How successfully do novelists write about the opposite sex? Do artists make good political leaders? What does it take to bluff your way through literature?
In a special programme from London's Royal Festival Hall, Jenni Murray welcomes novelists Penelope Lively,
Deborah Moggach and Howard Jacobson , journalists
Blake Morrison and Jill Tweedie , and the MP Joyce Quinn. Also on stage,
Judi Dench reads
The True Primitive by Elizabeth Taylor , from the Woman's Hour Book of Short Stories. Music Toots Sweet. Producers Mary Sharp and Janet Lee
Editor Clare Selerie-Grey