Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was 26 when her novel Purple Hibiscus was nominated for the Booker Prize and three years later won the Orange Prize for Half a Yellow Sun. Since then she has written the critically acclaimed novel Americanah and had her feminist TED talk featured on Beyonce's song Flawless. She joins Jenni to discuss her collaboration with No 7 cosmetics.

The third in our series 'Becoming a Mother: A Hot Cup of Tea with Hollie McNish' where the poet lifts the lid on some of the more hidden sides of motherhood. Today she meets Fiona Putnam who suffered from acute postnatal psychosis after the premature birth of her daughter.

Plus, what is vulgar when it comes to fashion. Is it bad taste, excess or too much flesh on show? Ahead of an exhibition at the Barbican Exhibition maker Judith Clarke, and Fashion Director for the Times, Anna Murphy, discuss how the fashion world is afraid of being called vulgar.

And Joy Spence the world's first female master blender, talks about what the job entails and introduces Jenni to the many flavours of a well blended bottle of rum.

Presented by Jenni Murray
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