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Food sustainability is a big global issue and increasingly we鈥檙e听 being told we鈥檒l need to find new sources of food to sustain our exploding population in the future. Many think the answer is to reshape our traditional diet patterns and听 consider听 new sources of food, one of those听 being insects . It鈥檚 estimated over two billion people currently eat insects as part of their everyday diet but in the West there remains strong resistance to entomophagy (the eating of insects). To discuss the merits and appeal of insect cuisine, chef, Andy Holcroft, and entomologist Dr Sarah Beynon join Jenni.听

Woman鈥檚 Hour has been discussing the theme of 听loneliness 听all听 this week. In the final discussion of the series we explore the type of听 loneliness that results when working life suddenly comes to a halt.听 Whether it鈥檚 because of听 retirement or redundancy, we may only fully听 appreciate the daily company and social stimulation 听a job provides once it鈥檚 gone.听听Jenni talks to retiree Nicole Smith and to Kim Barlow-Miles who was made redundant after twenty five 听years of working for the same organisation. She has since听 retrained as a psychotherapist and now runs her own practice.

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A new 鈥榓pp鈥� for smartphones has launched in France called 鈥榟appn鈥� and it aims to foster romance on the lonely isles of public transport.听 Users are presented with pictures and details of other passengers and can indicate whether or not they have a 鈥榗rush鈥�, and if the feeling is mutual, they can contact each other.听 It鈥檚 like a 21st century Brief Encounter.听 But people have been falling in love for years on busy train carriages or crowded buses.听 Jenni is joined by Bryony Wood,听editor of the Metro鈥檚 鈥楻ush Hour Crush鈥�, the section of the newspaper where people can place ads to follow up on that romantic encounter that made their dull trip into work extra special, and by听Joanna Moriarty who found love on her busy commute.

This week MP鈥檚 took evidence from Registrars about sham marriages 鈥� marriages that take place for reasons other than love by those attempting to gain long-term residency and the right to work and claim benefits in the UK. The number of suspected sham marriages being reported by registrars has doubled in four years and that鈥檚 not accounting for those 听that have not been reported to the authorities. Marriage is being used, say both registrars and the government, as a massive loophole that people are exploiting to stay in this country. Mark Rimmer, Chairman of the and听Jasvinder Sanghera from join Jenni to discuss the issues.

A new exhibition has just opened at featuring the work of female artists Marlow Moss and Claude Cahun. Both women gave themselves androgynous names and challenged society鈥檚 notions of gender through their appearance and behaviour but their work was very different. Moss was a Constructivist whose art, at first glance, resembles the paintings of Mondrian. Cahun created photographic self-portraits which bring to mind the work of Cindy Sherman and Francesca Woodman although she predates both of them by decades. I spoke to Sarah Brown, curator of Exhibitions at Leeds Art Gallery and asked her to describe their work.