Intergenerational friendships; Victims' Commissioner Vera Baird; Nikita Gill and Gnarly; Liz Fraser
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Are you in an intergenerational friendship? Anita speaks to Emily who’s 33 and her best friend Sue who’s 60 about the unique benefits of friendships across the ages.
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick has admitted that trust in the police force has been "shaken" by the murder of Sarah Everard. So where do we go from here? And what support is there for the bereaved families who have lost loved ones to male violence? Anita speaks to Dame Vera, the Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales.
Irish Indian poet and writer, Nikita Gill and British Sri-Lankan producer and live performer Gnarly will appear together for two nights at the Southbank Centre in London tonight and next week. Poems written by Nikita are transformed into songs by Gnarly, merging traditional and digital art and creating, what they say is something no one has seen before. They join Anita in the studio for a chat and a bit of a performance.
Writer and broadcaster Liz Fraser has written a memoir about being in a relationship with a man she loves, the father of her child who is also an alcoholic. For a time, she failed to realise how serious his addiction was and she also kept the often shocking truth of what was going on entirely to herself, trying in vain to help her partner find a path to sobriety. Finally she herself broke from the trauma and started to speak out. She joins Anita to talk about her experiences described in her book, Coming Clean: A true story of love, addiction and recovery.
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| 0:34.4 | Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:39.7 | Good morning. |
| 0:40.9 | We are still reeling today as Sarah Everard's murderer starts his whole life |
| 0:45.1 | sentence the first ever given to a police officer which means he'll never be |
| 0:49.6 | released with a thought of Sabina Nessa in our minds and thinking about the 80 women who have |
| 0:54.8 | been killed in between their two tragic deaths. |
| 0:58.5 | From the messages we've been receiving from you on social media, we know that many of you are experiencing a huge amount of emotion, anger, |
| 1:06.6 | sadness and fear. |
| 1:09.4 | So today I'm asking you all, do you feel safe and what needs to change in order for you to |
| 1:16.3 | feel safe. I'm going to be joined by the Victims Commissioner Dame Vera |
| 1:19.9 | Baird in a moment and can put your questions to her. It's her job to ensure that victims |
| 1:24.4 | and witnesses of crime are listened to and to promote good practice across |
| 1:28.4 | criminal justice services. So I'll ask you again, what will make you feel safe? |
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