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Antisemitism in schools, Lolly Adefope, Shingles and dementia, Femtick

10/21/2026 • 57 min

A government review into antisemitism in schools and colleges in England will publish its recommendations today. The report from former Ofsted inspector Sir David Bell makes 27 recommendations to help schools tackle antisemitism. The review found that three out of five Jewish children had experienced prejudice at school and that leaders in some Jewish schools we… Play episode

SEND petition, Helen Fielding, Women's Rugby, Child photographers, Teen Su…
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, Chair EHRC, Dame Harriet Walter, Grey divorce, PMDD
Weekend Woman's Hour: Navi Pillay, Women in tech, Caroline Hirons
RIBA Stirling Prize winner, NHS guidance on single-sex spaces, Caroline Hi…
Grok deepfake images, Educating Afghan girls, Runner Esmée Gummer
Women in Tech, Climate change and gender, Bed bugs, Endometriosis and work.
Auto-immune conditions, Author Laleh Khadivi, Women in football
Navi Pillay Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Medical misinformation, Nigella eati…
Weekend Woman's Hour: Consent, 80 years of Woman's Hour, The Lost Children…
Mental health in women and girls, AI assistants, Extreme heat and pregnanc…
Consent, Top Fuel drag racing, Grey hair
Woman's Hour celebrates 80 years from the Glasgow Women's Library
French student protests; Elizabeth Day and Sarah Solemani on TV drama The …
The Lost Children of Tuam, Ashley James on incontinence, Kemistry
Weekend Woman's Hour: School uniforms in porn, The Farmer's Wife, 'Empty n…
Protests in Delhi, Retatrutide, The Farmer's Wife, Baby Loss
Cornell University rape investigation, Tributes to Esther Rantzen, Sunbeds
The Women's Art Collection at 40; school uniforms in porn; the history of …
'Empty nesters', Electronic tagging, Actor Lara Ricote
Accessing medical records, South Africa killings, Working post retirement
Weekend Woman's Hour: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Domestic abuse survivor Lucy G…
Breast cancer scandal, Clothes recycling, Campaign against 'shame lips'
Naomi Alderman's new novel, Skye from Morcheeba, Access to hormonal coil
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Diana's Legacy, Booker Prize short list, Curly & Afr…
Author Liane Moriarty, Grooming gangs, Hip pads
Domestic abuse survivor Lucy Godley and mum Sharon, Baroness Casey on soci…
Weekend Woman's Hour: Dame Meera Syal, measles, Shauna Coxsey, GLP-1s, The…
Runner Georgia Hunter Bell, Liquid breast augmentation, Jordyn with a Why
Dame Meera Syal, Breast cancer drugs, Black child Down syndrome
Sense and Sensibility, Women in Iran, Rebecca F Kuang, Climber Shauna Coxs…
Sydney Sweeney advert, Singer-songwriter Sarah Jane Morris, GLP-1s
AI and women’s jobs, Therapy speak and girls, Céline Dion's comeback
Weekend Woman's Hour: Nudity-blocking law, Thelma & Louise: The Musical, F…
Lady in Blue, Daddy issues, the Sexism of capitalism
Thelma and Louise the musical, Continuing Care funding, Changelings
Nudity-blocking law, Smaller rugby balls for women, Fathers with dementia
Nadine Dorries, Emeli Sandé, Darts
Boxer Katie Taylor, Baroness Margaret Hodge, The impact of having an absen…
Weekend Woman's Hour: Natalie Imbruglia, Nursery safety, Car maintenance
Sussex Maternity Review, Hidden world of charity shops, Remembering Gloria…
Nursery safety, Women in Norman times, Motor mechanics, Women in Film
Child mental health, Siobhan Daniels & RV travels, Testosterone,
Natalie Imbruglia, Adele Parks, Forced adoption, Heart attacks
Women and Water
Weekend Woman's Hour: HPV home-testing kits, Nigeria schoolgirl kidnapping…
HRT and dementia, Cookbook author Amy Sheppard, Cosplay
Parent Strike, Bella Mackie, non-recent child sexual abuse
Remembering Dolly Parton, Karen Carney, restriction zones for violent offe…
HPV home-testing kits, Women-run hospitality map, Digital wardrobe apps

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