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#MeToo in the British Army, Dominic Cummings, Women & Art: How We Look, Geriatric Millennials

#MeToo in the British Army, Dominic Cummings, Women & Art: How We Look, Geriatric Millennials

A former senior Army officer is calling for the military to have a 鈥#MeToo moment鈥 and is claiming that hundreds of female troops have been raped and sexually abused by colleagues. Lt Col Diane Allen, who served for 37 years, says the Armed Forces are being run by 鈥渁 toxic group of privately-educated white senior officers鈥 We talk to Diane Allen and also hear from the Defence Minister Baroness Goldie.

Dominic Cummings, the Prime Minister鈥檚 former chief advisor, will today face questions from senior MPs over the government鈥檚 response to the pandemic. Cummings is a controversial figure in Westminster, and since leaving his position as Boris Johnson鈥檚 top aide, he has not gone quietly, making a series of damning claims against the Prime Minister and government. But would the media and political coverage have been the same had he been a woman? Caroline Nokes, the Conservative chair of the Women and Equalities Committee, joins us to discuss.

Art historian Catherine McCormack has just published an impassioned book, Women in the Picture: Women Art and the Power of Looking. She argues that women's identity has long been stifled by dodgy narratives and a limited set of archetypes. For art history to remain relevant, she says, we need to look again and reconsider many of the classics displayed in art galleries.

What generation do you define as? The term 'geriatric millennial' went viral last week, after writer Erica Dhwan used it to describe the micro-generation born between 1980 and 1985. Erica believes they make particularly good employees due to their experience of life before the digital world. Rosa Silverman, a senior features writer at the Telegraph, says she is proud to self-define as one of the around 5 million UK geriatric millennials in the UK.

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Chapters

  • Martin Bashir 'Babes in the wood' case

    • Martin Bashir 'Babes in the wood' case

      91热爆 director happy to meet with Michelle Hadaway after yesterday's interview

      Duration: 02:58

  • Dominic Cummings MPs questioning

    • Dominic Cummings MPs questioning

      Dominic Cummings will today face questions from senior MPs

      Duration: 12:51

  • Geriatric Millenials

    • Geriatric Millenials

      The term 'geriatric millennial' went viral last week

      Duration: 12:22

  • #Metoo British Army

    • #Metoo British Army

      A former senior Army officer is calling for the military to have a 鈥#MeToo moment鈥

      Duration: 15:40

  • Women and art

    • Women and art

      Art historian Catherine McCormack has just published an impassioned book

      Duration: 09:02

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  • Wed 26 May 2021 10:00

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