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Jennifer Pike rose to fame when she won the 大象传媒 Young Musician of the Year award in 2002 aged just 12. Since then, she鈥檚 performed internationally as a soloist and chamber musician, and is now releasing an album of Polish compositions. Jennifer joins Jenni to discuss why sharing the music of her heritage is so important to her, and performs Polish Caprice by Gra偶yna Bacewicz.

A child鈥檚 鈥渞ed book鈥� is issued to their parents at birth and records key aspects of their health and development, from weight charts to immunisations. The government have announced the records are going digital as part of a trial next year, and from 2024 all children鈥檚 personal health records will be available online. The move is designed to improve NHS care for mother鈥檚 and babies, but how will this change affect new parents and will they miss having the physical memento of their child鈥檚 first years?

The term 鈥渕umpreneur鈥� entered the Collins dictionary in 2011 and is defined as 鈥渁 woman who combines running a business enterprise with looking after her children鈥�. So why has new research revealed that more than 60% of British business women think the term 鈥榤umpreneur鈥� is unhelpful and nearly half find it patronising? Jenni talks to the founder of Green and Blacks, Jo Fairley, and to Erin Thomas Wong who founded the Making Mumpreneurs network.

Over half of Brits aged 25-44 are now single, so why do many people still believe we鈥檙e incomplete without an 鈥榦ther half鈥�? Catherine Gray took a year off dating and details the satisfaction of being on her own in her new book 鈥楾he Unexpected Joy of Being Single鈥�.