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Woman's Hour

How do you feel about sending the kids back to school?

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Many parents have been longing for the the day the kids can go back to school following the lockdown. How are you feeling about sending your children back into the classroom?

Over the last week, a number of old and offensive posts on Twitter have resurfaced. Many of them were written by influencers, artists and presenters. The majority of them contain abusive language towards dark skinned black women. Now the "court of public opinion" is calling for these individuals to be "cancelled". What's behind highlighting something some one said years ago? And what impact is it having on young black women online? .

Despite having no experience of crofting or of island life, Tamsin Calidas moves with her husband from London to a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides. It’s idyllic, for a while but as the months wear on, Tamsin finds herself in ever-increasing isolation. She talks to Jane about beginning her journey back from the brink.

Plus a report out today from the Child Poverty Action Group and the Church of England suggests that tens of thousands of families newly claiming Universal Credit because of the pandemic and shutdown will be affected by the benefit’s two child limit. It means that for claimants with three or more children only those born before 6 April 2017 will be counted in the benefit payment. We hear why they want the cap to be lifted.

Presenter Jane Garvey Producer Beverley Purcell

Guest Tobí Rachel Akingbadé Guest Bella Frimpong Guest Tamsin Calidas Guest Dr Emma Kell Guest Jonathan Ball Guest, Louise McGeehan.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.

0:04.6

My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds.

0:08.4

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0:20.4

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0:29.7

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0:36.0

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0:38.0

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0:41.0

Hi this is Jane Garvey and this is the Women's Hour Podcast from Tuesday the 5th of May 2020.

0:47.0

Hello, good morning.

0:48.0

Welcome to the program.

0:49.0

We're live at BBC Woman's Hour if you have a question or a point of view you want to put across this

0:53.4

morning, particularly on the subject of going back to school, which is our first topic today.

0:59.6

Also later on, there probably hasn't ever been a better time to start fantasizing about doing

1:03.8

something dramatic and our guest Tamzin Kaleidas did something very

1:08.1

dramatic she moved from west London to a very remote Scottish island.

1:13.0

What happened after that?

1:14.0

Tamzin is live from that island on Womensau this morning.

1:18.0

First, we do know that the Prime Minister is scheduled to make a speech on Sunday about how the lockdown will be eased.

1:26.3

So let's talk today about going back to school.

1:29.2

What do you think about it?

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