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Woman's Hour: Dame Melinda Simmons, British Ambassador to Ukraine, Fully female clergy, Twin sisters on pregnancy & miscarriage; Quilting

Dame Melinda Simmons, British Ambassador to Ukraine, Fully female clergy, Twin sisters on pregnancy & miscarriage; Quilting

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Dame Melinda Simmons, British Ambassador to Ukraine, Fully female clergy, Twin sisters on pregnancy & miscarriage; Quilting

Twins Chloe and Lydia Hamilton share their story of coping with pregnancy and miscarriage.

Dame Melinda Simmons, British Ambassador to the Ukraine, looks back on the year since Russian forces invaded. Ferren Gipson on the legacy of the Gee’s Bend Alabama Quilters.

It is a year since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. The war has severely impacted social cohesion, community security and the resilience of local communities, especially women and girls. Approximately 5.4 million people have been displaced inside Ukraine, and 8 million people have registered as refugees across Europe.  Woman’s Hour speaks to the UK ambassador to Ukraine, Dame Melinda Simmons her only UK interview on this first anniversary.

Leicester Cathedral is celebrating having a fully female clergy team in what it believes might be a first for England. Hayley Hassall speaks to one of the team of 5, the canon pastor Reverend Canon Alison Adams at Leicester Cathedral. 

What do you do when something amazing happens to you whilst someone you love is going through something terrible?…a sibling, a best friend…or even a twin.  That is what happened to twin sisters Chloe and Lydia.  When Chloe was days away from giving birth, Lydia experienced her second miscarriage and it tested their bond to the limit.  They join Hayley to share their story. 

Do you sew or quilt? ‘The New Bend’ is the name of an exhibition running at the Hauser and Wirth gallery in Somerset until 8 May. It showcases the work of 12 contemporary artists and quilters whose work pays homage to the enduring legacy of the women of the Gee’s Bend Alabama quilters, who were quilting as early as the 19th century in the Alabama Black Belt in America.  Hayley is joined by Ferren Gipson - art historian, textile artist and author of ‘Women’s Work: From Feminine Arts to Feminist Art’ to discuss quilting and reclaiming the idea of ‘women’s work’ within the history of art.

Presented by Hayley Hassall
Producer: Louise Corley
Studio Engineer: Bob Nettles

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