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🗓️ 18 April 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni - the first woman to occupy that role - has faced one of her biggest international tests yet. She is the first European leader to go to Washington to meet President Trump since his recent announcement of new tariffs on the EU. So how did Meloni's meeting with Donald Trump go, and how is Giorgia Meloni being seen back home, particularly by Italian women? Kylie Pentelow is joined by Laura Gozzi, Senior News and Foreign Affairs Journalist at the BBC.
For the first time in its 900 year history, girls will be singing in the choir at St Paul’s Cathedral on Easter Sunday. We hear from some of the girl choristers, and Kylie speaks to Dr Katherine Hambridge, Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of Durham and Carris Jones, Vicar Choral and Girls' Voices Project Manager at St Paul's Cathedral about the significance of this moment.
Eczema is a complex long-term condition involving the immune system, genetics, skin barrier and the environment. 1 in 5 children and 1 in 10 adults have it. With NHS waiting times for dermatology appointments varying widely depending on location - many young women have taken to social media to talk about the condition, their own skin journeys and share photographs. Kylie is joined by two of them, Chloe Tatton and Katie Mackie, who both grew up with eczema; and Dr Tess McPherson, Consultant Dermatologist from the British Association of Dermatologists and the author of Skin Conditions in Young People.
In Emma Gannon's new novel Table for One, the main character Willow learns to embrace the benefits of her new-found singledom after years of being in a relationship - and that includes learning to do typical couple activities, like going out for dinner, alone. Emma joins Kylie to discuss this, alongside expert on all things self-care, psychologist Suzy Reading.
Presenter: Kylie Pentelow Producer: Rebecca Myatt
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0:00.0 | Hi Curios, I'm Dara Brien. |
0:03.0 | And I'm Hannah Frye. |
0:04.0 | And we are back for another series of curious cases. |
0:07.0 | Where we investigate the scientific mysteries sent in by you. |
0:11.0 | I would like to know if anything in the universe is truly invisible. |
0:14.0 | Why do we lie? |
0:16.0 | What happens to our brains when we fall in love? |
0:19.0 | We tackle the mysteries of the universe to audacious |
0:21.5 | experiments and expert insight. Curious cases. Listen first on BBC Sounds. Hello, this is Kylie |
0:29.9 | Pentelow and you're listening to The Woman's Hour podcast. Hello and welcome to the programme. Thanks for |
0:35.4 | your company. I do hope you're enjoying your day so far. |
0:38.8 | Coming up, it's Good Friday, and on this very significant day in the Christian calendar, |
0:43.9 | we'll be hearing how for the first time in its 900-year history, |
0:48.5 | girls will be singing in the St Paul's Cathedral Choir this Easter. |
0:53.4 | Also, how young women are sharing their |
0:56.1 | experiences of living with Exma. We speak to two online influencers about why they're |
1:01.7 | choosing to document what they're going through, a condition that can be debilitating and painful. |
1:07.6 | And would you go out for dinner on your own, out of choice rather than necessity? Is solo dining |
1:14.5 | something you're comfortable with? We'll be talking to journalist and author Emma Gannon about this. |
1:20.0 | She's exploring single life in her new book, Table for One. She says she loves nothing more than a solo date. |
1:26.9 | But what about you? |
1:28.1 | What are the things that you like going out to do alone? |
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