BBC Woman's Hour: Daily Podcasts

Midlife Marriage & Money, Female Football Coaches, Maddalena Vaglio Tanet

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What are the economic implications of getting married in your midlife? Anita Rani is joined by the Financial Times’ Claer Barett, couples counsellor Lucy Cavendish and journalist and author Flic Everett to share their thoughts and experiences.Are Women's Super League football clubs overlooking female English coaches? The Football Association has an aim of 75% female coaches in this league, but the season started with 4 out of 12 female coaches, two of whom are English. The BBC’s senior women’s football reporter Emma Sanders joins Anita to discuss why this might be.Italian author Maddalena Vaglio Tanet’s acclaimed debut novel Untold Lessons is a story she was born to write. Based on events that took place in her own family decades ago, Untold Lessons explores how a tragic event prompts the disappearance of a much loved teacher, and what the double-mystery tells us about the lives and attitudes of the people living her local community at the time.
17 Oct 5AM English United Kingdom News · Society & Culture

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