Lorna Luft on White Christmas. Mussolini's daughter. COP 27

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🗓️ 7 November 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Hailing from theatrical royalty, daughter of Judy Garland, actor and singer Lorna Luft is recognised as an iconic star of stage and screen. About to embark on a UK tour playing housekeeper Martha Watson in the much-loved musical White Christmas, she joins Emma Barnett to explain what draws her back to this role time after time. The Prime Minister is in Sharm El Sheikh for this year's COP27 UN climate change summit - after coming under some pressure to attend in person. But 110 country leaders will be there. Money will feature high on the agenda and is sure to be a sticking point in negotiations. Leaders of those representing developing countries want developed nations like the US, UK and those of the EU to pay for the "loss and damage" they've suffered. We hear from Elise Buckle co-founder of SheChanges Climate and environmental campaigner Georgia Elliott Smith who is not going to this COP A new biography of Edda Mussolini highlights her pivotal role in 1930s Italy during one of the most violent periods in human history. As the daughter of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini she was a powerful proponent of the fascist movement. Author of a new book all about her - Edda Mussolini the Most Dangerous Woman in Europe. - Caroline Moorehead joins Emma Barnett to talk about her role as a key role player and not just a witness to twentieth century European history. And we want your help. A listener got in touch to describe how, in a discussion with a male colleague about the gender pay gap, she was told to ‘not take it personally’ and ‘calm down’. She'd like you tips on how to as she puts it "tackle this rebuttal often used by men to silence women who attempt to challenge male dominance in the work place” Presenter Emma Barnett Producer Beverley Purcell

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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.
0:10.0	As the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson do the rounds
0:13.9	at COP27, the UN Climate Summit which kicks off in Egypt today, I wanted to test the
0:19.4	temperature with you about one of the newest motions tabled for discussion.
0:23.8	Having presented this programme for coming up to two years, I know the environment is
0:27.2	something that matters greatly to many of you.
0:30.4	Indeed, researchers consistently shown that women care and are more likely to make ethical
0:34.9	choices because of their concerns around climate.
0:38.4	Women are reported to be more likely to worry and report worry about both the impacts of climate
0:44.1	change and anxiety about the future of the environment than men.
0:48.2	And many also argue women are more vulnerable than men to the impacts of climate change
0:52.3	because they represent the majority of the world's poor and are proportionately more
0:56.2	dependent on threatened natural resources.
0:59.8	With economic pressures then on the home front and as we await that financial update
1:03.2	from the new chancellor, and with today's front pages to give you one example filled with
1:07.4	the news of the biggest ever strike by nurses looking to go ahead in a dispute over pay,
1:13.4	the 110 political leaders at COP are to debate the idea of climate change damages that
1:19.9	those countries which industrialised first should pay money to the developing countries
1:24.8	now bearing the brunt of fossil fuel economies and climate change leading to weather events
1:29.8	which wipe out homes, schools and businesses.
1:33.4	Do you support that?
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