Nadiya Hussain, Morocco earthquake, Equal pay, Wilderness
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Last week, Birmingham City Council effectively declared bankruptcy, issuing a section 114 notice, after it admitted an equal pay liability of £760m. Now the GMB, the UK's third largest Trade Union, says female care workers in Sunderland have been underpaid for years compared with the mostly male litter-pickers, and are making a similar claim against their council. Anita hears the latest from Rhea Wolfson, head of the GMB's National Equal Pay Department.
Since winning the Great British Bake Off in 2015, Nadiya Hussain has published seven cookery books, presented numerous TV shows and been awarded an MBE for services to broadcasting and the culinary arts. Nadiya joins Anita to talk about her latest book and BBC Two series, Nadiya’s Simple Spices, in which she concentrates exclusively on recipes from her Bangladeshi heritage, and creates recipes with eight spices.
The death toll from last Friday’s earthquake in Morocco has reached nearly 3,000 people. Three hundred thousand people are said to have been affected, including 100,000 children. The aftermath of earthquakes poses numerous challenges to women and children who are said to suffer the most during humanitarian emergencies. Anita speaks to Ridwana Wallace-Laher, CEO of the Penny Appeal, who has been working in Morocco, and the actor Laila Rouass, a British-Moroccan representative for Education for All, a charity which provides schooling for girls in Morocco.
Wilderness is a new Prime Video psychological thriller series which stars Jenna Coleman and Oliver Jackson-Cohen. It's the story of a young British couple, Liv and Will, who seemingly have it all. But their glamorous new life in New York changes dramatically when Liv learns Will has been seeing another woman. Liv's heartbreak turns into fury and revenge. Anita is joined by Marnie Dickens, the writer and creator of the series.
Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Rebecca Myatt Studio manager: Bob Nettles
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. Good morning. |
| 0:11.3 | Today's programme comes with a warning, a hunger warning. The wonder that is Nadia Hussein |
| 0:17.0 | will be in the studio to talk about her new book, which focuses on the eight spices and |
| 0:21.7 | the food of her Bangladesh heritage passed down through the women in her family. The food |
| 0:26.3 | she grew up eating. Spices, especially for those of us who grew up eating them, are so evocative. |
| 0:31.5 | The smell of cooking spices really takes me home. So this morning, I would like you all to tell me |
| 0:37.7 | about the smell that makes you think of home. Is it a particular spice? The baking of a certain |
| 0:43.4 | bread or cake or biscuit? Is it the smell of a bubbling bolognese or the Friday night takeaway? |
| 0:49.3 | Or salt and vinegar soaked fish and chip paper? That's a potent combo. For me, it's waking up to |
| 0:54.6 | the smell of onions and cumin, softening in butter. That is pure comfort. But what is the smell |
| 1:00.8 | of home for you? What smell instantly transports you to a place of comfort? And who does it remind |
| 1:05.8 | you of? Or is it something like the smell of a awake for it? A completed to-do list? Oh, I've not |
| 1:13.6 | smelled that one for a while. Whatever it is, eight for eight for four is the number to text. |
| 1:18.2 | You can also get in touch via email by going to our website. You can WhatsApp message or indeed |
| 1:23.7 | voice note me is 03700, 10444. And social media is at BBC Woman's Hour. We will also, today, |
| 1:31.4 | be getting the latest on the impacts of the catastrophic earthquake in Morocco on women and girls. |
| 1:36.9 | And I'll be talking to the writer and creator of a new TV thriller, |
| 1:40.8 | Marnie Dickens will be here to tell me all about wilderness. That text number once again, eight |
| 1:45.8 | for eight for four. The smell that takes you somewhere very comforting. And who does it remind you of? |
| 1:52.0 | But first, last week, Birmingham City Council effectively declared bankruptcy, |
| 1:57.5 | issuing a section 114 notice after it admitted an equal pay liability of £760 million. |
| 2:05.7 | Now the GMB, the UK's third largest trade union, says female care workers in Sunderland have |
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