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Emma Thompson, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Muslim women in Rochdale, and what is 'butch'?

06/09/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Emma Thompson, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Muslim women in Rochdale, and what is 'butch'?

'Butch' - what does it mean and is it an insult? Presented by Jenni Murray.

Women from the Muslim community in Rochdale, Emma Thompson on Beatrix Potter, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall makes the perfect granita, and what is 'butch'? Presented by Jenni Murray.

In May this year 9 men from Rochdale were sentenced for the grooming and sexual abuse of young girls. Jenni speaks to three women from the Rochdale Muslim community about the impact that this case has had on them. Emma Thompson tells Jenni about taking up the baton from Beatrix Potter and writing a sequel to Peter Rabbit. Have the Democrats successfully cast themselves as the party of women's interests? Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall will be combining blackberries, apple and cream into the perfect fruity granita. And at PMQs yesterday David Cameron attacked Ed Miliband for not being butch enough. What did he mean? Presented by Jenni Murray.

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