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Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: The Whyte Review into British Gymnastics, Lea Ypi, Rosie Kinchen on horticultural therapy

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Following a two-year investigation into bullying, abuse and discrimination the Whyte Review into British Gymnastics is finally published. We hear from ex-gymnast Claire Heafford, co-founder and campaign director of Gymnasts 4 Change, and Sarah Moore, lawyer and partner at Hausfeld who are acting on behalf of 38 former elite gymnasts against British Gymnastics in relation to allegations of abuse. In her prize-winning memoir, Free: Coming of Age at the End of History, Lea Ypi describes what it was like to grow up in Albania under a strict communist regime. Lea joins us to talk about her extraordinary coming-of-age story in Europe's last Stalinist outpost. Rosie Kinchen explains how horticultural therapy helped her overcome depression after having her second child. She discusses finding solace in a community garden. Her newspaper only launched 14 weeks before the outbreak of war in Ukraine, but the Kyiv Independent now has over two million followers on Twitter, and has been described by Time Magazine as: "The world's primary source for reliable English-language journalism on the war." We speak to the Editor of the newspaper, Olga Rudenko. A new film, Below the Belt, documents the reality of living with endometriosis. We hear from director Shannon Cone. Listener Christian Peake inherited a huge stack of canvasses painted by her grandmother, the artist Maeve Gilmore, whose artistic work had been over-shadowed by her more famous husband Mervyn Peake. As time went on though she became increasingly determined to get Maeve’s work the recognition she feels it deserves. Her grandmother's first exhibition is now on at Studio Voltaire in Clapham, London. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Lucy Wai Editor: Lucinda Montefiore

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour.

0:02.7

On today's programme, the author Leia Oopie on growing up in Albania under a strict communist

0:08.1

regime, the journalist Rosie Kynchen on Horticultural Therapy, a listener on discovering her grandmother's

0:15.3

hidden artistic talents, and we speak to a woman who leads one of the newest and most trusted

0:21.1

English news services in Ukraine.

0:23.4

Olga Ridenko, editor of the Kiev Independent, reveals the personal impact of covering the

0:29.0

war.

0:30.0

But first, on Thursday, the White Review into British Gymnastics was finally published.

0:36.5

The investigation that began almost two years ago led by Anne White's QC and co-commissioned

0:41.6

by UK Sport and Sport England looked into accusations of bullying, abuse and discrimination

0:48.4

after numerous British gymnasts spoke out.

0:51.5

The result?

0:52.5

A damning report that makes for shocking reading.

0:56.0

It details the continued mistreatment of gymnasts in Britain, including sexual assault, illustrating

1:01.6

as one gymnast put it, the child abuse of athletes that was taking place and how physical

1:07.0

and emotional abuse within gymnastics in Britain were systemic.

1:11.4

From Olympians to local gymnasts, the investigation received more than 400 written submissions,

1:17.3

which some claim represent just a tip of the iceberg.

1:21.0

Of those, more than 40% described physically abusive behaviour by coaches, more than 50%

1:27.3

reported an element of emotional abuse, and more than 25% included reference to excessive

1:33.3

weight management.

1:34.8

39 of those cases were considered so serious they've been passed to local authorities

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