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Woman's Hour: DJ songwriter Sister Bliss.  Deaths from cocaine. Starting a business during lockdown.

DJ songwriter Sister Bliss.  Deaths from cocaine. Starting a business during lockdown.

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, DJ songwriter Sister Bliss.  Deaths from cocaine. Starting a business during lockdown.

Sister Bliss DJ, songwriter. Starting a business during lockdown. And why is the number of women dying from cocaine use increasing so rapidly?

Sister Bliss is a  DJ, songwriter and one of Britain’s most iconic and long lasting female electronic artists.  She is perhaps best-known as a member of the British electronic band Faithless. She joins Katya to talk about her thirty year career,  going from the underground club scene to sell-out arena shows. 

Female deaths due to cocaine have risen by 26.5% in 2019, according to the ONS. Why is the number of women dying from cocaine use increasing so rapidly? 

The UK economy has taken a real hit  during the pandemic with figures suggesting women with small business start ups in areas like beauty, leisure  and hospitality being worst affected.   But the crisis also seems to have spurred on many  others to take the plunge and go out on their own.  

And Dr Polly Russell the lead curator of  a major new exhibition Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women’s Rights’  which opens at the British Library  tells us  how the work of contemporary feminist activists in the UK has its roots in the long and complex history of women’s rights. 

Presenter  Katya Adler 
Producer  Beverley Purcell

GUEST;    Ian Hamilton
GUEST;    Maxine Luckhurst
GUEST;    Molly Masters 
GUEST;    Emma Jones
GUEST;    Dr Polly Russell

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