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Josephine McDermott

Josephine McDermott

Verified

Presenter and Producer, BBC World Service

England

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Travel, human interest breaking news, Food, Animals, Paranormal, Events, Families, Explorations , Weather

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Criminal

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Total articles 37

  • Big lives, small feet: Photographing China's bound women

    By Josephine McDermott Verified| BBC Verified Image copyright Jo Farrell Image caption Zhang Yun Ying was the first woman Jo Farrell photographed, in 2006 Decades after foot-binding was outlawed in China, a British photographer has met some of the last women subjected to the practice. It was with a sense of pride that Su Xi Rong revealed her feet to British photographer Jo Farrell. Her feet, bound from the age of seven, were so small that she had been renowned for their beauty.

    By Josephine McDermott Verified · BBC

    Jul. 26, 2020

  • NHS 'should not prescribe acne drug'

    By Josephine McDermott Verified| bbc.com@ Image caption Ed Henthorn says the drug has "turned my life upside down" The parents of young people who have killed themselves and patients unable to have sex are calling for the NHS to stop prescribing acne drug Roaccutane. Ed Henthorn said it had caused him erectile dysfunction, psychosis and suicidal thoughts. And one man who believes his son killed himself after taking the drug said the risks "are just too high".

    By Josephine McDermott Verified · bbc.com

    May. 17, 2019

  • Big lives, small feet: Photographing China's bound women

    By Josephine McDermott Verified| BBC Verified Image copyright Jo Farrell Image caption Zhang Yun Ying was the first woman Jo Farrell photographed, in 2006 Decades after foot-binding was outlawed in China, a British photographer has met some of the last women subjected to the practice. It was with a sense of pride that Su Xi Rong revealed her feet to British photographer Jo Farrell. Her feet, bound from the age of seven, were so small that she had been renowned for their beauty.

    By Josephine McDermott Verified · BBC

    Jul. 26, 2020

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BBC World Service