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Kirsty Wark on leaving Newsnight, Sports Personality of the Year

Kirsty Wark on leaving Newsnight, Sports Personality of the Year

FromWoman's Hour


Kirsty Wark on leaving Newsnight, Sports Personality of the Year

FromWoman's Hour

ratings:
Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Dec 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Kirsty Wark joins Emma Barnett to talk about stepping down from Newsnight after 30 years; what she’s planning to fill the extra time with and she also shares some Christmas cooking tips.A new book, A Heart Afire, paints a picture of paediatrician Helen Taussig who dedicated her life to looking after children with heart defects. We hear from author Patricia Meisol.We look at the issues of "workplace housework" - tasks like organising office Christmas parties, sorting the secret santa gifts, decorating the communal spaces - with economist Lise Vasterlund and comedian Cally Beaton.Could a woman win the BBC's annual Sports Personality Of The Year award later today? Now in it's 70th year, we talk to Lady Mary Peters who won the gong in 1972 – the same year she won gold in the pentathlon at the Munich Olympics.Presenter: Emma Barnett
Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
Studio Manager: Neva Missirian
Released:
Dec 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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