Deborah Warner; Cook the Perfect Tapas; Lilian Pizzzichini
Presented by Jenni Murray. Director of Testament of Mary, Deborah Warner; Lilian Pizzichini on her memoir Music Night at the Apollo; and Sam Clark on How to Cook the Perfect Tapas.
The Virgin Mary is Christianity's most important female figure, but little is revealed about her in the Bible. The Testament of Mary, at the Barbican in London addresses the question of how Mary might have felt about the extraordinary and violent events of her son's life.
The radical Nigerian Islamic group Boko Haram, whose name loosely translates as "Western education is forbidden", has admitted that it abducted more than 200 girls from their school in Northern Nigeria three weeks ago. Pressure on the Government to find the girls remains intense, and pressure from the international community is increasing. So what does this tragedy say about the role of women in Nigerian society?
In 2006 writer Lilian Pizzichini was addicted to drink and drugs, but holding down a job. She took the advice of a fortune teller and bought a 70-foot narrowboat moored on the Grand Union Canal in London. Her memoir "Music Night at the Apollo" - charts her 12 months on the boat, her descent into addiction, and how she learnt about her working-class roots.
Lady Mary Feilding was a Victorian philanthropist who founded a charitable body called The Working Ladies' Guild in 1877. Records relating to the early years of the Guild have recently been re-examined and these documents provide a fascinating insight into the lives of these 'distressed gentlewomen' in Victorian Britain.
Plus Sam Clark, chef and co-founder of Moro restaurant, will Cook the Perfect Tapas dish - grilled peppers with crispy capers.
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Mausi Segun on the impact of Boko Haram
Duration: 06:42
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Sam Clark cooks the perfect Tapas dish
Duration: 07:43
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Impact of Boko Haram attacks on girls in Nigeria
Mausi Segun from Humans Rights Watch on the rights and roles of Nigerian women
Duration: 07:08
Lilian Pizzichini
Lilian on 鈥淢usic Night at the Apollo鈥 a real life memoir of her descent into addiction
Duration: 06:52
Cook the Perfect...Tapas
Chef Sam Clark cooks grilled peppers with crispy capers.
Duration: 08:46
Lady Mary Feilding
The life and legacy of Lady Mary who founded The Working Ladies鈥 Guild
Duration: 10:19
The Testament of Mary
New play about how Mary might have felt about the extraordinary events of her son鈥檚 life.
Duration: 08:14
IMPACT OF BOKO HARAM ATTACKS ON GIRLS IN NIGERIA
The radical Nigerian Islamic group Boko Haram, whose name loosely translates as 鈥淲estern education is forbidden", admitted this weekend that it abducted more than 200 girls from their school in Northern Nigeria three weeks ago.听 Pressure on the Government to find the girls remains intense, and pressure from the international community is increasing. So what does this tragedy say about the role of women in Nigerian society?听 How often is violence used to control them?听 Mausi Segun, the Nigerian researcher for the campaigning group , tells Jenni about the rights and roles of women in Nigeria and how these attacks are affecting the uptake of education by girls.
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LILIAN PIZZICHINI
In 2006 writer Lilian Pizzichini was addicted to drink and drugs, but holding down a job.听 She took the advice of a fortune teller (鈥測ou will cross water to find your home鈥), and bought a 70-foot narrowboat, the 鈥淎dam Bonny,鈥 on the Grand Union Canal in Southall. 听She lived on it for a year, became immersed in an underworld of drugs, vagrants and criminals and lost her job.听 Lilian joins Jenni to talk about 鈥淢usic Night at the Apollo鈥 鈥 a real life memoir of her descent into addiction, 12-months on a boat, the prostitutes and pimps that run the streets and how in between hangovers and come-downs she researched her working-class roots.
COOK THE PERFECT鈥APAS
Chef and co 鈥揻ounder of Moro restaurant, Sam Clark, will be cooking the perfect Tapas dish -听grilled peppers with crispy capers, which Sam says can transform any dish. The recipe is taken from her new book Morito, written with her husband Sam.
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Morito by Sam and Sam Clark, is published by Ebury.
LADY MARY FEILDING
Lady Mary Feilding was a Victorian philanthropist who founded a charitable body called The Working Ladies鈥 Guild in 1877.听听听 The organisation鈥檚 purpose was to provide work and other assistance for 鈥榞entlewomen鈥 who had fallen on hard times and were unable to support themselves.听听 The Guild continued to operate in this form until the 1930鈥檚 and it lives on today as a residential home for the elderly in Highgate in North London.听听 Records relating to the early years of the Guild have recently been re-examined and these documents provide a fascinating insight into the lives of these 鈥榙istressed gentlewomen鈥 in Victorian Britain.听听听 Louise Adamson has been finding out about the life and legacy of Lady Mary with the help of Anne Bancroft, who lives at the ; the historian, Dr Anne Summers and Sam Hurley, who is a descendant of Lady Mary鈥檚 brother.
THE TESTAMENT OF MARY
The Virgin Mary is Christianity鈥檚 most important female figure, but relatively little is revealed about her character in the Bible.听 Colm Toibin鈥檚 play, The Testament of Mary, has just opened at the Barbican in London and it addresses the question of how Mary might have felt about the extraordinary and violent events of her son鈥檚 life.听 Jenni speaks to director Deborah Warner about staging Mary鈥檚 monologue.Credits
Role Contributor Presenter Jenni Murray Interviewed Guest Lilian Pizzichini Interviewed Guest Deborah Warner Interviewed Guest Sam Clark Interviewed Guest Mausi Segun Producer Beverley Purcell Broadcast
- Wed 7 May 2014 10:0091热爆 Radio 4
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