Woman's Hour

Lissie Harper’s campaign, body positivity in the age of Covid, Toddler tantrums and the other Tchaikovsky.


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PC Andrew Harper’s widow Lissie says she has cabinet support for a new law – under which anyone who kills an emergency services worker would be jailed for life. PC Andrew Harper was killed last summer in the line of duty. The three teenagers who were responsible for his death were jailed for manslaughter. She joins Jane to talk about why she’s campaigning for a new law – under which anyone who kills an emergency services worker would be jailed for life.

Blogger Stephanie Yeboah has been a part of the fat acceptance and body positive movement for years. Her first book – ‘Fattily Ever After’ – is a self-help guide and love letter to black, plus size women everywhere. As new figures emerge about the higher risk Covid 19 has on obese people, She tells Jane about the book and its message
Afraid of your toddler? We hear from a new TV supernanny who thinks parents have lost their grip on their children’s behaviour. Do you struggle to say no to you toddler for fear of an embarrassing temper tantrum? Did lockdown affect how you discipline your kids? Laura Amies is the nanny on the Channel 5 show Toddlers Behaving (Very) Badly and Laverne Antrobus, is a child psychologist at the Tavistock Clinic
Plus the real life story of visionary lesbian activist Chris Tchaikovsky from her time as leader of criminal gang The Happy Firm, through stints behind bars, to her founding of Women In Prison

Presenter Jane Garvey

Producer Henrietta Harrison.

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