http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshourLatest news from Woman's Houren-gbFri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMTCopyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporationhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/BBC Radio 4http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/images/radio4_165x83.gifhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshourhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/01/2009_46_fri.shtml?rssfamilyThis year’s Booker Prize winner, Hilary Mantel, recently highlighted the acute loss she felt at realising she would never be a grandma. So what happens when having ridden the sorrow of having no children first time round it bites again later in life when all your friends are swapping news of grandchildren. Lesley Benson, a drama teacher who was unable to have children and Susan Seenon, from the support organisation ‘More to Life’ join Jenni in the studio to discuss. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/01/2009_46_fri.shtmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/02/2009_46_fri.shtml?rsspoliticsIn a public lecture at Gresham College on Tuesday, Baroness Ruth Deech criticised the Law Commission’s proposed change to the law that would give couples who live together for 5 years the same rights as those who are married if they separate (those who’ve lived together for between 2 and 5 years should receive half of what a spouse would in the case of separation). Baroness Deech said "women do not need and ought not to require to be kept by men after their relationship has come to an end". So would a cohabitation law ‘retard the emancipation of women’ as Baroness Deech said in that lecture, or does it offer financial security for women in cohabiting relationships? To discus the issues Jenni is joined by Baroness Deech and by Marilyn Stowe, a divorce lawyer based in Harrogate, who was on the committee that advised the Law Commission.http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/02/2009_46_fri.shtmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/03/2009_46_fri.shtml?rssmusicThe Australian artiste, Genevieve Lacey, is a recorder virtuoso who travels around the globe performing music spanning ten centuries. She’s credited with dragging the recorder out of the school assembly hall and into the 21st century sound lab. Although her formal training is in early music, she’s passionate about contemporary music and has collaborated with many modern composers. Genevieve is one of the leading artists performing at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. It's probably the biggest contemporary music festival in Europe and now in its 31st year. Genevieve will be joining Jenni to perform "The Grey Thrush" by John Rogers live in the studio.Genevieve’s concert will be held on Tuesday 24th November at 1pm in Phipps Hall, Huddersfield, and she’ll also be performing with Elision, the Australian Ensemble dedicated to performing contemporary music on Sunday 22nd November. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/03/2009_46_fri.shtmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/04/2009_46_fri.shtml?rssleadingwomenFour thousand photographs of inspirational women are needed to create a unique tribute to female rights campaigner Emmeline Pankhurst. Artist Charlotte Newson has been commissioned to create a new portrait which will become the first public artwork of the pioneering suffragette ever to go on show in her home city. The portrait, in the form of a photographic mosaic, will be unveiled at Manchester City Art Gallery on International Women’s Day, March 8th next year. Charlotte Newson joins Jenni to explain how Woman’s Hour listeners can be part of a unique tribute. How to take partPlease do not send any photographs to Woman's Hour - or any originals - as they cannot be returned. If you would like to take part and send in your copies of photographs of the women who have inspired you, you can do so in the following ways. 1. Drop a copy of your photograph off at Manchester Art Gallery, Central Library or the Pankhurst Centre. 2. Post a copy of your photograph to: Women Like Youc/o The Pankhurst Centre60 - 62 Nelson Street, ManchesterM13 9WP. 3. Send your photograph by email to: charlottenewson@hotmail.com.4. Upload your photo at the Women Like You Facebook site (see link below) Don't forget to let the Gallery know that you heard about the exhibition through Woman's Hour.http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/04/2009_46_fri.shtmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/05/2009_46_fri.shtml?rsssportNow today probably isn’t the best day to be out on the hills, to put it mildly. The conditions out there are bad enough to put off even the most hardened of mountain types, people like Rachel Crolla. Rachel, a teacher from Bradford, has just become the first woman to climb to the highest point of every country in Europe. It’s taken her more than ten years and she and her partner Carl McKeating have just written a book about it. We sent Caz Graham to meet her, where else, but half way up Sca Fell Point, England’s highest mountain.http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/05/2009_46_fri.shtmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT