Caregivers, What do we know about Queen Charlotte, Ukrainian musical prodigies
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
There are two new books about the experience of caregiving: Who Cares: the hidden crisis of caregiving and how we solve it by Emily Kenway and Mothercare: on ambivalence and obligation by acclaimed American novelist, Lynne Tillman. Both Emily and Lynne cared for their mothers. There are differences in their stories, but also many shared experiences, experiences that apply to vast swathes of populations around the world who undertake unpaid caring for spouses, relative and friends. Lynne and Emily join Nuala in the studio. When Sheilagh and her husband offered to house a mother and her daughters fleeing from Ukraine little did they realise that the girls were musical prodigies and that their music would stop passers by in the street. Sheilagh and 17 year old Khrystyna join Nuala to tell their story. On Thursday the another series of Bridgerton will be available and focusses on Queen Charlotte. Described as a spin-off, it goes back in time to chronicle how the young queen at just seventeen finds herself married to the new King George III. Dr Olivette Oteli, research professor at SOAS explains who she was, what we know about her life and if there is any credibility to the longstanding speculation that she was the first woman of colour in the Royal family.
Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Lucinda Montefiore
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, this is Nulem O'Goveren and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast. |
| 0:04.4 | I'll have a question for you this morning. |
| 0:07.4 | For those of you who are caring or have cared for a loved one, what did you learn? |
| 0:13.6 | What you wish you had known, setting out on what can be such a long and emotionally intense |
| 0:19.7 | journey. |
| 0:20.7 | It can be a lot of us know, caring a tough job, it can be a privilege, it can be a labour |
| 0:25.7 | of love and none of those things of course are mutually exclusive. |
| 0:30.0 | But we do have two women with us this morning who have written about their experiences, |
| 0:35.0 | both caring for their mothers and they have dedicated their books to you if you were a |
| 0:39.6 | carer and it is a job we know that often falls to women. |
| 0:43.6 | If you'd like to share your story, you do get in touch with what you've learned. |
| 0:47.0 | You can text the program 84844 at BBC Woman's Hour is how to find us on social media or |
| 0:54.2 | for WhatsApp or voice note that number is 03700 1444 84844 the text however. |
| 1:03.4 | So I'm looking forward to hearing your stories and I'll share them with my guests that are |
| 1:07.0 | becoming up this hour. |
| 1:08.6 | Also today an unexpected musical treat, a reward perhaps for taking in a Ukrainian family. |
| 1:16.5 | When an Ortherumberland couple took in a mum and two daughters, they really didn't expect |
| 1:20.6 | to have extraordinary musical talent in their midst. |
| 1:23.9 | But it is what happens, you're going to hear that story and also some of the music that |
| 1:28.6 | filled their home. |
| 1:29.8 | Lovely. |
| 1:30.9 | And let me see, also today you probably saw lots of birthday photos of Princess Charlotte. |
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