Woman's Hour and cooking; Angela Carter; young people in custody
We were doing it in the 1950s, but in 2012 should Woman's Hour be interested in cooking? Angela Carter remembered by her friend, the critic Susannah Clapp. And children in custody.
Diana Henry and Miranda Sawyer discuss whether Woman's Hour should be doing cooking. A personal portrait of Angela Carter by her friend and literary executor Susannah Clapp. As the Republican primaries are now well underway: why are women candidates falling by the wayside? In recent weeks two young men, aged 15 and 17, took their own lives whilst in custody. Do we need to re-examine the way we treat children in conflict with the law?
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Death in Custody
Since 1990, 33 young males in custody have killed themselves. Jenni speaks to Gary Hardy, his son Jake died while in custody, Deborah Coles, Co-director of Inquest and Elfyn Llwyd Plaid Cymru MP
Duration: 16:10
Margaret Tudor
Louise Adamson meets historian Helen Castor; a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge to find out about Margaret Tudor’s life and legacy.
Duration: 09:51
A Card from Angela Carter
20 years after Angela Carter's death, her friend and literary executor Susannah Clapp discusses her personal portrait of the writer as told through the quirky postcards she sent her over the years.
Duration: 07:50
Should Woman's Hour be doing Cookery?
Should cookery feature in Woman's Hour? Jenni is joined by Diana Henry, food writer, Miranda Sawyer, Observer columnist and radio critic. Susannah Clapp stays on to take part in the discussion.
Duration: 07:50
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- Thu 2 Feb 2012 10:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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