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Your new line-up @BBCWomansHour - amazing @itsanitarani & me
šŸ“£ It’s nearly time… Our new presenter line-up begins on Monday! šŸ“£ šŸŽ™ You can hear @bbcnuala on Woman’s Hour on @bbcradio4 and @bbcsounds every Monday - Wednesday and @itsanitarani every Thursday - Saturday. We’d love for you to join us! šŸ“»
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Had such fun with @BBCNuala on @BBCWomansHour talking about my new book Sex Drugs & Walking Sticks … still think sex could only be fun in your 20s & 30s. Think again! Have a listen, šŸ”—šŸ‘‡
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Cardboard slidesšŸ› &carols on the beachšŸ–ļø! Ep 3šŸ‘‡How to navigate Christmas w Andy&Gaz ⁦@AutismDadcast⁩ ⁦@katieghose⁩ ⁦@KidsCharity⁩ ⁦@DCPcampaign⁩ Elvi&⁦@samcarlisle⁩ ⁦@KateMcGough⁩ ⁦@BBCNuala⁩ ⁦@BBCWomansHour⁩ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0mpqw…
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Big thanks to everyone who came out to my thing @hayfestival last night. I had a great time speaking about my new book, ā€œHuey Morgan: The Fun Lovin’ Criminalā€ with the charming @BBCNuala and signing your copies afterwards. Grab a copy now at your favourite bookseller.
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ā€˜It's a superpower to get the hump’ Comedian Laura Smyth says she was ā€˜born aggy’ – and even growing up she had ā€˜the hump’ about everything. In this #throwbackthursday clip, Laura told @bbcnuala why she now thinks it’s actually a superpower ā¬‡ļø
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ā€˜I can’t imagine my life without music… and garlic’ šŸ¤£šŸ§„ Ā  Actor & singer @petulaclarkhq has just published her autobiography, Is that You, Petula?, at 92-years-old ✨ Ā  She told @bbcnuala about the book & let us in on her secret to living a joyful & fulfilling life šŸ‘€ ā¬‡ļø
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Thank you ⁦@GerardODonovan1⁩ for including our ⁦@BBCWomansHour Guide to Life⁩ in your radio and podcasts of the week. šŸ™ ⁦Listen ⁦@BBCSounds⁩ telegraph.co.uk/gift/bd65b1c…

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’It was the perfect ending because it meant I did it for my mum & dad’ 🧔 Ā  England rugby player & World Cup winner Meg Jones joined @bbcnuala after days of celebrating their win that had taken their toll on her voice šŸŽŠ Ā  Meg shared what the victory meant for her & her team ā¬‡ļø
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'We want the same rights as everyone else' Parents of children with SEND gathered today for a 'Day of Action', including a rally in Parliament Square. Katie, who has autism & struggled to attend school, told @bbcnuala she thinks the government needs to listen to young people ā¬‡ļø
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ā€˜I had my daughter and then 13 days later I sat my school exams’ Irish comedian @Emmaloudoran tells @bbcnuala about her teenage pregnancy and the motivation it gave her ā¬‡ļø
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ā€˜She’s got lots of young female fans… I don’t think that’s going to translate’ Sabrina Carpenter’s new album, Man’s Best Friend, has caused a stir, with the artwork described by some as ā€˜provocative’. @juderogers told @bbcnuala why she thinks it's been controversial šŸŽ¶ ā¬‡ļø
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ā€˜Learning Welsh was one of the best things I’ve ever done’ šŸ“ó §ó ¢ó ·ó ¬ó ³ó æ Welsh actor Eve Myles told @bbcnuala about how she learnt Welsh in four months for her role as Faith Howells in the bilingually-produced drama series, Keeping Faith šŸ“ŗšŸ‘
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ā€˜Gen Z graduate into young adulthood in their 30s. We had to do it before 21’ Actor Robin Wright told @bbcnuala about becoming a young mum & why she thinks many young people are ā€˜flying the nest’ and entering young adulthood later than previous generations ā¬‡ļø
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Series Director and our contributor Cathy’s interview with @BBCNuala McGovern on Woman’s Hour. Find out more about the latest Long Lost Family special - The Mother and Baby Home Scandal, which spans two nights, by listening to @BBCWomansHour at 10am #LongLostFamily
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ā€˜Grief is messy, no one knows how to deal with it’ Author @miriamkrobinson told @bbcnuala why she wanted to write about grief and miscarriage in her new book, And Notre Dame is Burning, and how it helped give her a better understanding of her own grief ā¬‡ļø
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ā€˜There’s a lot of snobbery around spicy fiction’ šŸŒ¶ļø ā“Do you love getting lost in a romance novel? šŸ‘€ Author Emma Lucy & Stylist journalist Shahed Ezaydi told @bbcnuala all about ’spicy’ fiction & the stigma that surrounds this sub-genre of romance novels ā¬‡ļø
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