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BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hourhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshourLatest news from Woman's Houren-gbWed, 24 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMTCopyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporationhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hourhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/images/radio4_165x83.gifhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshourMaggi Hamblinghttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/01/2010_12_wed.shtml?rssartsFor almost 25 years, on Good Friday, the renowned painter, printmaker and sculptor Maggi Hambling has produced an Easter image in memory of her mother. This year many of the paintings have been brought together in an exhibition in the grounds of Canterbury Cathedral. Maggi joins Jenni to talk about the images, the ritual of producing them each year, and about her continued love for the Suffolk coastline. Easter Images: Art conversation - Maggi Hambling will be talking to Curator Nathaniel Hepburn about her Good Friday paintings on 31 March at Canterbury Cathedral. The exhibition runs from 27 March - 6 April 2010.http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/01/2010_12_wed.shtmlWed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMTChildren of sperm and egg donorshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/02/2010_12_wed.shtml?rssparentingChildren conceived with donated sperm or eggs after 2005 will be able to trace their biological parents once they reach the age of 18. But what if they have never even been told that one parent was a donor? Jenni asks Anthony Douglas, Chief Executive of CAFCASS, and Dr Evan Harris, Liberal Democrat MP, whether parents should be obligated to disclose their child’s origins.http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/02/2010_12_wed.shtmlWed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMTFashion for older womenhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/03/2010_12_wed.shtml?rssfashionIt’s been some time now since older women were confined to the twin set and pearls sections of the fashion spectrum. Today, with a multitude of shops on the high street, there should be something available for women who are not in the first flush of youth. But is there? With shops blaring out pop music, and sales assistants younger than ever before, how welcoming is the high street to older women? Do shops cater too much for teenagers shopping as a hobby for throw away fashion? And how easy is it to get the balance right between elegance and dressing appropriately? Jenni speaks to Louise Chunn, editor of Psychologies magazine, and Jo Hooper, head fashion buyer at the department chain John Lewis.http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/03/2010_12_wed.shtmlWed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMTCooking on a budgethttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/04/2010_12_wed.shtml?rssfoodThe cookery writer and broadcaster Tamasin Day Lewis is a champion of what she calls proper food - free range, organic and locally sourced. She also likes to use specialist ingredients perhaps not available at supermarkets but which she believes add an authentic flavour to the dish. Her latest book ‘Supper for a Song’ combines inexpensive basics with a touch of the more exotic, creating suppers which she believes won’t break the bank. She showed our reporter Sally Williams how to make an American favourite - Boston baked borlotti beans 'Supper for a Song', by Tamasin Day Lewis, is published by Quadrille, ISBN: 978 1 84400 743 1Boston baked borlotti beans recipe Deep flavours, deep and dark; sticky, intense and as savoury and piquant and mellow as you could wish for, this is the best version of the dish I have come up with. My take has blackstrap molasses and molasses sugar, runny honey, tamari, tomato and mustard, along with star anise. Classically, this dish is made with ham hocks, so you might like to add some pancetta or lardons, fried until the fat begins to run, or just keep it veggie. Borlotti beans retain their shape and texture well, so they are ideal for this dish.Start the day before, as you need to soak the beans first, or soak them in the morning and get cracking in the early afternoon.Perfect with sausages and mash, or just mash.serves 4225g/8oz borlotti beans or black-eyed peas, soaked in cold water for at least 8 hoursa sprig of rosemary2 bay leaves 1 onion, peeled and stuck with 2 cloves400g/14oz tin cherry tomatoes1 heaped tbsp blackstrap molasses1 tbsp runny honey1 level tbsp molasses sugar1 level tbsp grain mustard1 tbsp tamari saucea few shakes of Tabasco1 star anise5 white peppercorns8–10 thin slivers of lardo (optional)Drain the beans and put them into a medium-small, cast-iron cooking pot or similar pan and add the rosemary, bay leaves and onion stuck with cloves. Just cover with cold water and bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer and put the lid on. Put into a low oven at 140°C/Gas 1 or continue to simmer gently on top of the stove for an hour.Drain the beans and return them to the cooking pot, keeping their water to use for a soup; discard the herbs. Add the tomatoes to the beans. Thin the molasses with 2 tbsp of the saved hot cooking water and add to the beans with the runny honey and molasses sugar. Stir these together a little and then add the mustard, tamari, Tabasco, star anise and white peppercorns. Bring just to the boil again, then cover and continue to cook in the oven or slowly on the hob for another hour.Now remove the lid and turn the oven up to 180°C/Gas 4. The liquid will still be thin at this point. If using lardo, lay the slivers on top of the beans. Continue to cook for up to 3 hours, without a lid, until the liquid has turned into a thick, black, sticky gooey sauce. You may give the dish a gentle stir once or twice to amalgamate everything as it thickens and darkens.http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/04/2010_12_wed.shtmlWed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT �