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Just when the dust was settling on the tussles at the top of the Liberal Democrats, the row about Lord Rennard’s behaviour with women has resurfaced. His apology expressing regret that he may have intruded upon the ‘personal space’ of four women has been rejected by three of them who want him expelled from the party. How badly does this damage the appeal of the party to women supporters and potential voters? With speculation about Nick Clegg’s leadership rife, where are the future female leaders? And what should the party do about its lack of women at Westminster? Joining Jane Garvey to discuss are Bridget Harris who brought a complaint against Lord Rennard and former party press secretary and journalist Miranda Green.

Reverend Mpho Tutu explains how a tragic event in her own life lead her to write a book with her father Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The Book Of Forgiving is a practical guide to healing and moving on. Though the importance of forgiveness has been demonstrated by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa and in countless other contexts around the world, how do you actually do it? 

An advert for the charity was recently launched. With over 6 million views online its’ chairman, Mark Brooks, says it aim is to highlight that men are also victims of domestic abuse.  Mark joins Polly Neate, Chief Executive of , with Jane Garvey to discuss if highlighting male victims diminishes the situation of the women who statistically are more likely to experience domestic abuse.

Welcome is the sequel to Louisa Young's bestselling novel, My Dear I Wanted to Tell You, set before and during the First World War in which working-class boy, Riley Purefoy falls in love with upper-class bohemian Nadine Waveney. Riley enlists at the age of 18 and comes under the command of lanky, gentle Peter Locke.  A quintet  of characters emerge as the fates of Riley, Nadine, Peter, Peter's wife Julia and cousin Rose are intertwined. joins Jane to talk about her new book set in 1919 in which her characters deeply wounded by the pain of war are also reaching for new beginnings.

An archive interview with Lady Mary Soames, Winston Churchill's last surviving child, who died on Saturday after a short illness. Jane Garvey interviewed her two and a half years ago around the publication of her memoir, A Daughter's Tale, an account of her early years.