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Julia Gillard
When Julia Gillard became Australian Prime Minister she was attacked by some for her wardrobe and for not having children. Germaine Greer and Julia Bed join Jenni to discuss.
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A ‘Proper Chat’
Comedian Justin Moorhouse and writer Lucy Mangan help Jenni decide just when is the best time for couples to have ‘a proper chat.”
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Anna Connell
As Manchester City celebrate winning the Premier League, Judy Merry reports on Anna Connell who founded Man City - believed to the only club in the world started by a woman.
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Birgitta Jonsdottir
Jenni speaks to Icelandic MP Birgitta Jonsdottir - a former member of Wikileaks, who now represents new Icelandic party The Movement.
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My Own Shakespeare – Zoe Wannamaker
As part of the BBC’s Shakespeare Unlocked season, Actress Zoe Wanamaker chooses her favourite piece of Shakespeare - the opening Chorus speech from Henry V, performed by Rory Kinnear.
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Julia Gillard
When Julia Gillard became Australian Prime Minister she was attacked by some for her wardrobe and for not having children. One of those who came to her defence was Germaine Greer, who wrote at the time that, “We like the way she looks, and we like the way she sounds.” So it perhaps came as a surprise when she went on Australian TV recently and after praising many of her policies said Gillard should stop wearing jackets that don’t fit her and that she has, quote, a ‘big arse’. The studio audience found it very funny – but does this leave Greer as guilty of personalising politics as those she herself once attacked.
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Anna Connell
Manchester City fans have been celebrating this week after the team won the Premier League title on Sunday after a 44 year wait. They beat Queens Park Rangers by three goals to two. And it’s believed to be the only club in the world to have been founded by a woman. Anna Connell was a vicar’s daughter who wanted to give local men something to do, to keep them out of trouble and crucially, out of the pub. When she started the team in 1880 they would play on a scruffy bit of derelict land. Now City is one of the richest clubs in the world, and desperate to unseat its illustrious Red neighbour, as THE team in Manchester. Judy Merry reports.
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When's the Best Time for a Proper Chat?
Finding the best time for a ‘proper chat’ can be tricky – some of us resent bed being used for anything but slumber or pleasure, some of us are at our most receptive first thing in the morning while others only really engage much later in the day. So when? Comedian Justin Moorhouse and writer Lucy Mangan help Jenni decide.
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My Own Shakespeare - Zoe Wanamaker
As part of the BBC’s Shakespeare Unlocked season, Actress Zoe Wanamaker chooses her favourite piece of Shakespeare; the opening Chorus speech from Henry V, performed by Rory Kinnear. To download this programme or others from the My Own Shakespeare series, go to the Radio 4 website.
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Birgitta Jonsdottir
Icelandic MP Birgitta Jonsdottir is not your traditional politician. A former key member of Wikileaks, she now represents a new party in the Icelandic parliament called The Movement, which she describes as a hit-and-run party aiming to use social media to bring about fundamental change in the political system. Today she is a keynote speaker at the Future Everything Conference in Manchester, where she will promote her belief that the twenty-first century will be the century, as she puts it, of the common people.
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BBC Radio 4Fri 18 May 2012 10:00 BBC Radio 4
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