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Woman's Hour

Kate Atkinson, Cricket Builds Hope, Deborah Harkness

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Serena Williams is at the centre of a debate about sexism after the US Open Singles Final at the weekend. Sports writer Anna Kessell joins Jane.

Kate Atkinson is the bestselling author of ten novels. She talks to Jane about her latest book Transcription about a young woman recruited during World War II into the world of espionage.

Mary Maina, Rwandan cricketer, coach and programme manager at charity Cricket Build Hope, explains how the charity is using cricket as a tool for tackling gender inequality.

Author and historian Deborah Harkness discusses her All Souls Trilogy and its adaption for a major new TV series, A Discovery of Witches.

Catching up with Jo Clift who came on the programme during Listener Week to discuss "the complex decision and feelings about letting your hair go grey after years of colouring".

Presenter: Jane Garvey
Producer: Lucinda Montefiore. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Anna Kessell
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Atkinson
Interviewed Guest:
Mary Maina
Interviewed Guest:
Deborah Harkness
Interviewed Guest:
Jo Clift

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