Breast and cervical cancers; Clara Ponsati; Imposteress Rabbit Breeder; Scenes with Girls

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.1 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

A new scanning technique that can identify aggressive tumours could help to transform the treatment of breast cancer. Dr Ferdia Gallagher, an academic radiologist at Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge explains. Meanwhile, cervical cancer affects more than 3,000 women a year, but there is concern that progress has stalled in tackling the disease. Dr Julie Sharp is head of health and patient information at Cancer Research UK and she discusses what needs to happen.

How much do your girlfriends mean to you? A new play at the Royal Court theatre explores the highs - and the lows - of female friendship. The playwright Miriam Battye and actor Rebekah Murrell join Jenni to discuss.

In October 1726, newspapers began reporting a remarkable event: In the town of Godalming in Surrey, a woman named Mary Toft was giving birth to rabbits. Mary was examined by medics and the case drew the attention of the King, government and law courts. Historian Karen Harvey talks about her new book The Imposteress Rabbit Breeder.

And, Clara Ponsati is a highly regarded economics professor at the University of St Andrews, but in 2017, she was the Catalan minister of Education when the independence referendum was held. The Spanish government declared the vote illegal and it wants Ponsati to return to Spain to face a charge of sedition. The BBC’s Niall Gallagher takes a look at who she is and what is likely to happen next.

Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Ruth Watts

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1:18.0	We've long assumed that sisterhood is something we all do well and our female friends are vital. A new play,
1:25.4	scenes with girls, explores the good and the bad in friendships between women. The
1:32.1	imposterous rabbit breeder, the extraordinary story of the early 18th century
1:36.9	Mary Toft who claimed to have given birth to rabbits. And the case of Clara Ponsatee, she's the former Catalan minister, now an academic
1:47.6	in Scotland who's accused of sedition for her part in the independence referendum.
1:53.0	Why is there support in Scotland for her resistance to extradition to Spain to face charges?
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