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LIFE IN MIDDLE AGE - Part 2 - Changing Identities
In her continuing look at health and wellbeing over the seven ages of man, Connie St Louis turns her attentions to the adult years of 40 - 60. As we approach middle age changes in health, family circumstances can make us think about... » Show rest
LIFE IN MIDDLE AGE - Part 3 - Menopause
In the third programme, Connie St Louis (as a forty-something) discovers the evolutionary reasons for the menopause, the science behind mood swings and how to avoid osteoporosis.
You and Yours - Naughty or Ill
ADHD is a routine diagnosis for some children - but is it always the right one? Tens of thousands of these children are given powerful drugs to calm them down. Leo Mckinstry, writer for The Spectator is one of the many who suspect... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Homophobic Bullying
It is estimated that there are 60,000 lesbians and gay teenagers subjected to homophobic bullying at any one time. Gay rights charity, Stonewall, has launched a campaign called Education for All which highlights the problems of this... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Domiciliary Care Workers
In the frontline of looking after the frail and elderly in their homes It is increasingly a service contracted out by Social Services. So how are domiciliary care-workers regulated and trained and what happens when things go wrong?... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Violence against women
Violence against women in many forms is an enduring problem in this country. The number of reported rapes is at an all time high of eleven thousand seven hundred of which only one in twenty leads to a criminal conviction. But a... » Show rest
THINKING ALLOWED - ELECTRONIC TAGGING
This summer the Home Secretary, David Blunkett , announced the expansion of tagging schemes for offenders which will lead to an increase in the number that are tagged and the introduction of satellite tagging. Laurie Taylor debates... » Show rest
THINKING ALLOWED - MANAGEMENT OF RISK IN EVERYDAY LIFE
Almost every decision a person makes involves some weighing up of the odds of success or failure and risk has become a popular area of sociological debate. Laurie Taylor talks to some delegates at the British Sociology Association's... » Show rest
THINKING ALLOWED - EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH
The government has been strongly committed to evidence-based policy and practice. It wants to use evidence of what works to inform and drive ambitious and innovative social programmes. But how is evidence-based research used? Is policy... » Show rest
THINKING ALLOWED - THE FAMILY + INEQUALITY
THE FAMILY In 1960 research was published on social change and kinship patterns in Swansea which showed how extended family networks operate. Forty years on, a group of social scientists decided to replicate the 1960 survey and track... » Show rest
THINKING ALLOWED - MULTICULTURALISM AND SECULARISM + MILLTOWN BOYS REVISITED
MULTICULTURALISM AND SECULARISM How appropriate is a western notion of secularism in dealing with the complexities of a multi- faith society? Laurie Taylor is joined by Rajeev Bhargava, Professor of Political Science at the University... » Show rest
THINKING ALLOWED - PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
Following last weeks interview with Sociologist James Stockinger, Professor Peter Nolan talks to Laurie Taylor on the uniqueness of the British the public sector ethos and finds out why its employees, despite being the most motivated,... » Show rest
THINKING ALLOWED - MEN TALK
If the stereotypes are to be believed, men either don‚Äôt talk very much, or talk compulsively and competitively about sport, cars and their latest drinking exploits. To find out if these stereotypes accurate, Laurie... » Show rest
THINKING ALLOWED - SHYNESS
Susie Scott, Research Associate in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University, spent three years collecting personal stories and accounts of people who see themselves as shy, exploring the social context in which this feeling... » Show rest
THINKING ALLOWED - SEXUAL TENSION
Although modern societies seem to be becoming more liberal about sex it appears that at the same time many anxieties remain. Laurie Taylor discusses with Professor Sue Scott why the very subject of sex makes some people feel tense. Additional... » Show rest
THINKING ALLOWED - TRANSVESTITES
Laurie Taylor turns his mind to sartorial matters: could it be that you are what you wear? Dr Charlotte Suthrell author of Unzipping Gender: Sex, Cross-Dressing and Culture joins Laurie Taylor to discuss her cross-cultural study... » Show rest
THINKING ALLOWED - THE GANG AS STREET ORGANISATION
What happens when a violent gang tries to refashion itself as a political movement and the authorities don't want to know? Regardless of motive, actions have meanings and consequences that neither side may have foreseen. David... » Show rest
THINKING ALLOWED - PRISONS + SEX CULTURE
PRISONS Laurie Taylor visits England‚Äôs oldest prison, the Tower of London, to talk to ex-prison governor and criminologist, Professor David Wilson, about a new project whose aim is to bring fans of prison drama... » Show rest
THINKING ALLOWED - HOW UNWANTED ACTS BECOME CRIMES
The relationship between levels of crime and fear of crime continues to exercise academics and policy makers alike. Do soaring prison populations accurately reflect the former or the latter? Nils Christie, Professor of Criminology... » Show rest
THINKING ALLOWED - CRIMINAL POLICY TRANSFER
Today criminals increasingly operate across national boundaries and so apparently do ideas of criminal justice. Laurie Taylor considers the claim that crime control policies here and in the United States are converging. He talks... » Show rest
THINKING ALLOWED - JUVENILE OFFENDING and LONG-TERM CRIMINALS
A new study brings up to date the stories of fifty men first encountered as boys in an American reform school in the 1950s. Laurie Taylor meets Professor John Laub to find out what the boys subsequent biographies have to tell us about... » Show rest
You and Yours - Anti-social behaviour
The curse of modern times? The ASBO is 5 years old this month. Is it an acceptable way to control unacceptable behaviour? Can anything to done to nip bad behaviour in the bud? We discuss it.
