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Weekend Woman's Hour: Olivia Colman, Rosamund Pike, Managing your Energy Levels

Oscar-winning actor Olivia Colman on working with a domestic violence prevention charity and Rosamund Pike on the joys of voice acting in a new ´óÏó´«Ã½ audio drama.

The Oscar-winning actor Olivia Colman is the patron of the arts charity Tender, having previously played a survivor of domestic violence in the film Tyrannosaur. She speaks to Woman’s Hour alongside Tender CEO Susie McDonald about the work they’re doing to try and prevent domestic violence.

Do you breakdown your ‘to do’ list into hours and minutes? What if you broke down your day into how much energy you had instead? We discuss Energy Management Techniques with Lauren Walker, an Occupational Therapist and Charlie Thorne, who was a lawyer before she became burnt out.

Baroness Margaret McDonagh, the first female general secretary of the Labour Party, has died aged 61. Her sister Siobhain McDonagh shared her tribute and explained why she's chosen to speak out so soon to push for more research into glioblastoma brain tumours.

Rebecca Clancy from the Times reflects on the legacy of the all-female motor racing championship, the W Series.

The author Caroline O' Donoghue speaks to us about her new campus novel, The Rachel Incident. She talks about writing sex, gay best friends and what happens when messing about in your 20s gets very serious indeed.

The much acclaimed actor Rosamund Pike discusses playing a woman who fakes her own death in a ´óÏó´«Ã½ audio adaptation of the book People Who Knew Me.

Presented by Hayley Hassall
Produced by Lucy Wai
Edited by Richard Hooper

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57 minutes

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  • Sat 1 Jul 2023 16:00

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