30/12/2010
With Jenni Murray. Including the sailors Dee Caffari and Anna Corbella on the Barcelona World Race, work dress code, and 90 years of Royal Academy of Dance ballet teachers.
Presented by Jenni Murray. The sailors Dee Caffari and Anna Corbella talk to Jenni about the Barcelona World Race and how they'll cope alone at sea for 3 months in a 60 foot boat. Should there be a dress code at work? We discuss the rights and wrongs of being compelled to wear a particular style of clothes. We hear the harrowing stories of women who found themselves interned at the Frontstalag 142 camp on the French-German border during the Second World War. And 90 years of ballet teaching by the Royal Academy of Dance.
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What to wear at work
A Swiss company recently hit the headlines for its dress code, given to staff in five pilot-scheme branches in Zurich. Do grown-ups really need dress codes, even when theyβre βpublic facingβ?!
Duration: 09:30
Dee Caffari and Anna Corbella
Dee Caffari and Anna Corbella are the first and only all-female team to be competing in the Barcelona World Race 2010/11, which sets off from Barcelona on New Yearβs Eve.
Duration: 08:38
Ballet Lessons
The grade system run by the Royal Academy of Dance is one of the most influential in the world and they examine children in 79 different countries. This year theyβre celebrating their 90th birthday.
Duration: 14:15
Frontstalag 142
Fanny Twemlow, was among those unlucky enough to end up in the infamous camp, Frontstalag 142. During her captivity, she was determined to secretly make sketches of camp life as well as keep a diary.
Duration: 09:23
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- Thu 30 Dec 2010 10:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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