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Marine Saint
Playlists just got a whole lot more sexy with rise of ‘Spotify for porn’

Mon 1 Jun 2026

Playlists just got a whole lot more sexy with rise of ‘Spotify for porn’
Layla Mahmood
‘Reverse Ozempic’ epidemic putting east African women at risk

Sun 31 May 2026

‘Reverse Ozempic’ epidemic putting east African women at risk
Laura Cumming
Kira Freije: Unspeak the Chorus - a star sculptor is born

Wed 27 May 2026

Kira Freije: Unspeak the Chorus - a star sculptor is born
Eva Wiseman
Young women have a lot to cope with. Now there’s ‘Trimester Zero’ as well

Wed 20 May 2026

Young women have a lot to cope with. Now there’s ‘Trimester Zero’ as well
Michael Frayn’s wonderful Copenhagen still crackles with radioactive relevance

Sun 10 May 2026

Michael Frayn’s wonderful Copenhagen still crackles with radioactive relevance
New scheme could prevent thousands of miscarriages

6 mins • S1, E1351

New scheme could prevent thousands of miscarriages
Patrick Kidd
Nedra Talley-Ross: Singer with the Ronettes

Sun 3 May 2026

Nedra Talley-Ross: Singer with the Ronettes
Rachel Sylvester
James Timpson: ‘I can see the positive in people where others maybe can’t’

Sun 3 May 2026

James Timpson: ‘I can see the positive in people where others maybe can’t’
Lily Isaacs
Alex Cooper: disarming podcaster who gets celebrities to open up under the spotlight

Sun 26 Apr 2026

Alex Cooper: disarming podcaster who gets celebrities to open up under the spotlight
Claudia Williams
After a landmark trial, a mother still seeks answers about her daughter’s death

Sun 26 Apr 2026

After a landmark trial, a mother still seeks answers about her daughter’s death
Eva Wiseman
Jessie Cave on her journey from Harry Potter to OnlyFans

Sat 25 Apr 2026

Jessie Cave on her journey from Harry Potter to OnlyFans
Claudia Williams
Man found not guilty of driving wife to suicide

Wed 22 Apr 2026

Man found not guilty of driving wife to suicide
Catherine Neilan
Silent scandal of cancer-linked drug used in forced adoptions

Sun 12 Apr 2026

Silent scandal of cancer-linked drug used in forced adoptions
Marine Saint
‘Magic pill’ beta blocker prescriptions for teenage girls rise 90% in a decade

Sun 5 Apr 2026

‘Magic pill’ beta blocker prescriptions for teenage girls rise 90% in a decade
Emma Haslett
Gender pay gap widens at four of the UK’s biggest retail lenders

Sun 5 Apr 2026

Gender pay gap widens at four of the UK’s biggest retail lenders
Matthew Bishop
Seen at last: Wellcome highlights older women in the workplace

Sun 29 Mar 2026

Seen at last: Wellcome highlights older women in the workplace
Abortion law reform in England and Wales

8 mins • S1, E1327

Abortion law reform in England and Wales
Sarah Manavis
The problems faced by childfree women are dismissed as trivial

Wed 25 Mar 2026

The problems faced by childfree women are dismissed as trivial
Sarah Manavis
Inside the scary world of the ‘anti-fan’

Wed 18 Mar 2026

Inside the scary world of the ‘anti-fan’
Phoebe Davis
Women still investigated after vote to decriminalise abortion

Sun 15 Mar 2026

Women still investigated after vote to decriminalise abortion
Catherine Neilan
Outcry as modern slavery unit is closed

Sat 14 Mar 2026

Outcry as modern slavery unit is closed
Emma Haslett
MPs plan reforms to boost gender equality at top of UK firms

Sun 1 Mar 2026

MPs plan reforms to boost gender equality at top of UK firms
Eve Livingston
Female officers condemn failures on police abuse as ‘insult to Sarah Everard’s name’

Sun 1 Mar 2026

Female officers condemn failures on police abuse as ‘insult to Sarah Everard’s name’
Vanessa Thorpe
Notebooks that paint a picture of surrealist artist’s mental torment

Mon 23 Feb 2026

Notebooks that paint a picture of surrealist artist’s mental torment
Rachel Sylvester
Victims’ bid to get sex pest surgeon struck off register rejected by court

Sun 8 Feb 2026

Victims’ bid to get sex pest surgeon struck off register rejected by court
Why is surrogacy controversial?

