podcast, Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex-Files with Jamie Rubin. It's a weekly foreign affairs show, co-hosted with Jamie, a former U.S. diplomat and Assistant Secretary of State and also her ex-husband. Christiane joined Clare to discuss.

The musician, songwriter and actress, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, aka Self Esteem won the 2021 BBC Music Introducing Artist of the Year Award and achieved a nomination for the Mercury Prize in 2022 with Prioritise Pleasure. More recently she has performed the lead role of Sally Bowles in the West End production of Cabaret. She talks to Anita Rani about her new album, A Complicated Woman, and performing on the Park Stage at Glastonbury this weekend.

The bullet bra has made a recent return to the catwalk and to the cover of British Vogue, where singer Dua Lipa can be seen sporting a blush satin Miu Miu creation in the July issue. But will the silhouette, once favoured by Marilyn Monroe and Madonna, cut through to the high street? And what does that mean for the comfortable t-shirt bras that have been going strong since lockdown? Julia Hobbs, British Vogue’s contributing senior fashion features editor has recently road-tested the bullet bra. She joins Clare to discuss the experience, along with Karolina Laskowska, a lingerie designer and the director of The Underpinnings Museum.

Presenter: Clare McDonnell Producer: Annette Wells Editor: Rebecca Myatt

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0:00.0	Hello, podcast fan.
0:03.0	Consider this your invite to the UK's biggest podcasting party.
0:06.7	We're heading to Sheffield from the 4th to the 6th of July
0:09.0	for the BBC Sounds Fringe at the Crossed Wires Festival.
0:12.8	We'll be joined by some of the biggest names in podcasting,
0:15.3	including Sarah Cox, Charlie Hedges, Russell Kane,
0:18.4	and some bloke called Greg James doing his Radio 4 show called Rewinder.
0:23.2	You can watch live shows of your favourite podcasts, and the best part is free.
0:28.0	To book your free tickets, go to crossedwires.org-live, forward slash fringe.
0:34.4	BBC Sounds, music, Radio, podcasts.
0:42.0	Hello, this is Claire MacDonald and you're listening to The Woman's Hour podcast.
0:43.8	Hello and welcome.
0:47.7	Coming up, self-esteem, aka Rebecca Lucy Taylor,
0:50.2	who's been performing at Glastonbury this weekend. Also, journalist and legendary war reporter, Christiana Amunpur, talking about the new podcasts she's making with her ex-husband.
0:58.5	They've called it the X-Files.
1:00.7	Latest government figures show another rise in the number of education, health and care plans or EHCPs in England.
1:08.0	These are the legal documents that outline what support a child or young person with special educational needs is entitled to. So how can an already under pressure council cope with this increasing need? Well, we're going to hear from one. And do you remember the conical bra worn by Madonna? Well, now do a leap Leapr, graces the front of this month's Vogue in a blush satin version.
1:32.6	Yes, the bullet bra is back.
1:34.7	So will the rest of us be wearing one soon, or is it just for the fashionistas?
1:39.3	I wore this bra on the tube.
1:41.9	I wore this bra to the office.
1:46.6	I wore this bra on the street. I got some pretty strange looks on the Baker Luna and I've got to be honest. Yes, she did. Lots to get into,
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