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Woman's Hour

Imtiaz Dharker, Catherine Nicholson and Agnes Poirier, Clare Murphy, Dr Alison Smith

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The award-winning poet Imtiaz Dharker has specially selected her favourite "Love Poems" together in a beautiful collection for the Folio Society. There are recent and ancient poems, poems that talk about the animal magnetism of love and others of more profound devotion, but they have all been arranged carefully to speak across centuries and cultures. Imtiaz also shares with Emma her writing tips for those who want to compose something for the person they love today. A record number of women are standing in the French presidential elections in April across the breadth of the political landscape. It’s the first election since the global #metoo movement and commentators are considering whether this could have an impact on the outcome. We hear from Catherine Nicholson who is the European Affairs Editor at France 24 TV and Agnes Poirier UK Editor of L'Express. At-home early abortions were introduced at the start of the pandemic to prevent the number of people visiting clinics, but the legislation is due to expire next month. We speak to Clare Murphy, boss of BPAS, about her fears for pregnant women if the government revokes the measures. You may have been online searching for long-lost members of your family - trying to build that family tree. But now there's a chance to search pictures of relatives too. The National Portrait Gallery has teamed up with the website Ancestry to upload thousands of portraits of well-known and ordinary people it has in their collection. But the gallery has also announced a competition giving the public the chance to submit their own family photos to be selected and displayed. Dr Alison Smith from the National Portrait Gallery tells us how people can make their entries. Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Giles Aspen

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:05.3

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

0:09.8

Are you in the mood for love this Monday morning or at least wanting to try and express it?

0:14.5

It is the 14th of February.

0:16.6

I could ignore it or we could make a virtue of having an excuse to try and express love

0:22.4

to those in our life.

0:24.2

The ones that we really do love, it doesn't have to be a partner, you may be solo, that

0:28.5

may be choice, it may not be choice, all of the above, all of the below, but friends

0:32.8

and family too.

0:33.8

How do you express love, have you ever considered writing a poet?

0:39.6

Some of you are very good at this.

0:40.6

I know this because I've asked you to deliver on this front before and you've got in touch

0:43.7

in your droves.

0:44.7

I'll be joined today by the award-winning poet Imnitiaz Darka, who's going to be joining

0:50.2

us with a collection of love poems and perhaps helping you find your voice.

0:55.4

Are you inspired maybe to try and write a few lines?

0:58.7

Go on, give it a go.

1:00.4

If you feel that you could, share them with me today, share them with us all, get in touch

1:04.1

on 84844, that's the number you need to take me here at.

1:07.2

Women's Hour, perhaps you've also got some advice and share some inspiration.

1:11.1

On social medias at BBC Women's Hour or email us through our website, of course I'm

1:14.9

always in the market for the really bad words, the really bad experiences as well.

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