Cara Delevingne, Women in construction, Lisa Jewell
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2019
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Cara Delevingne is one of the most recognisable faces in the world with over 43 million followers on Instagram alone. She’s spoken openly about her sexuality and issues with severe depression. She began modelling when she left school but is now is concentrating on her acting career and plays the lead role in a new Victorian fantasy drama series Carnival Row. She talks about her role as Irish ‘faery’ Vignette Stonemoss opposite human detective Rycroft Philostrate played by Orlando Bloom.
This week Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to two additional charges of predatory sexual assault and has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex. A new documentary looks at the rise and fall of the film mogul. We speak to the director of the documentary, Ursula Macfarlane, and to Hope D’Amore who says she was a victim of his alleged abuse.
What is it like to be a woman in the construction industry? Currently women make up 16% of the total UK workforce of two million people. How can the industry attract more girls to the trades and what’s the reality of working in such a male-dominated environment? Tina Daheley speaks to Roma Agrawal, a structural engineer who worked on the Shard, Katie Kelleher, a former crane operator who now works as an Appointed Person at Select Plant Hire, Hattie Hasan, founder of Stopcocks Women Plumbers, Cristina Lanz Azcarate, Chair of London South East NAWIC (National Association of Women in Construction), Sarah Fenton, Partnerships Director Midlands and North, CITB, (Construction Industry Training Board) and Lynsey Davies, a plasterer who is now training to be a quantity surveyor.
Lisa Jewell is celebrating twenty years as a bestselling author. She tells us about her latest psychological thriller The Family Upstairs.
Vegan vlogger Rachel Ama Cook the Perfect… Caribbean Jackfruit Fritters. She explains how she takes inspiration from her Caribbean, West African and Welsh roots and shows how you can take your favourite dishes and adapt them into quick, easy vegan recipes from her book Rachel Ama’s Vegan Eats.
Plus, is the jobs market working for women? We ask if policies on part time or flexible working actually work in practice? We hear from Lucy Adams, CEO of Disruptive HR, Kirsty Holden, blogger and founder of TheMoneySavingMum.com and Anna Codrea-Rado, journalist and presenter of the podcast “is this working?” about the modern workplace.
Presented by Jenni Murray Produced by Sophie Powling Edited by Jane Thurlow
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| 0:41.0 | Good afternoon. In today's program, the model, actor and Instagram personality with 43 million followers, Kara Delavine. |
| 0:51.0 | I'm not trying to be a role model. I'm not trying to be perfect. I'm trying to let people realize and especially young girls that it's okay to be who you are and stop trying to be like these people that they see in magazines because that idea and the |
| 1:03.8 | glamorization of celebrity is not real. We'll talk openness being one of the |
| 1:09.4 | most photographed faces in the world and playing a fairy in the television series Carnival Row. |
| 1:16.4 | Lisa Jewel celebrates 20 years as a best-selling author. |
| 1:20.9 | What inspired her thriller The Family Upstairs? |
| 1:24.0 | Women in the Construction Industry, Hattie Hassan, founded her own plumbing company. |
| 1:30.0 | I couldn't get a job. I wrote to everyone it was a bit like you ring it for your son are you |
| 1:34.4 | ring it for your husband no I'm ring it for me oh no sorry we don't have any |
| 1:38.9 | places as I always say nobody would employ me so I had to employ myself. |
| 1:44.0 | Self-employment is becoming increasingly common for women. |
| 1:48.0 | Why do so many feel the modern workplace isn't working for them. And vegan food becomes the UK's fastest growing |
| 1:57.0 | takeaway. Rachel Ammer, the vegan vlogger, cooks the perfect Caribbean Jack Fruit Fritters. |
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