Women in Formula One, Monstrum, Sex education, Bridgerton dresses
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Schools in England should not teach about gender identity, according to new draft guidance from the government, due to be published in full today. There is also a plan to ban sex education for under-nines. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said the new guidance would ensure children were not "exposed to disturbing content". Anita Rani talks to Elaine Dunkley, BBC Education Correspondent to find out the latest.
Talking about her new book, 'How To Win A Grand Prix', Formula One expert Bernie Collins takes Anita behind the scenes of an F1 team, and explains how she forged a career working as a performance engineer at McLaren for names such as Jenson Button, then became Head of Strategy at Aston Martin, with world champion Sebastian Vettel.
Yesterday senior coroner Martin Fleming issued a warning after Georgia Brooke was fatally strangled or "choked" by her boyfriend, Luke Cannon, during sex. Mr Cannon was himself found dead the following day. The coroner described the practice of choking as "dangerous" and said "it all too often ends in fatal consequences". Georgia Brooke was twenty-six when she died in 2022. In his conclusion, Mr Fleming said that while there was no evidence that her boyfriend had intended to kill his girlfriend during the incident, he had used "excessive" force. Anita speaks to Fiona Mackenzie, the leader of the We Can't Consent to This campaign which was formed as a response to the increasing number of women and girls killed and injured in violence that is claimed to be consensual.
16-year-old Eleanor Shenderey from North Yorkshire has gone viral on social media after posting herself wearing handmade historical outfits. From the Tudors and the Victorians to the TV show Bridgerton, she has been inspired to make over 300 dresses - some of which have taken months to complete. Eleanor joins Anita to discuss how and why she does it.
Lottie Mills won the BBC Young Writers’ Award in 2020 for her short story, The Changeling. It will now feature in her debut book, 'Monstrum,' alongside a collection of modern fairy tales, telling the experiences of characters excluded and othered by their societies. Lottie has cerebral palsy and hopes the book will challenge the representation of disability in fiction. She talks to Anita about how growing up with a disability, she always understood herself through stories: Greek mythology and British folklore; Shakespeare’s plays and Victorian fairy tales.
Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Rebecca Myatt Studio manager: Emma Harth
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| 0:37.0 | Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4, just to say that |
| 0:42.4 | for rights reasons, the music in the original radio |
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| 0:48.8 | Good morning and welcome to a woman's hour. |
| 0:51.0 | Bridgerton is back. The The racist costume drama on the box and I'm going to be talking to a |
| 0:56.2 | 16 year old whose wardrobe is inspired by the program. In fact she's made 300 dresses |
| 1:02.0 | herself inspired by the program and Formula One a male |
| 1:06.4 | dominated sport but the engineer turned presenter Bernie Collins is right in there |
| 1:11.2 | and she's worked her way up through the ranks. |
| 1:13.2 | She'll be bringing us up to speed if you like with all things racing and her book. |
| 1:18.0 | Plus the incredibly talented writer Lottie Mills. |
| 1:21.7 | Two years ago she won the BBC Young Writers Award. Now she's |
| 1:25.7 | published an entire book of the most extraordinary short stories and she'll be here to |
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