Textile designer Althea McNish, Albanian female asylum seekers, endurance athlete Jenny Tough
Crime writer Denise Mina on why she has changed her twitter display name to Elon Musk, and Althea McNish, one of UK's most innovative textile designers.
Following, Elon Muskβs announcement that Twitter will permanently suspend any account on the social media platform that impersonates another, Nuala McGovern is joined by crime writer, Denise Mina who changed her twitter display name to βElon Muskβ.
Jenny Tough is an endurance athlete who's best known for running and cycling in some of world's most challenging events. For a forthcoming film - SOLO - she set herself an audacious objective: to run β solo and unsupported, across mountain ranges on six continents, starting with one of the most remote locations on earth in Kyrgystan. She joins Nuala to describe how mountains give her a sense of home and why travelling solo is a βforce for joyβ.
We speak to Anti Trafficking Social worker Lauren Starkey and Human rights Journalist about new research that suggests Albanian women are more likely to have their asylum applications approveddue to the threat they face from trafficking.
Theyβll be sharing the experiences of some of the women with Nuala McGovern and give us an insight into the dangers that female asylum seekers face day to day.
Textile designer Althea McNish was the first Caribbean designer to achieve international recognition and is one of the UKβs most influential and innovative textile designers. Thereβs currently a major retrospective of her, Althea McNish: Colour is Mine at the Whitworth in Manchester on tour from William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow. Rose Sinclair a Lecturer in Design Education at Goldsmiths, University of London co-curated the exhibition.
Presenter: Nuala McGovern
Producer: Lucinda Montefiore
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