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Woman's Hour

Hilary McGrady DG of the National Trust. RCN's Pat Cullen. Dance like no-one's watching

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Hilary McGrady, the Director General of the National Trust, one of Britain's biggest heritage organisations and the custodian of hundreds of our finest castles, great houses and beaches and countryside. They’ll be discussing some of the recent controversies that’ve left to criticisms that it’s become too politicised in recent years. Critics say that in its pursuit of becoming more accessible to more people it’s fallen short of its original remit to acquire and preserve Britain’s heritage. After four years in the job, Emma Barnett speaks to Hilary about what she sees as her greatest achievements to date and her vision for the National Trust in the future. Thursday will see the first ever national strike action in the Royal College of Nursing's 106-year-old history. This comes after talks between the nursing union and the government dramatically collapsed last night. We hear from Pat Cullen the General Secretary and Chief Executive of the RCN. With Christmas party season in full swing for the first time in three years, many of us will be taking to the dancefloor. But how often do we truly get to dance like no one is watching? As we get older, do the opportunities become more scarce, and the internal shame more inhibiting? What are the songs - and who are the dance partners - which force us onto the floor? Emma Barnett is joined by the queen of the kitchen disco herself, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and comedian Ania Magliano to discuss the joy of losing yourself on the dancefloor. Former F1 driver David Coulthard on why he's determined that women are not forgotten when it comes to Formula 1. Presenter Emma Barnett Producer Beverley Purcell Photo Credit. John Millar. National Trust.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.2

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

0:09.9

I'm aware that some of you right now will be affected by today's rail strikes,

0:14.0

as snow and ice continue to add problems to travelling around the country.

0:18.2

Today's strike is the latest by the members of the RMT Rail Worker's Union,

0:22.6

and at the beginning fresh strike action, the government,

0:26.2

is banking on the public's sympathy running out on this particular front,

0:30.3

especially if people cannot travel to be with family at Christmas.

0:34.2

Where the government is reported to be less confident,

0:36.6

or certainly certain members of the cabinet of public sympathy diminishing,

0:40.7

is over a different strike, a historic strike,

0:44.4

of a predominantly female workforce still set to happen nationally on Thursday.

0:50.6

I'm talking about nurses,

0:52.2

with the first ever national strike action in the Royal College of Nursing's

0:55.7

106-year history, it's still on.

0:59.2

After talks between the Nursing Union and the government collapse last night,

1:03.5

after it was reported that the health secretary would not engage about wages.

1:08.4

But that's the key ask.

1:10.0

The unprecedented strike action comes as the RCN is calling for nurses,

1:14.5

nearly 90% of which are women,

1:16.8

to be given a pay rise of 5% above inflation.

1:21.0

Despite our best efforts this morning,

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