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Woman's Hour: Mary Trump: TikTok and parents; Social mobility and the creative industries

24/07/2020

Mary Trump: TikTok and parents; Social mobility and the creative industries

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Mary Trump: TikTok and parents; Social mobility and the creative industries

Mary Trump on the book she has written about her famous uncle.

In court in New York last week President Trump’s niece, Mary J Trump found out that a temporary restraining order on her book about her uncle was going to be lifted.  She joins Jenni to talk about Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created The World’s Most Dangerous Man.

Editor-in-chief of ELLE magazine and board member of the Social Mobility Commission, Farrah Storr, chats to Jenni about launching their first ever mentoring scheme to find the next generation of creatives. The September issue of the magazine is traditionally the big fashion issue. However, this year the magazine is shifting focus to what’s next and how to rebuild the fashion industry after the pandemic.

For many households, Tiktok has been a go-to for distraction and entertainment during coronavirus. The video-sharing app has around 800 million active users around the world, but this week, the app is back in the news over concerns over links to the Chinese government regime. We speak to BBC World Service reporter and Tiktok user Sophia Smith-Galer, and journalist and mother of Tiktok users, Zoe Williams about what the app offers and how concerned parents should be.

The novelist Josephine Cox has died at the age of 82. She wrote more than 60 books and sold over 20 million copies- Her works include Two Sisters, The Beachcomber and Her Father's Sins. She grew up in poverty in a cotton mill house in Blackburn in the 40s and 50s. She was one of 10 children, sleeping six to a bed. She spoke to Jenni in 2001 about the novel the Woman Who Left – based on her own experiences growing up in Blackburn.

Presented by Jenni Murray
Produced by Sarah Crawley
Interviewed guest: Mary J Trump 
Interviewed guest: Farrah Storr
Interviewed guest: Anya
Interviewed guest: Maria
Interviewed guest: Sophia Smith Galer
Interviewed guest: Zoe Williams
Interviewed guest: Josephine Cox

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