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Woman's Hour: Working from home, Care workers and Covid-19, DIY hair care

04/04/2020

Working from home, Care workers and Covid-19, DIY hair care

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Working from home, Care workers and Covid-19, DIY hair care

Working from home, how are you finding it?

Working from home, how are you finding it? The majority of care workers are women - what's being done to protect them from COVID-19?

We're being told to work from home if we can, so how is it going? Anna Harris who works for a marketing and advertising agency, and Caroline Whaley, the co-founder of a coaching consultancy aimed at women and leadership, discuss. 

Lara Lewington from BBC Click offers some tips and advice for staying in touch via tech. 

The Lives of Houses is a collection of essays which asks what a house can tell us about the person who lived there. Hermione Lee describes why we are so fascinated by the homes of famous literary figures. 

The Government has issued new guidelines on the personal protective equipment that should be used by NHS staff on the frontline. It's also said that it's important for social care staff to feel safe, and the new guidance will offer them information and reassurance.  Christina McAnea, Assistant General Secretary of UNISON which represents thousands of workers in the sector, and Margaret Hodge MP for Barking and Dagenham, discuss. 

Kayleigh Llewyellyn is the writer and creator of a new BBC comedy drama series called In My Skin. Based on her own story of growing up in Wales, it follows 16 year Bethan as she negotiates her school life, sexuality, and hiding her mother’s mental illness from her friends and teachers.

What does social distancing look like in one of the more remote parts of the UK? We find out through The Woman's Hour Corona Diaries with Angela Crawford from the Isle of Lewis. 

DIY hair care: the Dos and the Don'ts. Tanya Harrison is the founder of Harrison Hair Studio in Liverpool. She shares some tips if you’re eager to have a go yourself.

Presenter: Jane Garvey
Producer: Dianne McGregor

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