Emma Barnett: Last News

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has sparked backlash on social media after hitting out at Chair of the Labour Party, Anneliese Dodds, over her party's definition of a woman on International Women's Day.Taking to Twitter, the best-selling author, 56, claimed that the Labour MP, 43, was delivering mixed messages over the definition following her appearance on BBC's Woman's Hour on the same day.In view of her 13.9 million followers, Rowling fired back at a video Labour MP Anneliese Dodds tweeted on International Women's Day.The author wrote: "This morning you told the British public you literally can't define what a woman is."What's the plan, lift up random objects until you find one that rattles?"In the clip, the Labour MP "celebrated the victories women have won in the fight for equality" before promising to "lift women up".She captioned the post: "Labour will lift women up, not hold them back."Because we are the party of equality. #IWD2022"Rowling's tweet came as the Chair of the Labour Party appeared on BBC's Women's Hour on Tuesday.The politician spoke to host Emma Barnett about what "Labour's definition of a woman" is.Dodds said: "Well, I have to say that there are different definitions legally around what a woman actually is."I mean, you look at the definition within the Equality Act, and I think it just says someone who is adult and female, I think, but then doesn’t see how you define either of those things."I mean, obviously, that’s then you’ve got the biological definition, legal definition."As the BBC host pushed her to provide more clarity on the definition, Doods replied: "Oh, I think with respect, Emma, I think it does depend what the context is surely.

JK Rowling irked social media users when she slammed a Labour MP after they struggled to be pinned down on the definition of a woman. The Harry Potter author has been criticised for her comments about the trans community in the past, and didn’t hold back on International Women’s Day. Labour’s Shadow Equalities Minister Anneliese Dodds appeared on the BBC’s Woman’s Hour on Tuesday, where she was quizzed by Emma Barnett on ‘Labour’s definition of a woman’. Ms Dodds replied: ‘Well, I have to say that there are different definitions legally around what a woman actually is. I mean, you look at the definition within the Equality Act, and I think it just says someone who is adult and female, I think, but then doesn’t see how you define either of those things.

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has said it will be a “great honour” to become Queen Consort when her husband Prince Charles takes the throne. Camilla, 74, who has been married to 73 year old Charles since 2005, added that she hopes the role will enable her to highlight the work she does for a number of causes she supports. Speaking to Emma Barnett at Clarence House for Woman’s Hour and BBC Breakfast, she said: “Of course it’s a great honour [becoming Queen Consort], it couldn’t be anything else.

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall is addressing what her plans will be once she is Queen Consort.

Naga Munchetty took a cheeky swipe at her co-star Rick Edwards when she stepped in to present a Radio 5 show with him.BBC Breakfast star Naga fronts her own Radio 5 show, but she filled in for her BBC colleague Rachel Burden on Monday (February 21) - who was absent.Naga normally presents her Radio 5 show Monday to Wednesday at 11am, but she took the reigns on Rachel's Live Breakfast show alongside Rick Edwards.Naga didn't miss an opportunity to tease Rick on Twitter before she sat in for Rachel, though, and she joked that her colleague Rick "may regret" inviting her on this week.Speaking to her 265,000 followers, she wrote: "n your ears a little earlier today @bbc5live from 0600-0900 with @rickedwards1 letting me share the Breakfast studio with him..."Naga added: "Will he regret it?"Naga's fans loved the cheeky comment and rushed to comment on the BBC star's post.One fan wrote: "Well it would be an honour to work with a nice lady like you Naga."A second quipped: "He'll be sorry."A third said: "He'd be silly if he did!"A fourth added: "I missed [the show] this morning."Speaking on her new slot, Naga said she'd be stepping for Rachel over the next few days.She started off: "Good morning to you. Rick, hello.

Emily Maitlis was among those sending their well wishes to Newsnight co-presenter Emma Barnett.The star announced the news earlier today as she confirmed the reasons behind her departure on the BBC show.Emma shared her update to her 185,000 followers this morning on Twitter.She wrote: “Some news: After 3 very enjoyable years presenting Newsnight, I have made the decision to leave the programme.“This is in part due to my role fronting Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, which I’m thrilled to say is reaching more listeners than ever, and I have many more plans for.“It is also because there are other projects in the pipeline to which I wish to dedicate more attention.”Emma went on to say her thanks to her editors and colleagues on the team.She added: “The biggest thanks go to my editors, the endlessly energetic team, my guests, and of course, our viewers.“It’s been an absolute blast.”Emma also included a clip from her interview with business minister Paul Scully that she was proud of.Newsnight host Emily was among those responding to co-star as she shared her well wishes.Replying to her tweet, she penned: We will miss you Emma ! You’ve been fab. (sic)“Good luck with new projects xx.”Emily has been the lead anchor of Newsnight for many years, alongside Emma and Kirsty Wark.So far, it has not been confirmed who will be stepping in to replace Emma on the show.Emma is also the host of BBC Woman’s Hour every day at 10am.Many others have also responded to the news she was leaving the nightly news show.Elizabeth Day said: “So proud of you.

