Pole dancing, Best place to be a woman, Sexual harassment
Can pole dancing ever lose its sexual connotations? What is it like to live in towns marked by past tragedies? Sexual harassment in Westminster. Plus love in the Georgian era.
Pole dancing has been recognised by an international sporting body for the first time but can it ever lose its association with strip clubs and exotic dancing? Jane talks to Katie Coates, founder of the International Pole Sports Federation, and Kath Woodward, Professor of Sociology at the Open University in Milton Keynes.
As part of our Best Place to be a Woman series we discovered that Islington was the worst. We visited the North London borough a few weeks ago to meet the women living there. Today, we hear more from younger women facing certain challenges in their lives. Olivia Cope went to meet them at a youth club.
With more allegations of sexual harassment at Westminster, we'll be talking to co-leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas MP, ahead of a meeting with the Prime Minister on a new grievance procedure in parliament, and to Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen who had complained about the alleged conduct of a fellow MP.
Marisa Anderson, a solo guitarist from Oregon, reinvents traditional music. She brings blues, jazz, gospel and country to meet electronic, minimalism, drone and classical. Marisa joins Jane to talk about her love of guitars and to play live in the studio.
A new exhibition, Basic Instincts, at London's Foundling Hospital Museum explores Georgian attitudes to love, desire and female respectability through the radical paintings of Joseph Highmore. Jane talks to Dr Jaqueline Riding, curator, and Caro Howell, director.
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Why pole dancing should be classed as a sport
Duration: 05:32
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Do MPs need training in what consent means?
Duration: 01:11
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Sexual harassment
Duration: 09:48
Best place to be a woman
Duration: 10:44
Guitarist Marisa Anderson
Duration: 08:11
Pole dancing
Duration: 06:49
Basic Instincts
Duration: 06:40
Angel of Mercy by Joseph Highmore
Angel of Mercy by Joseph HighmoreCredits
Role Contributor Presenter Jane Garvey Presenter Olivia Cope Interviewed Guest Katie Coates Interviewed Guest Kath Woodward Interviewed Guest Caroline Lucas Interviewed Guest Andrew Bridgen Interviewed Guest Marisa Anderson Interviewed Guest Jacqueline Riding Interviewed Guest Caro Howell Performer Marisa Anderson Broadcast
- Mon 6 Nov 2017 10:00麻豆社 Radio 4
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