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Woman's Hour: The future of IVF. Self-love. Reclaim These Streets  judicial review. ENB's Tamara Rojo.

20/01/2022

The future of IVF. Self-love. Reclaim These Streets  judicial review. ENB's Tamara Rojo.

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, The future of IVF. Self-love. Reclaim These Streets  judicial review. ENB's Tamara Rojo.

The future of IVF. Tracey Emin on removing her art from No.10.  Anna Soubry on defecting.

IVF for the next generation. Practising self-love. Tamara Rojo, on stepping down as artistic director of English National Ballet. Tracey Emin on removing her art from No.10.

Scientists from the University of Edinburgh are preparing to begin testing a new IVF treatment which could allow women to freeze their eggs at a much younger age and increase the likelihood of successful pregnancies in older women. Professor Evelyn Telfer, chair of reproductive biology at the University discusses how this research could change fertility treatment  in the future. 

We hear from artist Tracey Emin about why she she wants an artwork she donated to the government’s art collection removed from display in Number 10 Downing Street. and following  Christian Wakeford's defection to the the Labour Party Anna Soubry,  who left the Conservative Party  to sit as part of a group of independent MPs which later went on to become Change UK ,shares what it's like to defect and whether it works out politically. 

The world-renowned ballet dancer and artistic director of English National Ballet, Tamara Rojo, joins us following her decision to step down from her role after ten years to become the artistic director of San Francisco Ballet, 

Today the High Court hears the judicial review brought by Reclaim These Streets. They are challenging the Metropolitan Police’s handling of a vigil - in memory of Sarah Everard, and in opposition to violence against women. Reclaim These Streets co-founder Anna Birley tells us why they're seeking the review. . 

Plus do you practice self-love? If so how, do you do it?  ‘Thirty Things I Love About Myself’ is a new comedic novel by Radhika Sanghani.  It's inspired her own journey to loving herself – culminating in not one but two nude portraits of herself front and centre in her home. 

Presenter Emma Barnett
Producer  Beverley Purcell

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