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Weekend Woman's Hour: Annie Nightingale, Dame Evelyn Glennie

Highlights from the Woman's Hour week, with Jenni Murray. Annie Nightingale talks about her 50 years in the music industry. Plus Dame Evelyn Glennie, male fertility and Anne Fine.

The Radio 1 and 1Xtra broadcaster Annie Nightingale talks about her 50 years in the business and her enduring passion for new music. Dame Evelyn Glennie on career as a solo percussionist which has spanned more than 30 years.

Should men, as well as women, be concerned about their biological clocks? Natasha Walter and Aminatta Forna discuss how Margaret Atwood's classic novel 'The Handmaid's Tale' first published in 1985 reflects current trends in the world.

The dangers of health and fitness apps that track the calories consumed. Two leading British sculptors, Emily Young and Laura Ford describe their work and what it's like to be a woman in what is still a man's world.

Anne Fine on her book Madame Doubtfire which she wrote in 1987 and the impact of divorce on children then and now.

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58 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest Evelyn Glennie
Interviewed Guest Annie Nightingale
Interviewed Guest Jackson Kirkman-Brown
Interviewed Guest Sheena Lewis
Interviewed Guest Natasha Walter
Interviewed Guest Aminatta Forna
Interviewed Guest Deanne Jade
Interviewed Guest Holly Desai
Interviewed Guest Emily Young
Interviewed Guest Laura Ford
Interviewed Guest Anne Fine
Producer Rabeka Nurmahomed

Broadcast

  • Sat 11 Jul 2015 16:00

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