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Polly Toynbee on her new book An Uneasy Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals

The veteran columnist and former 大象传媒 Social Affairs Editor talks to Woman鈥檚 Hour about her new book, An Uneasy Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals.

As a self confessed 鈥渟ilver spooner鈥 who enjoyed a privileged upbringing Polly Toynbee talks to Nuala McGovern about her committed left wing "rabble rouser" ancestors and her own life long battle with the injustices of the British class system.

In our series about narcissistic mothers we've heard a lot from daughters. Yesterday, a listener we are calling Bethany told her story. Her relationship with her daughter had been strained for a long time. In January she received a book in the post about how to spot and deal with a narcissistic mother, some passages were highlighted , and a letter. Today she picks up the story and explained how she felt as she opened the book and read the passages pointed out by her daughter. How does it feel to be labelled a narcissist and how can you move forward from there?

Last month we looked at the experience of caring with authors Emily Kenway and Lynne Tillman. So many of you got in touch including academic Dinah Roe, a Reader in nineteeth-century literature, who with poet Sarah Hesketh, managing editor of Modern Poetry In Translation, have been running a series of free online workshops, inspired by Christina Rossetti's writing, designed specifically for people with caring responsibilities. Dinah and Sarah join Nuala in the studio.

Presenter: Nuala McGovern
Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
Studio Manager: Duncan Hannant

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Listen to the Narcissistic Mothers series so far:

Episode 1: Charlotte's story聽 /聽 Episode 2: Louise's story聽 /聽 Episode 3: Charlotte and Louise discuss their relationship with their mother聽 /聽 Episode 4: Scarlett's story聽 / Episode 5: Bethany's story - part 1聽 /聽 Episode 6: Bethany's story - part 2

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  • Wed 7 Jun 2023 10:00

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