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Petula Clark, Jo Wood

Duration:
58 minutes
First broadcast:
Thursday 28 February 2013

Petula Clark performs live in the Woman's Hour studio and Jenni Murray talks to Jo Wood about life on tour with the Rolling Stones. We hear about a project to improve women's health in the rural Indian state of Bihar. And is the current vogue for craft skills and cooking sending women back to the 50s or should we celebrate sewing and creativity in the kitchen ? Jessica Mann and Tessa Evelegh discuss.

Chapters

5 items
  • Petula Clark

    Now in her 80s, the singer is back with a new album, Lost in You

  • Craft Mania

    Is today's trend for crafting anti-feminism?

  • Mobile Kunji

    Felicity Finch reports from India on a health initiative for women and children in Bihar

  • Jo Wood

    Jo Wood on her life as a businesswoman, campaigner and ex-wife of Ronnie Wood

  • Dementia Tests

    Professor Nick Fox on the purpose of the apparently odd questions used to assess dementia

  • Petula Clark

    Petula Clark has been a star all her life. She started singing at seven, made her radio debut at nine, appeared at the Royal Albert Hall at 11, and has sold over 68 million records. Now in her 80s, she is back with a new album, Lost In You. Petula sings live in the studio.

  • Crafting

    The Official Woman's Hour Tea Cosy

    Is the trend for sew-your-own and home-making crafts just another way of telling women to get back into the kitchen?

    Guests: Jessica Mann, author of The Fifties Mystique and Tessa Evelegh, author of The Great British Sewing Bee


    Get the pattern for the Official Woman's Hour Tea Cosy created for us by by Belinda Boden, Jane Chadwick and Jess Quinton

  • Mobile Kunji

    Renu & Ahalia with Kunji Cards

    The rural state of Bihar has some of the worst levels of literacy and maternal and infant mortality rates in India but a pioneering project is providing an innovative approach to improving health by using mobile phones.  

    Organisations involved in the project include: BBC Media Action and the “Ananya” programme set up by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

    Woman's Hour India Special

  • Jo Wood

    For 20 years Jo Wood worked as Ronnie’s PA on all the Rolling Stones’ tours. She talks about the highs and lows of their relationship, the drugs, the tours, the very public breakdown of her marriage and how she moved on to become a businesswoman.
    Hey Jo, A Rock and Roll Fairytale, by Jo Wood, published by Harper Collins.

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