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Woman's Hour

Catfishing, Caribbean Christmas Food & Gloves

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Catfishing is the practise of using a fake profile to start an online romance. The podcast Sweet Bobby has been shining a light on this issue through the story of Kirat Assi, a 42-year-old radio presenter who started a relationship with a person she thought to be Bobby, a handsome cardiologist, via Facebook. However, when he repeatedly fails to visit her in person, she slowly comes to learn his true identity. She shares her story with Anita, and is joined by investigative journalist Alexi Mostrous who explains the current legislation around catfishing.

Is the world of horse racing being forced to face up to its own #metoo moment this week? A light has been shone on the bullying and harassment endured by professional jockey, Bryony Frost, on and off the track by a male jockey who has now been banned for 18 months, with three months suspended. We hear from race trainer Gaye Kelleway, the first woman to ride a winner at Royal Ascot, and from Annamarie Phelps, the Chair of the British Horseracing Authority.

Earlier this week, Ministers revealed a 10-year drugs strategy, allocating £780m in funding for the drug treatment system in England. This will include £300m for combating more than 2,000 county lines gangs. County lines is a form of criminal exploitation where urban gangs persuade, coerce or force children and young people to store drugs and money and/or transport them to suburban areas, market towns and coastal regions. Anita speaks to two mothers whose respective families and communities have been impacted by county lines gangs. Sahira Irshad founded Mums United in Sheffield, a charity led by mothers to tackle youth violence and child drug exploitation. She is joined by Jen Jones a volunteer mother from the group.

Chef and food-writer Keshia Sakarah is a second-generation West Indian of Montserratian and Barbudan heritage. Her restaurant Caribe' celebrates the diverse cuisine of the Caribbean, representing dishes from across the region. Keshia joins Anita to talk about the traditions and history behind Caribbean Christmas food.

From the hand-knitted mittens to the Bluetooth-enabled glove that acts like a phone, the humble glove has been linked to honour, status and identity but also to decadence and deceit. Dr Anne Green, Emeritus Professor of French at King’s College London tells us about her new book Gloves. An Intimate History.

Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed

Transcript

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Hello, I'm Felicity Finch. You may know me as Ruth. podcasts. you listen to the Woman's Hour podcast. This Christmas thousands of people across the

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Now enjoy your podcast.

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Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.

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Good morning. I have a podcast recommendation for you today sweet Bobby.

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It's a story about a cat fishing incident.

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A woman was duped into believing she was in a relationship with a man online for 10 years, but what she discovered to be the truth is sad

1:56.0

shocking and unbelievable and you'll be hearing about it from the woman at the heart

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