Scottish rape survivors, Writer Natasha Walter, New research on the Y chromosome and male infertility

Writer and activist Natasha Walter joins Nuala to discuss her new, very personal book, Before the Light Fades: a memoir of grief and resistance. One day in December 2017 Natasha's mother Ruth took her own life. Natasha, overwhelmed, by grief and guilt, starts to look back through Ruth's history, trying to understand how her life led to this death. Last week scientists in America announced that they have taken an important step in understanding the human genome - our genetic blueprint - by decoding the Y chromosome which is passed from male parent to male offspring and determines biological sex and fertility. Professor Chris Barratt, head of Reproductive Medicine at Ninewells Hospital and the University of Dundee Medical School explains the implications of this research in relation to male infertility. Next to Normal is a Pulitzer prize-winning production currently on stage at the Donmar Theatre in London. At its heart, Diana Goodman is a suburban wife and mother living with bipolar and haunted by her past. We speak to actor Caissie Levy playing Diana and birder and environmentalist, Mya-Rose Craig whose recent book Birdgirl talked about the impact on her and her family of having a mother with the same diagnosis. One thing women who are getting older sometimes complain of, is they start to feel invisible. A dance group for women over 60 in Bath is turning that on its head. The YAMA company has danced on stages throughout the UK. Our reporter Melanie Abbott went to meet the group during a break in their summer rehearsal schedule. Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Lucinda Montefiore