Period: Hilarious, heartfelt stories from the award winning BBC Woman’s Hour presenter

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Treats for under the tree: Top 10 festive gift ideas that promise to be all THEY want for Christmas Many schools are staying closed after Christmas, but, on the BBC’s two leading radio speech networks at 10am on Monday, there was a vivid sense of ringing bells and sharpened pencils. On Radio 4, Emma Barnett took over Woman’s Hour, with Naga Munchetty moving into the slot on Radio 5 live that Barnett occupied until December, bringing two of the finest broadcasters of the younger generation into scheduling competition.

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It wasn’t until my higher education that I developed, as Barnett calls it, ‘period-pride’, but Barnett notes that stigmas can still haunt the most open of us, especially in the workplace:

And while I welcome parliamentarians across all parties shining a light on this, it is scandalous that the average wait for a diagnosis is still eight years – a figure that hasn’t improved in a decade. My 21 years of wandering around wondering why every other woman seemed to cope during their periods made me feel crazed at times. (I am also not surprised that 90% of respondents said they would have liked access to psychological support, but were never offered it.) Omid Scobie accusesPrince Edward and Sophie of 'a screw up' - and says remarks they made them seem 'casually bigoted' The extended title is ‘It’s about bloody time.’ and I couldn’t agree more. (This is also what my boyfriend will say when I’ve finally published this blog post.) Period.– Emma Barnett

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Strictly star Bobby Brazier's step mum Kate Dwyer left in tears after she is forced to miss his emotional dance in tribute to late mother Jade Goody But you must be having a right old laugh at humankind. There you are with your comrades, every month, bold as brass, unapologetically coming to do your disruptive thing to me and my sisters and we don’t breathe a word. You are loud and we are cowed.