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13/02/2010

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With Jane Garvey. Including Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and actress Kelly McGillis.

With Jane Garvey. Including Liberal Democrats' leader Nick Clegg, domestic drudgery in the 1930s, cooking with eggs, and the actor Kelly McGillis.

With Jane Garvey. 

Including, as part of Winning Women's Votes, the first of the programme's interviews with the party leaders. Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, talks about his plans, if were to be elected to No. 10. You can hear what he has to say on such issues as childcare provision, parental leave and tuition fees. 

In 2005 Bee, a BBC World Service journalist, contacted May, an English-speaking Iraqi university lecturer, to ask if she would give an interview about living conditions in Baghdad in the run-up to the elections. An unlikely friendship blossomed between Bee, who was living the quiet life juggling work and children, and May, who was dealing the daily terror of bombs and violence. The collection of their emails over a four-year period has resulted in a new book, Talking about Jane Austen in Baghdad. The two women talk to Jenni about their correspondence and why it had a life-changing effect on both of them. 

Kelly McGillis was one of the most successful film stars of the 1980s, appearing inTop Gun, Witness and The Accused, to name but a few. Then she walked away from stardom to concentrate on the theatre. She joins Jenni to talk about her life and career.   

Plus the working class and their domestic lives in the 1930s, and, after the revelations about Margaret Thatcher's egg diet, a celebration of the great egg revival with some tasty dishes.

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