Claudia Winkleman, Yvette Cooper, Heidi Carter, Lillie Harris
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Studies have found that men are more reluctant than women to wear face covers. So, in a couple of weeks when restrictions are likely to be lifted, making it a personal choice, what are we likely to see happen. Emma talks to Christina Gravert, behavioural economist from the University of Copenhagen.
Labour’s Yvette Cooper tells Emma about an amendment she's tabling today to the Police Courts Crime and Sentencing Bill to try to change the law on common assault. Critics of the law are concerned that cases need to be filed within six months otherwise they’re “timed out” meaning vulnerable women can fail to get justice.
Strictly Come Dancing co-host and BBC presenter Claudia Winkleman has released her first book, Quite. She joins Emma to talk about Strictly, parenthood and how being perfect is boring.
A woman who has Down's Syndrome is taking the government to Court this week. Heidi Carter is fighting for a change in the law around termination and Down's Syndrome. Currently, the time limit to terminate a pregnancy is 24 weeks. But if the foetus has Down Syndrome, then that shifts right up to birth. Heidi wants the time limit to be set at 24 weeks for all pregnancies. She's supported by Maire Lea Wilson whose son, Aidan, has Down's Syndrome.
Lillie Harris is a successful young composer who graduated with a First Class degree from the Royal College of Music in 2016, after winning the Elgar Memorial Prize for her final portfolio. Tonight two of her works will be premiered at this year’s Cheltenham Music Festival. She joins Emma to explain the inspirations behind her choral piece and her trumpet fanfare.
Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Lucinda Montefiore
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| 0:00.0 | Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless |
| 0:06.8 | searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the |
| 0:11.8 | telly we share what we've been watching |
| 0:14.0 | Fladiated. |
| 0:16.0 | Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming. |
| 0:19.0 | Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige. |
| 0:21.0 | And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less |
| 0:25.0 | searching and a lot more auction listen on BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:35.0 | Hello, I'm Emma Barnet and welcome to Woman's A from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:40.0 | Hello and welcome to the program and it's good to be back from my holidays a |
| 0:44.0 | damp and rather cold week in beautiful Norfolk of which our three-year-old son |
| 0:48.4 | wisely said I think the sunshine went on another holiday. Quite. |
| 0:53.0 | And quite is one of those brilliant words that does a lot of heavy lifting. |
| 0:57.6 | Incidentally, the name of Claudia Winkleman's first book, who's on the program today. |
| 1:02.0 | I shall also be talking to the chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, |
| 1:05.2 | Labor MP Yvette Cooper, about changes she seeks to make to the controversial police courts crime and sentencing bill |
| 1:11.6 | that would disproportionately help women and will have some music |
| 1:15.0 | from the highly successful composer 27 year old Lily Harris ahead of two of her works |
| 1:20.2 | premiering this evening at the Cheltenham Music Festival. But my question for |
| 1:25.6 | you today, what we want to discuss is this whether you think mask wearing is a |
| 1:31.2 | gender issue. |
| 1:32.6 | As we expect the Prime Minister to announce later today |
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