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Is digital and social media a benefit or a distraction at work?

Is digital and social media a benefit or a distraction at work? Plus, in the run-up to LGBT history month, the hidden history of the lesbian bar.

Has our addiction to digital media gone too far? What impact is it having on our work? Author Stefana Broadbent says it's become vital to to a healthy work/life balance, while Martin Talks, founder of Digital Detoxing, believes we need to stop relying on it. Where do you stand?

After Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon smartly rebuffed comments on her wardrobe from a TV news reporter, we look at how women in power make the way they dress work for them. Helen Lewis Deputy Editor of the New Statesman, and Shahidha Bari, a lecturer in Romanticism at Queen Mary University of London, and a woman with a keen eye for fashion, discuss. A report on cousin marriages which is common within the British Pakistani community. The marriages are legal - but carry a greater risk of passing on congenital anomalies. Those risks have been well documented in places like Luton and Bradford and are now being highlighted in Peterborough.

And as we approach LGBT history month, we unveil the hidden history of lesbian bars with author Maureen Duffy, Gina Ware of the Gateways Club and LGBT historian Rebecca Jennings.

Presenter Jenni Murray
Producer Beverley Purcell.

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Chapters

  • How women in power dress for work

    A discussion about clothing inspired by Nicola Sturgeon's tweet about her wardrobe

    Duration: 08:00

  • Is social media at work a benefit or a distraction?

    Stefana Broadbent and Martin Talks for and against the use of social media at work

    Duration: 09:07

  • Cousin marriages in the British Pakistani community

    The marriages are legal - but carry a greater risk of passing on congenital anomalies

    Duration: 15:38

  • The hidden history of lesbian bars

    Maureen Duffy, Rebecca Jennings and Gina Ware of the Gateways Club discuss

    Duration: 09:31

Credits

Presenter Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest Gina Ware
Interviewed Guest Rebecca Jennings
Interviewed Guest Maureen Duffy
Interviewed Guest Stefana Broadbent
Interviewed Guest Martin Talks
Interviewed Guest Helen Lewis
Interviewed Guest Shahidha Bari
Producer Beverley Purcell

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  • Fri 22 Jan 2016 10:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM

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