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From No More Page 3 protests outside the Sun HQ to the banning of 'Blurred Lines' on campuses, from Malala's address to the UN to Wendy Davis's-13 hour filibuster in Texas, women have made their mark this year. So what issues unite and divide feminists? What challenges does the movement face? And what are the hopes for the year ahead? Laura Bates is the founder of the , Caroline Criado-Perez ran the successful campaign to and Reni Eddo-Lodge is a writer and prominent voice in the discussions calling for a wider representation in feminism.

Opposites attract (or so the age-old saying goes) but differing expectations during social occasions can be an issue of contention. If you’re a gregarious extrovert who thrives on champagne and small-talk and your partner is a pensive introvert who’d rather snuggle up in front of the fire, how will you navigate the festivities together? As we start counting the hours until midnight, Jenni talks to Relationship Psychologist Susan Quilliam to discuss why so-called ‘introverts’ get such bad press.

If you are planning to see in the New Year with a few drinks tonight, then tomorrow could start with some of us at least feeling a bit the worse for wear. So how do you clear away those cobwebs and not least that banging head that accompanies the morning after.  The chef Allegra McEvedy is no stranger to a good party and she gives Jenni some advice on the perfect food for hangovers. 

This week’s fifteen minute drama on Radio 4 is , based on the novel by Mrs Oliphant.  Margaret Oliphant, better known as Mrs Oliphant,  published nearly one hundred novels and her portrayals of provincial life have been compared to George Eliot and Anthony Trollope. But over the years Mrs Oliphant has been neglected. This new dramatisation by writers Kate Clanchy and Zena Forster brings to life the remarkable women portrayed in her novel  Hester, first published in 1883.  Jenni speaks to the two dramatists about Mrs Oliphant’s life and works and the process of distilling a 200,000 word novel into a 12,000 word play.