Women Unlocked

by Sandi Toksvig, Sheila Hancock, London Hughes

For International Women’s Day, Audible teams up with some of our country's biggest female stars, as they invite you into their own homes for some uplifting chat, revealing the survival tips they’ve learnt over lockdown, and how they want to change the world for women in 2021.

Genres: Nonfiction, Feminism, Audiobook

Audible Audio

First published March 2, 2021

About the author

Danish/British writer, presenter, comedian, actress and producer on British radio and television. She currently presents The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4 and 1001 Things You Should Know on Channel 4. In October 2012 she succeeded Sheila Hancock as Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth.

Reviews

[Cecilia Phillips · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five stars for Sandi Toksvig and Sheila Hancock. I could listen to them all day, I live them.

[Zoë · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wish I'd listened to this sooner as it comes from a specific time in lockdown 3 (March 2021) where vaccines seems to be the hope, and this comes across so strongly and made me a bit sad that possibly that's not how Things are now playing out for us.

That aside, this is hugely interesting, entertaining listening. Sandi Toksvig talking to Sheila Hancock was a really strong, heartwarming opening episode; but I especially loved London Hughes talking to Estelle - the energy, the verve, the drive and excitement of their lives was contageous. I really appreciated the intersectional content, giving experience of womanhood from so many perspectives.

All the conversations convey enormous admiration, respect, sisterhood and solidarity, and to hear intelligent people debating what's needed for women's continued advancement and what their hopes are for women in the 2020s was simply inspirational. Lolly Adefope and Sarah Pascoe were also a strong duo, though while I'm picking out favourite chapters the whole thing was inspirational and hopeful. Which we need right now!

[Myk Pilgrim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Broad discussions of how the Covid lockdown 2020 has affected lives.
All the episodes were fun and interesting but as per usual, Deborah Francis-White was a stand out joy.

[John Fox · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good podcast series about life in lockdown. My favourite episode was Sandi Toksvig and Sheila Hancock.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Could have listened to each pair for hours on end.

[Emma Dargue · Rating 3 out of 5]

One to one interviews with some really excellent women talking about what its like to be a woman in this era of me too as well topics such as parenting, racism and homophobia. Really enjoyed this and would listen to more.