Elif Shafak, Women Chelsea Pensioners, Sports Coaching
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2019
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Turkish writer Elif Safak’s latest novel '10 Minutes 38 Seconds In This Strange World' tells the story of Leila, a woman whose body has died, but whose mind has a precious ten minutes to reflect on the joy, pain and injustice of her life as a prostitute in Istanbul. Jenni talks to her about tackling controversial subjects and being accused of obscenity. Chelsea Pensioners are well known by the bright red military coats with gold buttons that they must wear when they go out in public. In return for their army pension, 300 residents live at the Royal Hospital cost free - and today they welcome ex-servicewomen. We hear from Chelsea Pensioner Helen Andrews, who served during the Second World War at Bletchley Park as Private Maria Teresa Helen McQuibban, with the Royal Corps of Signals. To celebrate UK Coaching Week Louisa Arnold tells us about Project 500 - a scheme to inspire and support women to become sports coaches - and Kim Johnson explains why she loves being a rugby coach. And, this week’s Woman’s Hour drama, I’m A Slave, has been showing the misery of human trafficking and modern slavery in the UK today. But, how much is this a female problem? To discuss how it affects women and the work being done to help them, Jenni is joined by the Salvation Army’s Anti-Trafficking and Modern Slavery Operations Manager, Emilie Martin.
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| 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 hello Jenny |
| 0:30.3 | Mary welcoming you to the Women's Our Podcast for Thursday the 6th of June. |
| 0:35.8 | Now today the 6th of June is the actual 75th anniversary of Day Day. |
| 0:41.0 | We'll hear from the Chelsea Pensioner Helen Andrews about the work she |
| 0:44.9 | did at Bletchley Park. In coaching week in the run-up to the Women's Football |
| 0:50.5 | World Cup what drew Kim Johnson to coach rugby and Louisa Arnold to Project 500 |
| 0:56.7 | coaching women who coach? |
| 0:59.6 | And as we've discovered in today's serial, the Salvation Army has an important role in saving victims from modern |
| 1:05.8 | day slavery. |
| 1:06.8 | We'll discuss how they're helping women escape to safety. |
| 1:11.8 | The latest novel by the acclaimed writer Elyf Schaffak is called 10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world. |
| 1:20.0 | It tells the story of Leila, who's been working as a prostitute in Istanbul. |
| 1:25.5 | She's been murdered and dumped in a rubbish bin. |
| 1:28.8 | In those 10 minutes and 38 seconds after her death, |
| 1:32.2 | her mind continues to look back on her life. |
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