10 mins • S1, E1292

Why is surrogacy controversial?
Iona Bain
One in six women are abused financially. Two simple banking changes could help

Thu 22 Jan 2026

One in six women are abused financially. Two simple banking changes could help
Victoria Moss
An hour with… Sinéad O’Dwyer

Fri 9 Jan 2026

An hour with… Sinéad O’Dwyer
Olivia Acland
In Mauritania, every divorce is a reason to party

Tue 6 Jan 2026

In Mauritania, every divorce is a reason to party
Marine Saint
New £635m pool for female-led firms to overcome barriers to capital

Sat 3 Jan 2026

New £635m pool for female-led firms to overcome barriers to capital
Eva Wiseman
Damned lyes and statistics: the truth about hair relaxers

Fri 2 Jan 2026

Damned lyes and statistics: the truth about hair relaxers
Phoebe Davis
How the trans debate shattered the ‘tranquil haven’ of Hampstead Ponds

Wed 24 Dec 2025

How the trans debate shattered the ‘tranquil haven’ of Hampstead Ponds
Patricia Clarke
How men’s rights activists stopped Bumble putting women first

Thu 18 Dec 2025

How men’s rights activists stopped Bumble putting women first
Eva Wiseman
Big pharma goes to war with ‘filler fatigue’

Fri 12 Dec 2025

Big pharma goes to war with ‘filler fatigue’
Hannah J Davies
An hour with… mountaineer Bouchra Baibanou

Sun 7 Dec 2025

An hour with… mountaineer Bouchra Baibanou
Hannah Lucinda Smith
Taliban edict on female aid staff pushes Afghan women deeper into the shadows

Sat 15 Nov 2025

Taliban edict on female aid staff pushes Afghan women deeper into the shadows
Iona Bain
Testosterone helps women too, but they pay more for it

Sat 15 Nov 2025

Testosterone helps women too, but they pay more for it
Lily Isaacs
Reproductive rights are legal fact not feminist fiction, whatever Prescott memo says

Fri 14 Nov 2025

Reproductive rights are legal fact not feminist fiction, whatever Prescott memo says
Funmi Fetto
‘I’m fed up with endless hair removal. Should I let my bush grow back?’

Wed 12 Nov 2025

‘I’m fed up with endless hair removal. Should I let my bush grow back?’
Emma Haslett
Businesses are losing millions by refusing fertility leave

Sun 9 Nov 2025

Businesses are losing millions by refusing fertility leave
Sarah Manavis
Breast reductions aren’t feminist – just another body trend

Sat 8 Nov 2025

Breast reductions aren’t feminist – just another body trend
Rachel Sylvester
Clinical negligence costs almost as much as maternity care

Mon 3 Nov 2025

Clinical negligence costs almost as much as maternity care
Lily Isaacs
Lily Allen shows that for young women, power lies in the tell-all

Thu 30 Oct 2025

Lily Allen shows that for young women, power lies in the tell-all
Olivia Ovenden
Why women keep secrets

Wed 29 Oct 2025

Why women keep secrets
Vanessa Thorpe
Their days in the sun: the women who made history among the stars

Wed 22 Oct 2025

Their days in the sun: the women who made history among the stars
Eva Wiseman
Fashion Week showed us the body positivity movement is over

Tue 21 Oct 2025

Fashion Week showed us the body positivity movement is over
Jessica Hayden
My brain injury left me unable to move

Sun 12 Oct 2025

My brain injury left me unable to move
Jessy Parker Humphreys
Women still not visible in sports advertising

Tue 30 Sept 2025

Women still not visible in sports advertising
James Tapper
Women wait longer for ovarian cancer care in UK

Fri 26 Sept 2025

Women wait longer for ovarian cancer care in UK
Eva Wiseman
‘Intimate deodorants suggest we want our genitals to smell like food’

Fri 26 Sept 2025

‘Intimate deodorants suggest we want our genitals to smell like food’
Lucy Jones
After Tylenol, will epidurals and caesareans be next?

Fri 26 Sept 2025

After Tylenol, will epidurals and caesareans be next?
Rachel Sylvester
Hostile, degrading, offensive: women demand harsher penalties for ‘God complex’ surgeons

Fri 19 Sept 2025

Hostile, degrading, offensive: women demand harsher penalties for ‘God complex’ surgeons
Phoebe Davis
Women’s football is following the flow to transform the game

Sun 14 Sept 2025

Women’s football is following the flow to transform the game
Susie Orbach
‘So sick to make money out of body distress’

Sun 31 Aug 2025

‘So sick to make money out of body distress’
Michaela Makusha
Women’s safety group accused of setting back sexual violence debate

Mon 25 Aug 2025

Women’s safety group accused of setting back sexual violence debate
Barbara Ellen
Oasis shocker: no fights, no chaos. Critics, don’t look back in anger

Sun 24 Aug 2025

Oasis shocker: no fights, no chaos. Critics, don’t look back in anger
Phoebe Davis
US groups escalate support for UK anti-abortion protesters

Sun 17 Aug 2025

US groups escalate support for UK anti-abortion protesters
Daniel Gallan
South Africa face battle to win hearts and minds

Fri 15 Aug 2025

South Africa face battle to win hearts and minds
Rebecca Nicholson
A chance to grow: the women learning to garden in prison

Fri 15 Aug 2025

A chance to grow: the women learning to garden in prison

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