Laura Whitmore, Surrane Jones and Emma Barnett were among stars at the Women of The Year awards that celebrated 400 women from across the UK who have achieved remarkable things this year, many in the fight against Covid. The award ceremony, held in central London, focused on Covid-19 workers with around half the guests being key workers such as bus drivers, supermarket workers, caterers, taxi drivers, pharmacy workers and cleaners, as well as frontline NHS staff and officials.

Netflix because it “exploited” her.The actor had previously said that she was offered the large sum from the streaming giant for I May Destroy You, which ended up airing on the BBC, and has now shared more details.In an interview on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour today (September 7), host Emma Barnett asked Coel: “You did turn down a million dollars from Netflix for I May Destroy You because you weren’t allowed to own the copyright and you kept asking questions…do you think you were judged because you were a woman?”“I don’t remember feeling like people found me difficult, I remember feeling like people found me disturbed,” Coel replied.

her successor Emma Barnett, 36, apparently commanding a higher salary. Jenni has said she was paid just over £100,000 for Woman’s Hour.

Kate Garraway threw her support behind Ben Shephard on Good Morning Britain as she explained he was "sensitive" when it came to speaking about women's monthly cycles. Ben, 46, and Kate, 54, were joined by broadcaster and author Emma Barnett who is campaigning to ensure that periods are no longer a taboo subject.During the discussion about Emma's new book, Kate turned to her co-star to praise him for his support.Speaking to Emma, Ben said: "You know dipping in and out of the book I thoroughly enjoyed it."I not only enjoyed it but I learnt a lot about what you’re sharing and the people who contributed to the book."There are a lot of very entertaining and amusing stories and some quite heart wrenching stories as well.

Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield have revealed the clothing they like to wear to bed. In their usual discussion of the big issues in the day's news on This Morning, they turned to the burning topic of whether it was acceptable to wear pants under pyjamas in bed on Tuesday.

Holly Willoughby struggled to maintain her composure when talking about pants and what she wears to bed.On This Morning, Holly and Phil were discussing what they wear at night with guests Nick Ferrari and Giles Brandreth.They were discussing a podcast hosted by Susanna Constantine, who was joined by Women's Hour presenter Emma Barnett on My Wardrobe Malfunction.The podcast chat was about whether it's acceptable to wear pants under pyjamas in bed.Holly said Susanna sometimes does, but Emma Barnett was resolute that knickers should always been worn under PJ's.Nick Ferrari joked that he dresses like someone from A Christmas Carol with a full nightgown and cap.Holly said she was now picturing that mental image, much to Nick's delight."Fresh

The day’s episode isn’t even off-air when a tweet appears, describing the interview that she’s just done with Emma mere minutes earlier as ‘extremely offensive and even misogynistic. One abusive and invalidating question or statement after another.’ It was, in truth, an uncomfortable, chemistry-free interview.Asked to comment, though, Emma refuses to come to her own defence.

K.J. Yossman Bloomberg Media has tapped British broadcaster and journalist Emma Barnett for a new weekly interview show on their social news network Bloomberg Quicktake.Barnett is currently the host of BBC Radio 4 show “Woman’s Hour” and presents the BBC’s flagship current affairs programme “Newsnight”.

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Sinead O’Connor has announced plans to boycott BBC’s Woman’s Hour after an interview which she found to be “offensive and misogynistic”.The Irish singer spoke to host Emma Barnett on Tuesday morning (June 1) to discuss her new memoir Rememberings.However, their chat took an awkward turn when Barnett mentioned that The Telegraph‘s music critic Neil McCormick had described O’Connor as “the crazy lady in pop’s attic”.O’Connor, who has changed her birth name to Shuhada Sadaqat, replied: “I think it’s a bit extreme to make the Jane Eyre comparison, I don’t think I’ve ever been perceived as ‘the crazy lady in pop’s attic’ as represented in Jane Eyre…“It’s not like I’m trying to attack people with knives or trying to strangle people while I’m

Singer Sinéad O’Connor has vowed to never do another interview on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour after she described her treatment by the show’s female presenter as being ‘extremely offensive and even misogynistic’.

Sinead O'Connor has declared that she is boycotting BBC Radio's Woman's Hour after what she called an "offensive and misogynistic" interview.

Artist Tracey Emin has revealed she had to have half her vagina removed in brutal surgery to cure her aggressive bladder cancer.

Sheila Hancock says that a year spent in lockdown has taught her that the UK needs a “revolution”. The 88-year-old actor appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour on Tuesday (23 March), marking the one-year anniversary since the UK first went into lockdown for the coronavirus pandemic.

Muslim Zara Mohammed, which many have branded as also perpetuating ‘damaging and prejudicial tropes’ about Islam and Muslim women.An open letter signed by more than 100 prominent public figures has addressed the interview with Mohammed, who is the first woman to lead the Muslim Council of Britain, after she appeared on the BBC show earlier this month and was quizzed by presenter Emma Barnett, who took over the programme last month.In the February 4 interview, Mohammed was repeatedly asked about the number of female imams in Britain, with the letter claiming the framing of the interview ‘mirrored an accountability interview with a politician’.The letter, organised by the writers Yassmin Abdel-Magied and Mariam Khan, and whose signatories