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Mbira Music, Women's Workplace Rights, Unmasking of Elena Ferrante

Anna Mudeka on the music of the Mbira, the Great Repeal Bill and women's rights, the unmasking of Elena Ferrante, Sheila Rowbotham on feminism and Julie Burchill on sloth.

Anna Mudeka on her passion for the traditional Mbira instrument and why she's bringing the music of her ancestors from her native Zimbabwe to different audiences in the UK.

How will Theresa May's Great Repeal Bill to convert EU law into British legislation affect women's workplace rights? Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union law at the University of Cambridge joins Jane.

Journalist Deborah Orr on her reaction to the apparent unmasking of the anonymous Italian writer Elena Ferrante, author of Neapolitan series of novels.

Julie Burchill made her name as a fearless and controversial newspaper columnist. We asked her to write a series on the subject of overrated virtues and underrated vices. This week she describes the pleasure of sloth.

Sheila Rowbotham has been described as the most underrated feminist of our time with books that have paved the way for feminist thought and scholarship in Britain. She talks about her new book, Rebel Crossings: New Women, Free Lovers, and Radicals in Britain and the United States.

Presenter: Jane Garvey
Producer: Anne Peacock.

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58 minutes

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Tue 4 Oct 2016 10:00
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Chapters

  • Women's Rights and The Great Repeal Bill

    What will Theresa May's Great Repeal Bill to convert EU law into British law mean?

    Duration: 07:47

  • Elena Ferrante Unmasked

    Deborah Orr offers her reaction to the apparent unmasking of the anonymous author.

    Duration: 05:58

  • Julie Burchill

    The controversial newspaper columnist on what she describes as the pleasure of sloth.

    Duration: 05:44

  • Sheila Rowbotham

    The author and academic, described as the most underrated feminist of our time.

    Duration: 09:22

  • Scar Tissue

    What's the best way to take care of wounds and scars after surgery?

    Duration: 06:27

  • Anna Mudeka

    The singer and dancer from Zimbabwe now living in Norfolk.

    Duration: 06:19

Scar Tissue



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Presenter Jane Garvey
Producer Anne Peacock

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  • Tue 4 Oct 2016 10:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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