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Woman's Hour

Strictly's Motsi Mabuse, New PM priorities, Author Holly Bourne on female friendship, Women and cost of living crisis

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Strictly judge Motsi Mabuse on her autobiography, Finding my Own Rhythm - from a young dancer in apartheid era South Africa to renowned Latin dance champion and TV star. Liz Truss is the UK's new prime minister. What will be her priorities? Which women will she promote in her first reshuffle? What will her leadership style be? We hear from Katy Balls; the deputy editor of The Spectator, and Hannah Al Othma from The Sunday Times. Pregnant women are advised not to drink alcohol, but what about eating fish? The guidance on this can be confusing - with many women avoiding fish altogether when pregnant. But a new study shows that avoiding fish could be the wrong thing to do. We hear from co-author professor Jean Golding who specialises in Paediatric and Peri-natal Epi-deemiology at the University of Bristol. With inflation running at over ten per cent, it’s understood that Liz Truss – who becomes prime minister later today – is considering a freeze on energy bills as one of her first acts in office. The Women’s Budget Group argue that women are less prepared to face cost of living rises, due to lower wages and savings, and in particular they are concerned about job losses for women working in small businesses which could result from increasing fuel costs. Women make up the bulk of those working in the hospitality, retail and care sectors. Sara Reis is the deputy director at the Women’s Budget Group and joins Jess to discuss their latest report. Holly Bourne writes fiction for teenagers and adults, and female friendship is central to her books. In her new adult novel Girl Friends, Jess and Fern are millennials whose passionate closeness as teens is central to both of their lives until things fall apart. When they meet more than ten years later they are forced to reassess their friendship and how it was shaped by the sexual politics of the time they grew up in. Presenter: Jessica Creighton Producer: Dianne McGregor

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts

0:06.0

Hello I'm Jessica Criton, welcome to the Woman's Hour Podcast.

0:09.4

Now from eight initial candidates Liz Truss later today will officially take over as the

0:14.4

new Prime Minister, the third woman to hold the post and also become leader of the Conservative

0:19.2

Party.

0:20.2

There are so many questions facing her, the biggest one being how she will deal with the

0:24.6

cost of living crisis.

0:25.9

We'll delve into that of course, but we'll also discuss how she will govern the country,

0:31.3

how she'll differ from what's gone before, who she is as a person and her leadership

0:35.5

star.

0:36.5

Also on the programme, how one organisation believes women are less prepared to face the

0:40.7

cost of living crisis than men.

0:42.9

Plus, we're almost at that time of year aren't we, when strictly come dancing takes up

0:48.0

as Saturday evenings, strictly dutch and award-winning dancer Motsi Maboussay will be in

0:54.0

the studio with me to talk about this year's competition and also her new autobiography

0:59.2

called Finding My Own Rhythm.

1:02.7

And that's exactly what I'd like to ask you about this morning.

1:05.7

What does dancing mean to you?

1:08.4

Now Motsi describes it as freedom, love, even therapy.

1:13.5

Tell us when and where you dance and why.

1:17.2

I am maybe hard to believe, but a little bit shy and don't like to dance in the middle

1:22.5

of a dance floor in front of everyone.

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