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Woman's Hour: Julia Bradbury, Porn in Parliament, Female Life of Pi

28/04/2022

Julia Bradbury, Porn in Parliament, Female Life of Pi

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Julia Bradbury, Porn in Parliament, Female Life of Pi

Julia Bradbury joins Emma to discuss her documentary Breast Cancer and Me.

The presenter Julia Bradbury talks to Emma about her new documentary Breast Cancer and Me. 

Conservative Party Whips are conducting an investigation after two female MPs say they witnessed a colleague watching porn on his mobile phone in the House of Commons. The Attorney General Suella Braverman joined Emma, along with the feminist and activist Dr Helen Mott who's been involved in advising parliament in it's cultures of sexism and violence against women. 

Music journalist Jude Rogers has written a book, The Sound of Being Human, part memoir, part exploration of how music is interwoven into our lives from before birth to beyond the grave.  She joins Emma to talk about the power of music.

The ‘Homes for Ukraine’ scheme was introduced last month by the Government in an attempt to encourage UK citizens to sponsor Ukrainians who are fleeing the war. Judith Hutchinson is one such sponsor and has supported Oksana Melashchuk, a Ukrainian citizen, and her two children. Last week she drove them from Romania to Calais. A month on and Oksana still awaits her visa despite her children having been issued them, meaning she can't enter the UK -- she's currently waiting in Dunkirk. Emma spoke to Judith.

Payal Mistry has made history as the first woman to play the role of Pi in the West End production of Life of Pi. Payal usually plays the role of Rani, Pi’s sister, but understudies the title role. She joins Emma to discuss the experience and why she thinks more shows should cast both men and women as understudies.

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