Woman's Hour - Internet paedophiles
Is stranger danger on the net more of a concern than the mysterious man lurking at the school gates? The Guardian‚Äôs Dea Birkett claims that we should stop scaring children with tales of paedophiles prowling the... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - NSPCC youth centres
Building a network for young people When a young person has problems, often the last thing they want to do is to confide in a social worker. Many regard such people as frightening figures of authority with a quite terrifying degree... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Loneliness
Are we becoming more lonely? A recent report by the Economic and Social Research Council said that more Britons live alone than ever before - and loneliness seems to be the one thing all of us dread. But does living alone necessarily... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Relate in prisons
Helping families on the outside When a man or woman is in prison the family left behind also suffers. Partners often have to struggle with little money whilst there are difficulties explaining to a child why a parent has gone... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Richard Pelzer
On living with an abusive mother In 2001, Dave Pelzer wrote about the horrific abuse he suffered at the hands of his mother during his childhood, and how she encouraged his brothers to treat him as 'the family slave'. One... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Lesbianism
How has being a lesbian changed? Clare Summerskill's new play, Gateway to Heaven is based entirely on the memories of older lesbians and gay men. Their stories are an eye-opener on a time when lesbians and gay men were significantly... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Ageism
Should it be treated like sexism and racism? The over 50s currently create a quarter of the UK‚Äôs economic wealth. Up to a million older people who are not currently in paid work could be, adding a potential ¬£30... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Women & cocaine
Why is addiction on the increase? The number of women taking drugs has always lagged behind the number of men, but research shows that the ratio of girls to boys aged just 11 who've admitted using drugs is roughly the same. So... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Domestic violence
Still a gender issue? The most recent British Crime Survey shows that one in four women and one in six men have suffered domestic violence at some point in their lives. As part of Domestic Violence Awareness Week, Woman's... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Social workers
A new documentary that hopes to challenge the stereotype A new six part documentary follows a year in the life of social workers from a children‚Äôs services unit in Bristol. Annie Hudson is Head of Children's... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Sadness
How good are we at dealing with it? We all have sadness in our lives but how well do we cope with it? Jenni talks to author and broadcaster, Michael Rosen, about his new picture book in which he describes his sadness about the... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Young runaways
Every year more than 100,000 children under 16 living in the UK run away from home Of these a quarter are under the age of 11 ‚Äì some as young as six years old. We hear from a woman who‚Äôs twelve... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Single parents
Should they have to seek work to get benefits? As the Government launches further pilot projects to encourage lone parents to return to work Woman's Hour asks whether incentives or sanctions are more effective in getting parents... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Female binge-drinking
Hospital consultants in the North of England have noticed increasing numbers of young women are seeking treatment after being injured in drunken brawls They claim fighting between women is resulting in horrific injuries such as broken... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Men and crying
Is it all right for men to cry? Recent research found that British men are now more willing to admit to crying. Author, Mark Mason and psychiatrist, Jonathan Pimm talk to Jenni about why it's increasingly acceptable for men... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Paedophiles
Can a community recover when a known abuser returns to live there? A mother whose daughter was sexually abused by a local man is concerned how his return to their community will affect her family's lives. After his release... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Disabled Children and Childcare
