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With Riot Women, Sally Wainwright is turning menopause into punk rebellion

With Riot Women, Sally Wainwright is turning menopause into punk rebellion

Sally Wainwright’s new BBC drama Riot Women opens not with music, but with the sound of ice clinking in a glass and tonic fizzing as it’s poured...

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The Assassin: Keeley Hawes drama is a milestone for menopause on screen

Keeley Hawes’s character becomes lethal not in spite of midlife – but because of it.

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