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Woman's Hour: Weekend Woman's Hour: Nigel Slater, Sexual harassment, Celebrating real-life role models

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16/12/2017

Weekend Woman's Hour: Nigel Slater, Sexual harassment, Celebrating real-life role models

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Weekend Woman's Hour: Nigel Slater, Sexual harassment, Celebrating real-life role models

Nigel Slater on his Christmas memories and dark chocolate spice cake.

Nigel Slater on his Christmas memories. Plus celebrating real-life female role models, and will the last few months prove a watershed moment for sexual harassment?

Nigel Slater is one of Britain's most influential food writers and cooks. His new book The Christmas Chronicles is a collection of notes, stories and recipes for midwinter.

Will the last few months prove a watershed moment for sexual harassment? The founder of Everyday Sexism Laura Bates, activist and writer Bea Campbell, academic and broadcaster Emma Dabiri and Sarah Baxter deputy editor of the Sunday Times discuss.

This year's Royal Institution Christmas Lecturer is Sophie Scott, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London. Sophie discusses the theme of language and communication and debunks the common myths around women's brains. 

Real-life female role models are being celebrated in books for younger readers with some runaway success stories. What makes someone a convincing role model? Space expert and author Libby Jackson and Dr Hetta Howes, a lecturer in medieval literature at the University of London, discuss.

An online shop has released images of plus-size tights being stretched out over skinny models' bodies to demonstrate their size. One picture shows a model standing fully in one leg of the tights. Hear reactions from the plus size model Olivia Campbell and fashion blogger Bethany Rutter. 

For some women, it's clear that having children is part of their future; for others it's definitely not. But what about when you're just not sure? Comedy writer Sian Harries and dating and relationships coach Katherine Baldwin discuss ambivalence towards becoming a mother.

Author Nina Stibbe's new book is timely An Almost Perfect Christmas. Why is Christmas such a source of amusement for her? She joins Jane to discuss the highs and lows of Christmas jollity and fun.

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