A recent letter to The Financial Times followed a report on the widening wealth gap under the Labour Government More than half of families with disabled children live on the margins of poverty; Just 16 percent of mothers with disabled... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Wrongful Imprisonment
What support is available for people released on appeal? Last December Angela Canning was cleared for murdering her two babies. This has led to the wholesale review of cases of parents and carers convicted of killing their babies... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Mentoring
Can mentoring children break a cycle of crime? There's been a lot of talk recently about how to deal with young people who fall foul of the law. But what if young people who are likely to do so could be identified before they... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - Young people behaving badly
How should we deal with them? On Monday the Government announced its new five year plan to tackle crime. Since then there's been much talk of sweeping the streets clean of yobs and cracking down on young offenders. But what... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - The Skipton washing line
How a group of Yorkshire women were determined to save a tradition For generations the women of Skipton have pegged out their washing on lines strung across the back alley that separates Thornton Street from Clitheroe Street. But... » Show rest
Woman's Hour - The Yorkshire Ripper
How his crimes affected the 25 children left motherless Almost 30 years ago, a young woman went missing in the early hours of the morning. When they found her body, only yards away from the house where her four young children had... » Show rest
LIFE AS A TEENAGER - Part 1
New research says that teenagers' brains are different and this is thought to account for the rages that they get into. Then there's surging hormones, changing bodies, experiments in social and sexual relationships. And what... » Show rest
LIFE AS A TEENAGER - Part 2
Adolescence is a turbulent time. Teenagers' behaviour can seem bizarre to adults, with their need to sleep till the afternoon, their obsessions about music or sport, and of course their mood swings. One minute your teenager is... » Show rest
LIFE AS A TEENAGER - Part 3
In the third programme exploring teenage life, Connie St Louis looks at how adolescents relate to those around them. Many children hit puberty just as their parents are starting to ponder their own mid-life crises. It is a recipe for... » Show rest
LIFE AS A TEENAGER - Part 4
In the final programme of the series, Connie St Louis looks at the later stages of adolescence. This is a time when teenagers are searching hard for their own identity - and yet they spend time trying hard to fit in with their group... » Show rest
LIFE AS AN ADULT - Part 1 - Healthy Bodies
In her continuing look at health and wellbeing over the seven ages of man, Connie St Louis turns her attentions to the adult years of 20 - 40. These are often the most healthy and active years of our lives, but decisions taken about... » Show rest
LIFE AS AN ADULT - Part 2 - Time for a Baby?
In her continuing look at health and wellbeing over the seven ages of man, Connie St Louis turns her attentions to the adult years of 20 - 40. These are often the most healthy and active years of our lives, but decisions taken about... » Show rest
LIFE AS AN ADULT - Part 3 - Adult Minds
In her continuing look at health and wellbeing over the seven ages of man, Connie St Louis turns her attentions to the adult years of 20 - 40. These are often the most healthy and active years of our lives, but decisions taken about... » Show rest
LIFE AS AN ADULT - Part 4 - Living Life to the Full
In her continuing look at health and wellbeing over the seven ages of man, Connie St Louis turns her attentions to the adult years of 20 - 40. These are often the most healthy and active years of our lives, but decisions taken about... » Show rest
LIFE IN MIDDLE AGE - Part 1 - Changing Bodies
In her continuing look at health and wellbeing over the seven ages of man, Connie St Louis turns her attentions to the adult years of 40 - 60. As we approach middle age changes in health, family circumstances can make us think about... » Show rest
LIFE IN MIDDLE AGE - Part 4 - Men's Health
What happens to men's hormones with age and is there such a thing as a male menopause? Connie will also be looking at some of diseases which affect men in middle age including cardiovascular disease and prostate cancer.
LIFE IN OLD AGE - Programme 1
Connie St Louis returns with Life in Old Age - Radio 4‚Äôs series examining the seven stages of human development. She looks at issues which affect us as we reach our sixties and seventies. She also asks what can be... » Show rest
LIFE IN OLD AGE - Programme 2
Connie St Louis returns with Life in Old Age - Radio 4‚Äôs series examining the seven stages of human development. She looks at issues which affect us as we reach our sixties and seventies. She also asks what can be... » Show rest
LIFE IN OLD AGE - Programme 3
Connie St Louis returns with Life in Old Age - Radio 4‚Äôs series examining the seven stages of human development. She looks at issues which affect us as we reach our sixties and seventies. She also asks what can be... » Show rest
LIFE IN OLD AGE - Programme 4
Connie St Louis returns with Life in Old Age - Radio 4‚Äôs series examining the seven stages of human development. She looks at issues which affect us as we reach our sixties and seventies. She also asks what can be... » Show rest
LIFE AFTER 80 - Programme 1
Connie St Louis returns with Life After 80 - Radio 4‚Äôs series examining health and wellbeing at different stages of life. In the last part of the series she looks at issues which affect us as we reach our eighties... » Show rest
LIFE AFTER 80 - Programme 2
Connie St Louis returns with Life After 80 - Radio 4‚Äôs series examining health and wellbeing at different stages of life. In the last part of the series she looks at issues which affect us as we reach our eighties... » Show rest
LIFE AFTER 80 - Programme 3
Connie St Louis returns with Life After 80 - Radio 4‚Äôs series examining health and wellbeing at different stages of life. In the last part of the series she looks at issues which affect us as we reach our eighties... » Show rest
LIFE AFTER 80 - Programme 4
Connie St Louis returns with Life After 80 - Radio 4‚Äôs series examining health and wellbeing at different stages of life. In the last part of the series she looks at issues which affect us as we reach our eighties... » Show rest
HARSH REALITIES: How do health professionals deal with life and death decisions? - Programme 1
Medicine is not an exact science. Every day healthcare professionals are expected to make life and death decisions with only their expertise and experience to guide them. There is no comprehensive rule book to tell them how to act.... » Show rest
HARSH REALITIES: How do health professionals deal with life and death decisions? - Programme 2
Medicine is not an exact science. Every day healthcare professionals are expected to make life and death decisions with only their expertise and experience to guide them. There is no comprehensive rule book to tell them how to act.... » Show rest
HARSH REALITIES: How do health professionals deal with life and death decisions? - Programme 3
Medicine is not an exact science. Every day healthcare professionals are expected to make life and death decisions with only their expertise and experience to guide them. There is no comprehensive rule book to tell them how to act.... » Show rest
LIVING WITH PAIN - Part 1 - The Agony and the Ecstasy
Pain - we all know what it feels like, whether it's the short sharp shock of a graze to the knee, or the nagging throb of an arthritic joint. It's an unwelcome sensation, but it's part of being human. Those few born unable... » Show rest
LIVING WITH PAIN - Part 3 - The Nature of Pain
Pain - we all know what it feels like, whether it's the short sharp shock of a graze to the knee, or the nagging throb of an arthritic joint. It's an unwelcome sensation, but it's part of being human. Those few born... » Show rest
FREUDIAN SLIPS - Part 1- Sexual Aberrations
In Freudian Slips Lisa Appignanesi revisits five of Freud‚Äôs major works for their centenary. Written in 1905, Freud's groundbreaking 'Three essays on the theory of sexuality' is one of the pillars... » Show rest
FREUDIAN SLIPS - Part 2 - Infantile Sexuality
In Freudian Slips Lisa Appignanesi revisits five of Freud‚Äôs major works for their centenary. The second of Freud's 'Three essays on the theory of sexuality' is his ground breaking and shocking exploration... » Show rest
FREUDIAN SLIPS - Part 3 - Transformations of Puberty
In Freudian Slips Lisa Appignanesi revisits five of Freud‚Äôs major works for their centenary. In the last of Freud's essays on sexuality he explains why the troubled adolescent has to relive childhood in a... » Show rest
FREUDIAN SLIPS - Part 4 - Fragment of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria
In Freudian Slips Lisa Appignanesi revisits five of Freud‚Äôs major works for their centenary. 'Fragment of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria' is Freud's first great case history. Dora was brought... » Show rest
FREUDIAN SLIPS - Part 5 - Wit and its Relation to the Unconscious
In Freudian Slips Lisa Appignanesi revisits five of Freud‚Äôs major works for their centenary. The Joke Book. In 'Wit and its relation to the Unconscious' Freud explained why the joke, like the dream provides... » Show rest
MIND CHANGERS: Landmark experiments in psychology - Part 1 - Solomon Asch - Conformity
Every day we try to fit in. We may like to think we're individual but most of the time we don't actually want to stand out too much. It's this idea of conformity that the American social psychologist Solomon Asch studied... » Show rest
MIND CHANGERS: Landmark experiments in psychology - Part 2 - Jean Piaget: The Three Mountains
We have to thank the Swiss developmental psychologist, Jean Piaget for 'learning by play' applied to the classroom - a personal discovery which he believed to be far more effective than sitting in rows learning by rote. His... » Show rest
MIND CHANGERS: Landmark experiments in psychology - Part 3 - Sir Frederic Bartlett: The War of the Ghosts
When the British psychologist Sir Frederic Bartlett was working at Cambridge University during the First World War, memory had only just started to be considered a psychological rather than a philosophical subject. A German psychologist... » Show rest
The Pariah Profession - Programme 3 - Brave Herts - Hertfordshire
Who would want to be a social worker in 21st century Britain? There is a crisis in recruiting and retaining staff to do this difficult and sometimes dangerous job, yet society demands that it should be done. Every tragedy such... » Show rest