23/07/2010
Presented by Sheila McClennon. The mining industry's Coal Queens. Talking to the Taliban - what do Afghani women think? Should Latin names make a comeback in gardening?
Presented by Sheila McClennon.
When coal was king, they were the queens. The Coal Queens of the 1960s, 70s and 80s were wives and daughters of pitmen, crowned in beauty contests, who brought a bit of sparkle to the collieries. A report from Human Rights Watch looks at what life is like for women in Afghanistan living in areas already controlled by the insurgents. Can you tell your Bellis Perennis from your Digitalis Purpureas? - should we encourage the bringing back of Latin names into the ordinary gardener's lexicon? And a new anaesthetic technique used in caesareans.
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Afghanistan Taliban Report
Talking to the Taliban 鈥� where will women鈥檚 rights be in any negotiations on the future of Afghanistan?
Duration: 10:28
Latin in the garden
Why the new President of the RHS wants a return to proper plant names.
Duration: 10:43
Anaesthesia during caesarians
A new technique for emergency caesareans that uses rapid spinal anaesthesia.
Duration: 11:28
Coal Queens
A new exhibition remembers the Coal Queens of the 1960s, 70s and 80s - the wives and daughters of pitmen who brought a bit of sparkle to the collieries.
Duration: 08:41
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- Fri 23 Jul 2010 10:00大象传媒 Radio 4 FM
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