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Woman's Hour: Electing to home school. Trisha Goddard on the power of Oprah.

09/03/2021

Electing to home school. Trisha Goddard on the power of Oprah.

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Electing to home school. Trisha Goddard on the power of Oprah.

Pros and cons of educating your children at home. Trisha Goddard on the power of Oprah.

Educating your children at home the benefits and possible pitfalls. Trisha Goddard on the power of Oprah.

As Children return to school across the UK an increasing number of parents are choosing to educate their children at home on a permanent basis. Many have enjoyed home schooling their kids during Covid and  see it as an opportunity to explore a new way of learning.  Critics however are concerned that it’s unregulated. We hear from Gail Tolley from the Association of Directors of Children's Services and to Hannah Titley from the Home Schooling Association. 

Trisha Goddard  who had her own  UK day time talk show for over a decade on  why Oprah is the Queen of confessional TV interviews.  Plus Stephanie Guerilus, senior editor and staff writer at the Grio, an American website with news and video content geared toward African Americans, tells us  
how  the interview gone down with the American audience

For over 20 years, Maria Cahill has stood by her claims that she was raped by a member of the IRA when she was 16, and was retraumatised when the issue was handled by a IRA kangaroo court. But a few days ago The Guardian newspaper issued an apology to her regarding a controversial article published in 2014. The journalist? Roy Greenslade, who used to write for The Guardian and later became a lecturer in journalism and ethics. Two weeks ago he disclosed that he was a supporter of the IRA and a member of Sinn Fein - a revelation that has caused major ripples, even prompting comment from the Prime Minister  In that article from 2014, he criticised the BBC documentary which revealed Mairia's story for failing to include the fact that she belonged to an anti-Sinn Fein political party at one time.  She  tells Emma why she thinks the  article and his recent disclosure of his political affiliations which were hidden at the time - undermine what she'd been through as a survivor of a rape, continuing to add insult to injury.

Presenter Emma Barnett
Producer  Beverley Purcell

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