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Woman's Hour

Licoricia, Kate Nash, Devolution and Samantha Jones

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Today the Prince of Wales will unveil a statue of Licoricia, a Medieval Jewish woman outside where she once lived on Jewry Street, Winchester. The statue is hoped to inspire women and provide education on the UK’s Jewish history. Emma is joined by Rebecca Abrams author of ‘Licoricia of Winchester: Power and Prejudice in Mediaeval England’, on why Licoricia’s story is so important. Brit-award winning singer-songwriter Kate Nash, known for her expressive and honest lyrics sung in a North London accent, is coming to venues again very soon. She's got a tour, a fifth album and even a musical coming out this year. You may have seen her in the series, GLOW on Netflix based on the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling from the 1980s and she's got a new single, 'Imperfect' out tomorrow along with a new video in the theme of 'Galantine's Day.' She joins Emma live from LA to talk all about releasing new music and learning how to wrestle. Boris Johnson has just made Samantha Jones the most powerful woman in No. 10. No, not the Sex and City character but a former nurse and NHS boss who has been hired as the Prime Minister's first 'Chief Operating Officer'. This is part of the reform of Downing Street he promised after Sue Gray's report on the so-called partygate scandal was released last week. In this new post, Samantha Jones will apparently examine how Number 10 is run and help set up the Office of the Prime Minister. Emma is joined by Rosa Prince, Editor of The House - which is Parliament's magazine - to find out more about her and the role. Last week’s Levelling Up white paper has promised a devolution deal to every part of England that wishes to have one by 2030. But what impact has devolution had on female political representation? We discuss with Jemima Olchawski, Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society and Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire, the only female metro mayor in England and Jackie Weaver, Chief Officer of the Cheshire Association of Local Councils. Sculpture of Licorcia by Ian Rank Broadley.

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0:00.0

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0:04.4

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

0:10.0

Let me ask you this.

0:11.0

Do you believe in politics as a force for good and for change?

0:15.3

Is it something you could imagine getting into?

0:18.0

Have you done it at any level?

0:20.6

While the foreign secretary Liz Truss is in Moscow telling her Russian counterpart to respect

0:24.7

the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine as Russia continues to deny that

0:28.8

it has any plans to invade but has 100,000 troops on Ukraine's border, the Prime Minister

0:33.9

is also travelling to Brussels and Warsaw and support of NATO allies and the Labour

0:38.0

leaders' Sakeer Starmer is expected to meet the NATO Secretary-General in Brussels later.

0:42.8

And yet at the same time, closer to home, the metropolitan police will email more than 50

0:47.7

people as part of its inquiry into lockdown parties at Downey Street and Whitehall.

0:52.6

A questionnaire will be sent to those that had been at those events on eight dates between

0:56.5

May 2020 and April 2021.

0:59.5

Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie are expected to be among the people emailed.

1:04.0

Well, is it something you think of as something you want to get involved with?

1:08.7

On one hand you can hear what's going on on a global level closer to home, whether

1:13.0

it's the buses, the transport, whether it's peacekeeping and talks at a higher level

1:17.2

with NATO allies, is it something for you?

1:20.9

Have you dipped your toe in?

1:22.1

Let me know.

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