Cerys Matthews on Carole King; Immigration; Joanna Jepson
As a new musical about Carole King opens, who are the top female singer-songwriters today? Plus why does immigration concern women voters? With Jane Garvey.
As a new musical about Carole King opens, Cerys Matthews assesses where she fits in among the top female singer-songwriters.
Joanna Jepson talks about her faith, life in the Church of England today - and why she spoke out about abortion ten years ago.
Immigration was identified as the fourth biggest concern for women in polling done for Woman's Hour by TNS. What do they think and feel about the issue and how are the political parties addressing it?
And, We hear about the young women contemplating a double mastectomy.
Presenter: Jane Garvey
Producer: Ruth Watts.
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Carole King
Duration: 08:58
Immigration
Duration: 13:33
Joanna Jepson
Duration: 11:42
Double Mastectomy
Duration: 05:36
Carole King
Who is the greatest female singer-songwriter? As 鈥楤eautiful 鈥� the Carole King musical鈥� opens in London tonight, ahead of the Brit awards later in the week and the centenary of Billie Holiday鈥檚 birth in April, musician Cerys Matthews reveals her top 5 all-time favourites.聽Immigration
Over the past few weeks we鈥檝e been looking at 聽the results of pre-election research done for Woman's Hour about the key concerns for women as they think about how to cast their vote on May 7th. 聽 The NHS came top, followed by the cost of living, 聽and then the cost of caring for a family. 聽Today the fourth concern - Immigation. 聽Jane hears the views of a group of women from Solihull and looks at the issues with Sunder Katwala 聽Director of 聽the Think Tank British Future and Allegra Stratton, Political Editor of 大象传媒 2鈥檚 Newsnight.See the poll results in full at:
Joanna Jepson
Joanna Jepson is a Church of England priest who was born with a jaw abnormality which led to years of bullying and low-esteem throughout her childhood. In her new memoir, 鈥楢 Lot Like Eve鈥� Joanna discusses how her evangelical upbringing, painful reconstructive facial surgery and her time in a Welsh convent inspired her to become a vicar and the first Chaplain to the London College of Fashion. She joins Jane to discuss how she was pulled into the media spotlight in 2003 when she challenged the late abortion of a foetus with a cleft palate, her experience of sexism in the Church and why she is passionate about fashion.
A Lot Like Eve: Fashion, Faith and Fig-Leaves: A Memoir is published by Bloomsbury on 26 February 2015
Double Mastectomy
When Claira Hermet was nine years old she lost her mother to breast cancer and three years ago she lost her sister to the same illness. Claira then discovered that she carried the BRCA1 gene mutation meaning she had an 85 percent life chance of getting breast cancer herself.聽 And so, at the age of 27, Claira recently opted to have a double mastectomy. A documentary on Radio 1, being aired tonight, (24th February) has followed her story from making the decision to have the double mastectomy right through to the operation itself. Jane speaks to her about her experience.
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Role Contributor Presenter Jane Garvey Producer Ruth Watts Interviewed Guest Cerys Matthews Interviewed Guest Sunder Katwala Interviewed Guest Allegra Stratton Interviewed Guest Joanna Jepson Interviewed Guest Claira Hermet Broadcast
- Tue 24 Feb 2015 10:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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