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Woman's Hour: Noor Inayat Khan: secret agent; BBC & Stonewall; Female MPs, Parliamentary standards & second jobs; Tim Stanley

Noor Inayat Khan: secret agent; Female MPs, Parliamentary standards & second jobs; Tim Stanley; Toxic relationships;

Noor Inayat Khan: secret agent; BBC & Stonewall; Female MPs, Parliamentary standards & second jobs; Tim Stanley

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Noor Inayat Khan: secret agent; BBC & Stonewall; Female MPs, Parliamentary standards & second jobs; Tim Stanley

During WWII, hundreds of women served as secret agents as part of military intelligence.

The Special Operations Executive is a branch of military intelligence that specialised in espionage & sabotage behind enemy lines, & during WWII hundreds of women acted as agents.

The BBC has withdrawn from a workplace diversity scheme run by Stonewall. Last night the BBC director general, Tim Davie, said it was “unquestionable” that its ongoing participation in the scheme “has led some organisations and individuals to consider that the BBC cannot be impartial when reporting on public policy debates where Stonewall is taking an active, campaigning, role”. On behalf of the BBC Emma is joined by Rhodri Talfan Davies, who is Director of Nations and sits on the corporation's Executive Committee.

With the latest on the row over standards in public life – and the activities of MPs in particular. Is there a reason why there are more men in the line of fire than women? We hear from former Conservative MP Anna Soubry and Dr Hannah White, Deputy Director at the Institute for Government.

'Whatever Happened to Tradition?'  is a book by Daily Telegraph journalist Tim Stanley. He argues that the Western tradition is anti-tradition,  that we have a dangerous habit of discarding old ways and old knowledge. Sometimes, he argues, we used to do things better and we ignore this at our peril.  Emma talks to Tim about his views on family, feminism, culture,  sexuality, gender relations and more.

During World War Two, hundreds of women served as agents in the Special Operations Executive, a branch of military intelligence which specialised in espionage and sabotage behind enemy lines. We’re joined by history teacher Shalina Patel to tell their remarkable stories, and to look at how they are commemorated today.


Presenter: Emma Barnett
Producer: Kirsty Starkey

Interviewed Guest: Rhodri Talfan Davies 
Interviewed Guest: Anna Soubry
Interviewed Guest: Hannah White
Interviewed Guest: Tim Stanley
Interviewed Guest: Shalina Patel

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