Period: It's about bloody time - Emma Barnett and Claire Cohen in conversation

At a time when women around the world are raising their voices in the fight for equality, there is still one taboo where there remains a deafening silence: periods. Emma Barnett loathes her period. Really, she does. But there’s something she loathes even more: not being able to talk about it. Freely, funnily and honestly.

But somehow, despite women having had periods since the dawn of time, we’ve totally clammed up on anything to do with menstruation.
Emma draws on female experiences that will make you laugh, weep (and, most probably, squirm), in a fierce and funny rallying cry to smash this ridiculous taboo once and for all. Because it’s about bloody time.

Emma is interviewed by Claire Cohen writer and editor at the Telegraph.
Emma Barnett is an award-winning broadcaster and journalist. By day, she presents The Emma Barnett Show on BBC Radio 5 Live in which she interviews key figures shaping our times, from the Prime Minister to those who would very much like to be. By night, she presents the BBC’s flagship current affairs programme, Newsnight, on BBC Two and hosts Late Night Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4. Emma was named Radio Broadcaster of the Year by the Broadcasting Press Guild for her agenda-setting interviews.
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‘I wish this book had been written before I stopped having them. I might have enjoyed them more! It’s brilliant, informative and funny. Period.’ Jennifer Saunders

Recorded live in September 2019, at a 5x15 event at the women's networking space the Allbright Club in Rathbone Place, London.

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