Rosamund Pike; Violence against grandparents; No-fault divorce; Florence Given
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
We look at the first UK study into the physical, emotional and financial abuse of some grandparents who are looking after their grandchildren as part of kinship care arrangements. Jane talks to the author of the report Dr Amanda Holt, a Reader in Criminology at the University of Roehampton and to Lucy Peake, the CEO of the kinship care charity Grandparents Plus.
The scientist Marie Curie is recognised throughout the world but how much do you really know about her and her ground breaking Nobel prize winning discoveries? The Oscar nominated star of Gone Girl and A Private War Rosamund Pike on playing the Nobel prize winning scientist Marie Curie in the film Radioactive.
The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill currently before Parliament means that “no fault” divorce is set to finally become law. Under the proposed law, a spouse could start divorce proceedings by stating a marriage has broken down irretrievably, rather than allege adultery, unreasonable behaviour or desertion. Family lawyers have long called for the reform to reduce unnecessary conflict between couples, especially where children are concerned. We discuss what it will mean.
Florence Given is a 21-year-old artist, writer and feminist. In 2019 she was named Cosmopolitan’s Influencer of the Year. She has over 400,000 followers on Instagram. She has just written her first book, Women Don’t Owe You Pretty. She joins Jane to talk about body image, relationships, sexuality and why girls and women don’t owe prettiness to anyone.
Presented by Jane Garvey Produced by Sarah Crawley Interviewed guest: Dr Amanda Holt Interviewed guest: Lucy Peake Interviewed guest: Rosamund Pike Interviewed guest: Liz Trinder Interviewed guest: Holly Atkins Interviewed guest: Florence Given
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| 0:42.0 | Hi this is Jane Garvey, it is Tuesday the night. podcasts. Hello, good morning. We've got a cracking lineup today, including the actor Rosamund Pike, who will talk about playing Mary Curie in her latest film radioactive. |
| 0:59.0 | And you'll hear too from Florence Givens, she's only 21. She is an influencer, an artist and now an author. Her book is called |
| 1:07.1 | Women Don't Ow You Pretty. If you don't know her name, I bet your young daughters do and they'll be really |
| 1:13.7 | interested in what Florence Given has got to say on the program today. And no |
| 1:17.8 | fault divorce could be coming your way soon, she says cheerfully. So that's later in the program. Your thoughts on that |
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| 1:33.0 | Now we know that more than 200,000 children in the UK are being looked after by relatives |
| 1:39.4 | or friends because their parents can't care for them. |
| 1:42.4 | Often grandparents fulfill that. because their parents can't care for them. |
| 1:43.0 | Often grandparents fulfil that role. |
| 1:46.0 | Just 5% though of those grandparents are formerly foster carers |
| 1:50.0 | getting financial help. |
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