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Giorgio Locatelli cooks the perfect Sicilian pasta; defining female beauty

Presented by Jane Garvey. Giorgio Locatelli cooks the perfect Sicilian pasta; defining female beauty.

Presented by Jane Garvey. In the latest in our Cook the Perfect series, Giorgio Locatelli shows Jane how to make pasta con le sarde, or pasta with sardines - a typically Sicilian dish, which showcases the distinctive flavours and chequered history of the island. The art historian Aileen Ribeiro has spent over twenty years trying to define female beauty in art. But how much of the beauty in the portraits that hang in our museums came from nature, how much from the artist's hand, and how much from the canny application of a bit of slap? And is there such a thing as universal beauty? At the end of October, Tunisia was the first Arab country to hold elections following their Arab spring uprising. So what is the future for women's rights now that the Islamist party, Ennahda, was victorious at the polls? And the playwright Sarah Lee on her play Snakes and Ladders, which was inspired by oral histories gathered at an Afro-Caribbean hair salon in Brighton.

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45 minutes

Chapters

  • Cook The Perfect… With Giorgio Locatelli - Part 1

    Michelin starred chef Giorgio Locatelli cooks the perfect pasta con le sarde, or pasta with sardines – a typically Sicilian dish.

    Duration: 08:10

  • Tunisian Women's Rights

    Tunisia was the first nation of the Arab Spring to hold elections. So what’s the future for women’s rights now the Islamist party has won?

    Duration: 10:18

  • Cook The Perfect… With Giorgio Locatelli - Part 2

    Giorgio continues to show Jane how to cook the perfect pasta con le sarde – a dish which showcases the distinctive flavours and chequered history of Sicily

    Duration: 04:06

  • Aileen Ribeiro On Beauty

    Art historian Aileen Ribeiro has spent over 20 years defining female beauty in art. But how have our ideas been influenced by cosmetics, and is there such a thing as universal beauty?

    Duration: 08:05

  • Feedback – Maternity Care

    Do we need to improve men's involvement in antenatal care, hospital attendance and after the baby is born? Here’s what you had to say

    Duration: 04:37

  • Playwright Sarah Lee

    Sarah Lee discusses her new play, which offers insight into black women’s sense of image and identity, and how it was created in the basement of an Afro-Caribbean hair salon.

    Duration: 06:27

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  • Tue 22 Nov 2011 10:00

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