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Woman's Hour: Nurses on strike, comedian Cally Beaton, teacher Andria Zafirakou, root smudging

Comedian Cally Beaton, teacher Andria Zafirakou, root smudging

Nurses on strike, comedian Cally Beaton, teacher Andria Zafirakou, root smudging

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Nurses on strike, comedian Cally Beaton, teacher Andria Zafirakou, root smudging

Cally Beaton on becoming a comedian in the latter half of her life

Cally Beaton on swapping a TV executive career to becoming a comedian; teacher Andria Zairakou on the number of children she sees coming into school hungry and unwashed

Two nurses, Heather who is a Specialist Community Nurse for a London NHS Trust and Mary, who works as an A&E nurse in Leeds, explain why they are joining the picket line today.
Cally Beaton had a high-flying career as a TV executive. But she swapped the boardroom for the comedy club after receiving career advice from none other than Joan Rivers. Cally joins Jessica Creighton to describe how she has now achieved her comedy goal by making her debut appearance on the Christmas Special of Live at The Apollo’ at the age of 53. 
Breaking up for the Christmas holidays is exciting for a lot of children but for some it means a stop to one guaranteed warm meal a day in a heated place. We’re joined by teacher Andria Zafirakou, who’s seeing children come to school hungry and unwashed.
Lockdown caused a lot of us to change our habits permanently including when it comes to our hair. Lots of people let their natural grey take over – and now there’s even a trend emerging where people are purposefully showing their roots. Hairdresser Sofia Sjoo joins Jess.
For those who are grieving the loss of a loved one - Christmas time can be a very difficult period – even more so when it’s the first Christmas without them. One listener got in contact us with to suggest that we feature an item at this time on how to talk to parents whose child or children have died. Ruth’s son Fergus was just twelve years old when he died of cancer in May this year. She joins me now. 

Presenter: Jessica Creighton
Producer: Lucinda Montefiore

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