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Last broadcast on Sat, 24 Oct 2009, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues that matter to them.
Fi Glover is joined by broadcaster and writer Dame Joan Bakewell.
With poetry from Matt Harvey.
STUDIO GUEST: DAME JOAN BAKEWELL
Saturday Live favourite Dame Joan Bakewell joins us in the studio this week.
All the Nice Girls by Joan Bakewell is published by Virago Press.
DIVORCED AT 61: SUE PLUMTREE
Sue Plumtree is the reality behind the statistic of an ever increasing divorce rate amongst those in their sixties.
BODY DOUBLE: LATIF YAHIA
Latif Yahia was forced to take on the role of body double for Saddam Hussein's son Uday - effectively his bullet catcher.
I WAS THERE: GILL MADEN
Gill Maden recalls the glory days of being an air stewardess on the pre-test flights for the BOAC Comet 4 planes in 1959.
INHERITANCE TRACKS: RANKIN
Photographer Rankin chose 'Two Little Boys' by Rolf Harris and 'It Had To Be You' by Frank Sinatra.
Rankin's Destroy, an exhibition of collaborations with over 70 musicians and visual artists is at Phillips de Pury London from the 9th - 21st November.
POET: MATT HARVEY
No Guarantee
– a risk-assessment sonnet for anyone on the brink of a significant emotional investment
No human love comes with a guarantee
that it will last forever and no-one
would dare ask for a short-term warranty.
What’s here today tomorrow may be gone.
When you’ve been left that’s it. You are bereft.
No company will offer personal cover,
no version of Third Party, Fire and Theft
with No Claims Bonus for a long-term lover.
There could be no financial compensation
for love that’s lost. It’s simply too expensive.
As yet no known form of remuneration
could meet a claim on Fully Comprehensive.
There are no guarantees – so let’s be honest:
a heart can break as easily as a promise…
Post
yes I know it’s a shame
to see postmen stand on pickets
with their hands deep in their pockets
when they could be popping packets
through our hungry letterboxes
while their leaders and their bosses
play pass the parcel with the blame…
but let’s not knock it – make the most
there’s never been a better time
to say the cheque is in the post…
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