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Woman's Hour: Imtiaz Dharker, Catherine Nicholson and Agnes Poirier, Clare Murphy, Dr Alison Smith

14/02/2022

Imtiaz Dharker, Catherine Nicholson and Agnes Poirier, Clare Murphy, Dr Alison Smith

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Imtiaz Dharker, Catherine Nicholson and Agnes Poirier, Clare Murphy, Dr Alison Smith

The language of love and poetry with Imtiaz Dharker.

On Valentine's Day, the award-winning poet talks about her favourite love poems and writing tips for those who want to compose something for the person they love today.

The award-winning poet Imtiaz Dharker has specially selected her favourite "Love Poems" together in a beautiful collection for the Folio Society.  There are recent and ancient poems, poems that talk about the animal magnetism of love and others of more profound devotion,  but they have all been arranged carefully to speak across centuries and cultures. Imtiaz also shares with Emma her writing tips for those who want to compose something for the person they love today.

A record number of women are standing in the French presidential elections in April across the breadth of the political landscape. It’s the first election since the global #metoo movement and  commentators are considering whether this could have an impact on the outcome. We hear from Catherine Nicholson  who is the European Affairs Editor at France 24 TV and Agnes Poirier UK Editor of L'Express.

At-home early abortions were introduced at the start of the pandemic to prevent the number of people visiting clinics, but the legislation is due to expire next month. We speak to Clare Murphy, boss of BPAS, about her fears for pregnant women if the government revokes the measures. 

You may have been online searching for long-lost members of your family - trying to build that family tree. But now there's a chance to search pictures of relatives too.  The National Portrait Gallery has teamed up with the website Ancestry to upload thousands of portraits of well-known and ordinary people it has in their collection.   But the gallery has also announced a competition giving the public the chance to submit their own family photos to be selected and displayed. Dr Alison Smith from the  National Portrait Gallery tells us how people can make their entries.

Presenter: Emma Barnett
Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
Studio Manager: Giles Aspen

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