Award-winning actor Dame Harriet Walter is back on stage at the National Theatre in Federico Lorca\u2019s newly-adapted The House of Bernada Alba. After a break of seven years playing assorted television roles including \u2018difficult\u2019 mothers in Succession and Ted Lasso, she\u2019s back treading the boards and once again playing a formidable matriarch. She joins Clare McDonnell in the studio to talk about her career so far, as well as her newest role.
As of today, police in Northern Ireland can now charge people with upskirting, downblousing and cyber-flashing. At the same time, British Transport Police are encouraging women to lower their tolerance for sexual harassment during their commute and report minor offenders more often. So is recognition of so-called 'minor' sexual offences improving? Clare speaks to Naomi Long, Leader of the Alliance Party and former Northern Ireland Justice Minister, and to women's rights activist Zan Moon.
What do women look for in a bra after breast cancer surgery? Clare is joined by Katy Marks, an architect by trade, who discovered after her single mastectomy that there was no bra on the market that was flat on one side. She didn\u2019t want to use a prosthetic and so designed her own, called Uno, which launches today. She\u2019ll be joined on the programme by Asmaa Al-allak who won this year\u2019s Great British Sewing Bee and is a consultant breast surgeon who has made post-surgery lingerie for her patients.
Runner Eilish McColgan follows in the footsteps of her mother Liz McColgan in the pursuit of sporting greatness. Now she\u2019s made a documentary telling their story, looking at their relationship and charting the times Eilish has broken her mother\u2019s records \u2013 all except the marathon. Eilish joins Clare to talk about making the documentary, as well as the pressures and benefits of following in the family business.