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Scotland has voted No to Independence.Ìý Fifty five per cent voted to remain in the United Kingdom. Some weeks ago, when the polls were showing it was too close to call which way the vote would go, it was suggested that, if the Better Together side were to win, it would probably be women who would swing it.Ìý Alison Dowling whoÌýcampaigned for Better Together and Rachel Ormston,Ìýdirector of the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey join Jenni to discuss what impactÌýfemale voters had?

There is a strong, but neglected tradition of women's poetry written in response to the events of the First World War.Ìý Just as the soldier poets came to speak for a ‘lost generation’ these women poets speak for the women whose lives were also blighted. is from Oxford Brookes University and is a poet who has written about the experiences of her soldier husband. They’ll be exploring who are these forgotten poets, and what women have to say about war?Ìý

Suzette Davenport recently came out as the first openly gay female chief constable of a UK Police Force.Ìý But how easy is it for women working in the police to be open about their sexuality? The Police Superintendents’ Association of England and Wales recently asked gay members their experiences at work, and found nearly half fear the consequences of revealing their sexuality while rising through the ranks. Chief SuperintendentÌýMike GallagherÌýof theÌýMetropolitan Police who compiled the report, and Steph Morgan, a retired assistant chief constable, and who up until the beginning of this year, lead on LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) issues for ACPO (the Association of Chief Police Officers) join me to discuss what more needs to be done to remove the stigma faced by gay or Lesbian police officers.

Twenty one years ago interviewed four relatively unknown poets about the impact of gender and nationationality on their poetry and on their sense of identity.Ìý Today, Carol Ann Duffy is the first female Poet Laureate, Gillian Clarke is the National Poet of Wales, Liz Lochhead is the Makar or National Poet of Scotland, and Eavan Boland is a highly distinguished scholar-poet. For this Saturday Peggy speaks with them again and ask them to reflect on the state of women’s poetry today.ÌýÌý She joins us to discuss how the poetry landscape for women has changed.