Party Small Talk, Women and Slapstick, 2015 Fashion, Winning a Lotto Syndicate
How do you survive party chit-chat? We look at the fashion trends for 2015 (spoliers - get ready for pleather and gingham) and women in slapstick.
It鈥檚 coming up to New Year鈥檚 Eve. There will be parties and parties mean small talk. For some, this will be joy everlasting; for others, it is the social equivalent of scraping nails down a long blackboard. So is small talk an art we Brits are especially gifted at? We give you a survival guide to party chit-chat.
Why does slipping on a banana skin make people laugh? Comedian Lucy Porter and Dr Louise Peacock talk about the stars of slapstick from Lucille Ball to Miranda and how the relationship between women and slapstick is far from simple. Thya ask; who will be the new women stars of slapstick?
Plus, we all dream of winning the lottery and spend hours spending the fictional money. The National Lottery is 20 years old and there have been more than 3,700 Lotto-made millionaires since it began on 19th November 1994. We talk to two ladies who won 拢1.4million each as part of a syndicate in Driffield, Yorkshire. Sue Brusby and Sue Harris join Jane to discuss what life has been like since they joined the Rich List.
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Small Talk at Parties
It鈥檚 coming up to New Year鈥檚 Eve.聽 The peculiar mixture of glee and dread kicked in some weeks ago.聽 There will be parties.聽 And parties mean small talk.聽 For some, this will be joy everlasting; for others, it is the social equivalent of scraping nails down a long blackboard.聽 So is small talk an art we Brits are especially gifted at?聽 Or does our light mix of weather, traffic and children鈥檚 nativity plays make us the laughing stock of Europe?聽 Liz Brewer, Author of the Ultimate Guide To Party Planning & Etiquette and Dr Paul Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Communications Theory, join Jane to pass some time, and if needs be鈥� chat about the weather.Women and Slapstick
Slapstick across stage and screen has never gone out of fashion.聽 But the relationship between women and slapstick has been far from simple. In early 20th Century stars like Mabel Norman and Gloria Swanson had audiences in stitches; Lucille Ball got herself into all kinds of scrapes; French and Saunders were forever falling over each other.聽 Now Miranda Hart 鈥� slapstick star of modern lore 鈥� has had her last dance on television screens.聽 So who will be the new women stars of slapstick?聽 And why does slipping on a banana skin make people laugh anyway?聽 Comedian Lucy Porter will be talking at the Bristol Slapstick Festival in January; Dr Louise Peacock is author of Slapstick and Comic Performance; and both join Jane to talk about why a custard pie in the face is just intrinsically funny.Lottery Winners
鈥淚t Could Be You鈥� 鈥� the National Lottery is 20 years old.聽 There have been more than 3,700 Lotto-made millionaires since it began on 19th November 1994.聽 And for eleven women, part of a syndicate at Tescos in Driffield, Yorkshire, it 鈥榳as鈥� them. Nine years ago they shared a 拢18.2million win.聽 Sue Brusby and Sue Harris join Jane from 91热爆 Humberside to discuss what life has been like since they joined the Rich List.2015 Fashion Trends
Pleather, pleats, culottes鈥et ready for next year鈥檚 fashion trends with us. The Daily Telegraph columnist Judith Woods and style writer Polly Vernon put their own spin on what the designers think we should be wearing in 2015.
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Role Contributor Presenter Jane Garvey Producer Kirsty Starkey Interviewed Guest Liz Brewer Interviewed Guest Paul Young Interviewed Guest Sue Bruby Interviewed Guest Sue Harris Interviewed Guest Judith Woods Interviewed Guest Polly Vernon Interviewed Guest Lucy Porter Interviewed Guest Louise Peacock Broadcast
- Mon 29 Dec 2014 10:0091热爆 Radio 4
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