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The sister of Corporal Anne-Marie Ellement, the Military Policewoman who committed suicide, gives her reaction to the coroner’s report into her sister’s suicide. The coroner found that bullying was a factor in Anne Marie’s death and he has called for the Ministry of Defence to review its care of vulnerable soldiers. Jenni talks to Sharon Hardy and Emma Norton from the human rights charity Liberty, which gave legal support to Anne-Marie Ellement’s family.Ìý

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When journalist Hannah Pool hosted a debate about the politics of afro hair at last year’s Women of the World festival, she knew that festival goers were interested in the subject, but didn’t expect what happened next.Ìý Footage of the debate has clocked up an extraordinary fifty thousand views on Youtube and she’s back, by popular demand, at the festival this year.Ìý So why are so many people keen to engage in a debate about hair?Ìý Hannah joins Jenni, along with hair and make-up artist Editi Udofot, to explain why.

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Sheila Chisholm (1895-1969) left the New South Wales sheep station on which she was born and came to England, Ìýwhere she became known as one of the most glamorous society women of the first half of the 20th century. ÌýHer connections spanned Buckingham Palace, Downing Street, Hollywood and the Kennedys. She married three men - a Scottish Lord, an English baron and a Russian prince – and attracted many others, including Prince Albert and Rudolph Valentino. ÌýHer friends included Evelyn Waugh, Wallis Simpson and Nancy Mitford. Journalist Robert Wainwright tells Jenni how he fell in love with the story of this Australian commoner who became a princess.

No dashing home to put dinner on the table, no leaving work to collect a sick child, no school runs; in many ways the years after your children have left home are the perfect time to focus on your career.Ìý Whether aiming for a promotion or seeking out a new direction entirely, once the juggling has stopped, why aren’t more women grabbing the opportunity to realise their ambitions?Ìý Or is it the case that workplaces haven’t woken up to the benefits of an experienced workforce who are free of commitments at home?Ìý Jenni speaks to entrepreneur Kate Lester and recruitment manager Rebekah Handford.

The journalist, author and campaigning feminist Gloria Steinem is 80 this month.Ìý She was at the forefront of the second wave of feminism in the 70s in the US .Ìý As part of the there’s a Ìýchance to hear anÌý interview with ÌýSue McGregor first broadcast on the programme in Ìý1977 and we’ll be discussing her work and influence with Rosie Boycott the co-founder of Spare Rib.