Women and Pensions
A look at women's access to the full, new, flat-rate state pension; erectile dysfunction; Jackie Collins and the seven basic emotions and their history
In April 2016 the new flat rate state pension comes in but thousands of women won't be able to access to the full amount that others will. Dot Gibson, General Secretary of the National Pensioner's Convention voices her organisation's concerns and Josephine Cumbo, pensions correspondent at the Financial Times, explains why this has happened. Mark Storor uses art to address difficult topics. For his latest piece of theatre he spoke to men about erectile dysfunction. Following the announcement of the death of the writer, Jackie Collins, we celebrate the life of the queen of the ‘bonkbuster’ by looking back to her interview with Jane back in 2008. At that time, Jackie’s latest book was ‘Married Lovers.’ During her career, she sold more than 500 million books and her stories of strong and independent women, glamorous locations and just a bit of sex touched a chord with readers around the world. According to many emotionologists there are seven 'basic emotions' which are felt universally. Tiffany Watt-Smith joins Jane to explore the history of emotions.
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Women & Pensions
Dot Gibson & Josephine Cumbo discuss the effect of 2016’s new flat rate state pension
Duration: 11:45
Erectile Dysfunction
Mark Storor on his theatre piece inspired by men’s accounts of erectile dysfunction
Duration: 08:58
Jackie Collins
In tribute to the queen of the 'bonkbuster', we revisit a 2008 interview with Jackie
Duration: 12:02
History of Emotion
Do we have seven ‘basic emotions’? Tiffany Watt-Smith delves into the history of emotions
Duration: 07:32
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Role Contributor Presenter Jane Garvey Interviewed Guest Dot Gibson Interviewed Guest Josephine Cumbo Interviewed Guest Mark Storor Interviewed Guest Leighton Seal Interviewed Guest Tiffany Watt-Smith Interviewed Guest Jackie Collins Producer Kirsty Starkey Broadcast
- Mon 21 Sep 2015 10:0091Èȱ¬ Radio 4
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