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Woman's Hour: Sewing, Victim Blaming & Daisy Edgar Jones

25/04/2020

Sewing, Victim Blaming & Daisy Edgar Jones

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Sewing, Victim Blaming & Daisy Edgar Jones

Sewing for Britain, Why we blame women for everything? & Daisy Edgar Jones

Why sewing is the perfect hobby during lockdown, why we blame women when they are victims of crime & the actor Daisy Edgar Jones on her role in Sally Rooney's Normal People

We hear why the lockdown is the perfect time to give sewing and mending your clothes a try with Ros Studd a textiles teacher; Dulcie Scott a TV costume designer and Esme Young the fashion designer and judge on The Great British Sewing Bee

Dr Jessica Taylor, a research Pyschologist and founder of Victim Focus tells us why victim blaming is endemic.

We look at the impact of death and dying during the pandemic and hear from Sarah Tully who’s dad died from Covid-19 and from Dr Rachel Clarke a specialist in Palliative Care and the clinical Psychologist Dr Frances Goodhart.

The author Stephanie Scott tells us about the true story behind her debut novel What’s Left of Me is Yours.

We hear how are different countries are responding to gender based violence during the pandemic, with Natalie Higgins, Senior Europe Producer for the BBC.

And the actress Daisy Edgar-Jones tells us about playing the role of Marianne in the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s best selling novel Normal People.

Presented by: Jenni Murray
Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed
Editor: Lucinda Montefiore

Guest; Esme Young
Guest; Ros Studd
Guest; Dr Jessica Taylor
Guest; Sarah Tully
Guest; Dr Rachel Clarke
Guest; Dr Frances Goodhart
Guest; Stephanie Scott
Guest Daisy Edgar Jones

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