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Woman's Hour: Poorna Bell, Scars, Adele Parks

04/01/2022

Poorna Bell, Scars, Adele Parks

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Poorna Bell, Scars, Adele Parks

Making a change for the better in 2022: we speak to Poorna Bell about getting stronger.

Many of us will be thinking about making a change for the better now that we're in a new year. Poorna Bell, author and journalist, gives us some inspiration and talks about getting stronger, both emotionally and physically. Poorna took it literally and started weight lifting after illness and bereavement. 

We hear from Dr Ann Olivarius a lawyer who specialises in sexual abuse, harassment and discrimination.  She explains the technicalities of the civil claim against Prince Andrew, the Duke of York.

We speak to Detective Inspector Lucy Thomson and Jackie Sebire about the murder of 12 week old Teddie Mitchell. The investigation is covered in a new two-part special of Channel 4's 24 Hours in Police Custody.

We have episode 4 in our series about scars.

And Adele Parks’ latest novel called Both of You is a 'missing persons story' with a twist. We find out that the female protagonist is leading a double life as a bigamist. The book looks at what leads someone to have two marriages on the go, and the complexities around it.

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