Remembering Toni Morrison

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.1 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

We remember the woman considered the greatest American writer of the twentieth century – the Nobel Prize winner, Toni Morrison, who died on Monday.

The number of crimes being reported to the police involving children attacking their parents has doubled in the last three years from around 7,000 to 14,000 incidents. That’s according to data obtained by BBC Yorkshire following Freedom of Information requests. The BBC has been given exclusive access to the ‘Getting On’ course in Doncaster. It’s one of just a handful of similar courses across the country, designed to help parents and children find a solution to this type of abuse.

Former Blue Peter presenter, actress and author Janet Ellis joins Jenni to discuss her new novel 'How It Was', the follow-up to her acclaimed debut, The Butcher’s Hook. It looks at the generational divides between mothers and daughters, and deals with difficult topics such as parental bereavement, miscarriage and inappropriate underage relationships.

Scottish songwriter and musician, Karine Polwart is known for her politically charged folk songs. In her new album she gives a folk twist to the Scottish pop hits of her childhood and plays her interpretation of Deacon Blue’s ‘Dignity’ live in the studio.

Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Kirsty Starkey

Interviewed Guest: Emma Glasbey Interviewed Guest: Janet Ellis Interviewed Guest: Karine Polwart

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0:41.0	Hello Jenny, welcome you to the Women's Hour Podcast for Wednesday the 7th of August.
0:47.0	In today's program we remember the woman considered the greatest American writer of the 20th century, the Nobel Prize winner Tony Morrison who died on Monday.
0:56.3	Janet Ellis has published her second novel, How It Was.
1:00.9	She's a woman looking back on her life in the 1970s as a wife and mother with a troubled
1:06.0	relationship with her daughter. And we'll have live music from Corrine Polwatt from her
1:11.9	new album, A Scottish Songbook. Police forces across the country have found
1:18.0	that the number of crimes involving children attacking their parents has doubled in the last three years from around
1:24.7	seven thousand to fourteen thousand. The figures have been uncovered by BBC Yorkshire after they made a freedom of information request.
1:34.6	They were invited to attend a course in Doncaster called Getting On.
1:39.2	It's one of a handful of similar schemes around the country which aim to help parents and children find a
1:44.4	solution to this type of abuse. Emma Glasgow is BBC Yorkshire Home Affairs Correspondent
1:50.7	and joined us from Leeds. The figures are from 19 forces around the
1:56.3	country. How seriously would she say police and local authorities are taking
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