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We talk about the and vote to decide whether to allow women into its top ranks as bishops. Rev Katrina Scott tells Jane what the result means for female parish priests.

The end of the summer term is approaching and activities are hotting up for children in Year 6 - shows, discos, proms and sleepovers, the list is endless. So why all the focus on leaving primary school? Is it new? And is it a good thing? Sally Bates, Head of Wadsworth Fields Primary in Nottingham and parent and journalist Bee Rowlatt join Jane. We also hear from a selection of year 6 leavers.

Yasmina Reza, best known for her plays 'Art' and 'God of Carnage', has a new book out. 'Happy are the Happy' is a novel about eighteen different people, each chapter narrated by a different character.聽 Cumulatively they reveal secret passions, many disappointments and a strong propensity for infidelity. Yasmina Reza joins Jane to talk about relationships, philandering and the perception of difference - right or wrong -聽 between the French and the English.

'Happy are the Happy' by Yasmina Reza 聽is published by Harvill Secker.

This Friday the largest classical music festival in the world opens on the stage of the Royal Albert Hall in London and for the next two months, the Royal Albert Hall plays host to . There will be over 90 concerts including a 大象传媒 Sport Prom, a Cbeebies Prom, the Pet Shop Boys and performances from many of the world鈥檚 top orchestras.聽Taking part in this opening concert will be two women who have sung on some of the world鈥檚 best stages: soprano Erin Wall and mezzo-soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers. They join Jane to talk about the challenges of singing in one of Elgar鈥檚 most demanding works.

Journalist, broadcaster and Labour Party Peer Baroness Joan Dawson Bakewell DBE returns to 大象传媒 Radio 4 to present a new series of Inside the Ethics Committee. This year celebrating its tenth anniversary, the programme puts real-life cases before a panel of experts to explore the workings of clinical ethics committees on issues including genetic testing on children and treating people with dementia. Jane Garvey talks to Baroness Joan Bakewell about the new series of Inside the Ethics Committee and the development of clinical ethics in relation to technological advances in medicine and an aging population.