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Black beauty pageants, Wannabe, Stepmothers, Dark fiction, Jewish salon

Programme that offers a female perspective on the world. Jenni Murray looks at Miss Black and Beautiful, the first major exhibition of the work of Raphael Albert.

Miss Black and Beautiful is the first major exhibition of the work of Raphael Albert, the cultural promoter and photographer of black beauty pageants in west London from the late 1960s to the 1980s. Jenni speaks to RenΓ©e Mussai, the exhibition's curator.

Twenty years after its first release, the Spice Girls' hit Wannabe has been remade, with a new video calling for an end to violence against women ahead of a United Nations meeting. Jenni speaks to director of the video, MJ Delaney and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1 presenter Gemma Cairney.

What is it really like to be a step parent? Jenni speaks to four listeners who share their own experiences of taking on the role of mum.

We look at the attraction of reading psychological thrillers like The Widow, Disclaimer, Stranger on A Train and Gone Girl. Why do we enjoy grappling with an unreliable narrator, being taken to a dark, corrupt, sometimes evil place. Why is it that women are so good at writing these types of books? Jenni speaks to writers Sabine Durrant and Ruth Ware.

The Salon is a series from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service looking at women's lives and identities as expressed through their relationship with their hair and their hairdressers around the world. Chaya is a member of London's Orthodox Jewish community and she spoke to reporter Charlotte Pritchard.

Presenter: Jenni Murray.

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Fri 8 Jul 2016 10:00
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Chapters

  • Spice Girls

    20 years after it's release, Wannabe has been remade with a new video. What's the impact?

    Duration: 09:13

  • Miss Black and Beautiful

    This is the first major exhibition of the works of Raphael Albert & black beauty pageants

    Duration: 06:36

  • Being a Step Mother

    What's it really like beyond the stereotypes?

    Duration: 12:13

  • The Salon

    A series from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service looking at a women's identity and their hair

    Duration: 04:46

  • The Appeal of Dark Fiction

    As summer approaches we take a look at the attraction of reading psychological thrillers

    Duration: 08:46

Credits

Presenter Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest Sabine Durrant
Interviewed Guest Ruth Ware
Interviewed Guest MJ Delaney
Interviewed Guest Gemma Cairney
Interviewed Guest Renee Mussai
Interviewed Guest Jane
Interviewed Guest Alison
Interviewed Guest Louise
Interviewed Guest Jo
Interviewed Guest Charlotte Pritchard

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  • Fri 8 Jul 2016 10:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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