Listen :
Availability:
Available to listen.
Last broadcast on Thu, 22 Jul 2010, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 (FM only).
Synopsis
Presented by Jane Garvey. In 1940, Alec Bristow published the wartime classic "How to Run an Allotment, his daughter Jane talks about the legacy of the book. Teaching children to read - are synthetic phonics the only way? Back in the 1950s, two schoolfriends Jackie Hockridge and Terry Cryer formed The Taylor Maids, they tell Jane about why they've reformed for Edinburgh and trafficked women and the Olympics - how big a problem is it likely to be?
Illiteracy in primary school children
‘So Why Can’t They Read?’ is the title of a report this week suggesting that illiteracy in primary schools could be due to a failure to teach phonics. Miriam Gross, the author of the report, talks to Jane about her findings, and why a ‘child-led’ culture may also be to blame. Jane also speaks to John Bangs, Head of Education at the NUT, who believes the real problems in children’s reading lie elsewhere.
The Taylor Maids
In 1957 Jackie Hockridge and Terry Cryer, stars of 1950s cabaret and musicals, formed a dance act called The Taylor Maids. They split up four years later, but 50 years on they have reformed and are playing at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. They join Jane to discuss their musical partnership, and perform live in studio.
The Taylor Maids are performing at the Gilded Balloon in Edinburgh from the 4-19 August.
Trafficked women and the Olympics
Major sporting events inevitably lead to a rise in demand for prostitutes in the host city. It's two years to go until the Opening Ceremony for London 2012, and support services for sex workers are already reporting rises in prostitution around the Olympic site. So what plans are being made to prevent a sex trafficking disaster on the scale that was experienced in Athens in 2004? Jane talks to Ruth Breslin from the charity for trafficked women The Poppy Project, and to Richard Martin, Commander of the specialist police unit set up to investigate human trafficking.
Allotments
It’s been 70 years since ‘How to run an allotment’ by Alec Bristow, was first published. This guide to basic allotment gardening helped inspire Britons to grow their own in the wartime ‘dig for victory’ campaign. The book has just been republished, and the author’s daughter, Jane Nelson, discusses how allotment gardening has changed since the original publication. Karen Kenny, from the National Association of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners, talks about how people are using their allotments today.
'How to Run an Allotment', by Alec Bristow, first published in 1940, is published in 2010 by Beautiful Books Ltd
Chapters
-
Chapter 1
A new report suggests that illiteracy in primary schools could be due to a failure to teach phonics. Jane is joined by report author Miriam Gross and John Bangs, Head of Education at the NUT.
-
Chapter 2
In 1957 Jackie Hockridge and Terry Cryer formed a dance act called The Taylor Maids. They split up four years later, but 50 years on they have reformed and are playing at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
-
Chapter 3
Jane talks to Ruth Breslin from the charity for trafficked women The Poppy Project, and to Richard Martin, Commander of the specialist police unit set up to investigate human trafficking.
-
Chapter 4
‘How to run an allotment’ by Alec Bristow has been republished. Jane is joined by the author’s daughter, Jane Nelson and Karen Kenny, from the National Association of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners.
Broadcast
-
Thu 22 Jul 201010:00
© 2012~RS~q~RS~~RS~z~RS~00~RS~){kind=small}