Endurance runner Imo Boddy, love bombing, fake food artist
Imo Boddy, who became the fastest woman to complete the UK Three Peaks, joins Nuala.
The endurance runner Imo Boddy has smashed the 45-year-old world record and become the fastest known woman to complete the UK Three Peaks. She joins Nuala McGovern live on the programme.
Do you know what love bombing is? One of our Womanβs Hour listeners Lynn got in touch to say itβs something we should be discussing. She joins Nuala alongside relationship therapist Simone Bose to explain more about what love bombing is, and how we can all look out for the warning signs.
Nuala is joined by the artist Kerry Samantha Boyes whose work you may have seen in the Barbie Movie, or the Lord of the Rings. Kerry makes fake food for a living and her studio, The Fake Food Workshop, will be one of 104 studios open to the public for the Spring Fling art event, which takes place across Dumfries and Galloway this weekend.
Some of Britainβs most vulnerable children are being detained and having their freedoms restricted under court orders known as βdeprivation of libertyβ. The most senior family court judge for England and Wales has called the growing use of the order a βcrisisβ. The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs Ashley John-Baptiste has heard from young people who have spent parts of their childhood under these orders. Plus, social worker Beverly Bennett-Jones joins Nuala.
The Japanese Royal Family is one of the oldest in the world, the same dynasty has ruled for more than 2,500 years. But the current law means that only a male heir can inherit the Chrysanthemum throne and become the Emperor. This has caused a succession crisis in recent years as the Royal Family kept having girls. The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs Tokyo Correspondent Shaimaa Khalil joins Nuala.
Presenter: Nuala McGovern
Producer: Emma Pearce
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