With much discussion about the conviction of Russell Brand today, Woman's Hour is focussing on the impact this case will have on women. Nuala McGovern speaks to one of the original journalists to investigate the former comedian, Rosamund Urwin, the chief news correspondent of The Sunday Times, in her first full broadcast interview since the sentencing. And Commander Andy Day is the Metropolitan Police's Head of Central Specialist Crime. His unit was responsible for leading the investigation in to Russell Brand. He gives his reaction to yesterday's sentencing of ten and a half years.
What would make someone swim for 35 hours straight? Eva Buzo has spent much of her life pushing the limits of endurance. The human rights barrister and ultra-marathon swimmer is using extraordinary open-water challenges to support communities campaigning over beach access, environmental protection, and tourism developments. She joins us to talk endurance, activism, and life far beyond her comfort zone.
Whether or not to have children can be one of the biggest, most sensitive decisions we make in our lives and one for which women often still feel judged, whatever we decide. Some of course feel that choice is taken away from them by infertility or by circumstance. In the 80th year of Woman’s Hour, as we focus on using our voices to have agency over our lives, we discuss the big picture issue of falling birth rates and ask what it means for women in particular. Nuala hears from Baroness Camilla Cavendish and Anna Louie Sussman.
Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Kirsty Starkey