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Woman's Hour

Jane Horrocks, Frances O'Grady, Iran, French women

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Actor Jane Horrocks joins Krupa Padhy to discuss her new Radio 4 drama about her relationship with the singer-songwriter and actor Ian Dury. Jane had been looking back at her early adulthood, coming across old love letters from Ian and her own diary entries which inspired her to create the drama about their tumultuous one year relationship. We speak to Frances O'Grady, the outgoing General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress who leaves after a decade in the job. She talks to Krupa Padhy about the current wave of industrial action across the public sector, the highs and lows of the job and her plans for the future as she prepares to join the House of Lords as a Labour Party peer. Following ongoing nationwide protests, the Iranian government has intensified its crackdown. Two men have been executed since the beginning of the month, and local human rights activists say at least 328 people have been killed and nearly 15,000 others have been detained, as of last month. One of those arrested at the weekend is Taraneh Alidoosti, one of Iran’s best known actresses. Krupa is joined by Saba Zavarei from the BBC Persian Service and Dr Rowena Abdul Razak who teaches international history at the London School of Economics and specialises on Iran. When you hear the phrase 'the French woman' what comes to your mind? Maybe you think of a sexy accent, fashionable clothes, perhaps the word 'chic'? With the return of Netflix's Emily in Paris we wanted to look at the stereotype of the French woman. Do these ideals hold or is it, to borrow a French word, just a cliché? To discuss Krupa is joined by the Director Charlotte Seegers whose film She's French explores these ideas, and also by the UK based French journalist Marie Le Conte.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:05.1

Hello, this is Crupe Up Arti and you're listening to the Woman's Hour Podcast.

0:10.0

Hello and thank you for joining us this morning.

0:12.6

In the coming days, ambulance drivers, nurses, driving examiners and highway workers will

0:18.4

be just some of those who will be striking.

0:20.9

Add to that a fresh walk out by postal workers and further strikes on the railways.

0:26.0

Gearing up for the festive season may be all the more challenging.

0:30.4

One woman who's been at the heart of this action is the outgoing General Secretary of the

0:34.8

Trade Union Congress Francis O'Grady who joins us later on the programme.

0:39.8

Also, in a time of WhatsApp's emails and text messages, is the age of the love letter

0:46.2

no more.

0:47.2

We speak to Jane Horricks, who for a new radio drama has brought back to life love letters

0:52.4

and diary entries to the late singer and songwriter Ian Dury.

0:56.9

Jane, as we will learn, stumbled across the letters in her love to us having a good old

1:00.9

declutter, maybe you've done the same.

1:03.6

What have you done with your old love letters or journals from your younger days?

1:07.6

How have you felt when you've looked back at them?

1:10.3

And how has time changed your feelings towards them?

1:13.2

What have you learnt about yourself?

1:15.0

I'd love to get your thoughts on this.

1:17.1

You can text the programme that number is 84844.

1:21.2

However on social media you'll find us on the handle at BBC Women's Air, that's on Twitter

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