In this edition we hear about Mantenatal classes – that’s antenatal classes held specifically for Dads to be, run by Jenny Barrett from the NCT. Ever thought about finding your food in the wild? We go out and about foraging with Kerry Bowness who teaches people how to find edible treats in the hedgerows. And have you fancied living on a houseboat, … [Read more...]
21st Century Women: Dame Mary Archer
In July's edition we meet Dame Mary Archer who talks about her love of science and her ambition to get more women involved; Are you or is someone you know deciding whether to breastfeed or not? We speak to Debbie Abbott who is a breastfeeding counsellor with the NCT. And we meet artist Jill Whittaker from the art group Links and Layers. … [Read more...]
21st Century Women: DIDI & Bianca Seymour
Linda Ness chats to Didi – otherwise known as Lauren Deakin-Davies – who talks about making the transition from music producer to artist; Bobby Jones meets Bianca Seymour who tells her what it’s like to work as a woman barber and Suzie Thorpe meets Sark chocolatier Caragh Couldridge, who talks about her life on the island and how she set up her … [Read more...]
21st Century Women: Heidi Allen, Karli Millard & Kira Gibson
21st Century Women talk to South Cambridgeshire MP Heidi Allen who tells us how she got into politics – and what she would want to do if she stops being a politician; Karli Millard is a branch manager of timber and builders merchants Ridgeons – she tells us what it’s like to work as a manager in a male dominated industry; and Kira Gibson tells us … [Read more...]
21st Century Women: Julie Deane of the Cambridge Satchel Company
On this month’s show Suzie Thorpe talks to Julie Deane OBE, the founder and CEO of the Cambridge Satchel Company; Louise Wilson meets chef Charlotte Gin who tells us about her passion for food, and what it’s like to work in male dominated kitchens. And Liz Kelly chats to Julie Miles who has set up workshops where people can get together and do a … [Read more...]
21st Century Women: Marion Moss, Norris Museum & Ruth Ellis
21st Century Women talk to Marion Moss who has worked at the Fields Children’s centre in Cambridge for a remarkable 30 years. Marion talks about working at the centre and her fears for the future. Alison Naylor the Community Projects Officer at the Norris Museum in St Ives talks about the 1950s exhibition they're running. … [Read more...]
21st Century Women: Dr Deborah Thom, Jess Hawkins & Frances Reid
This month 21st Century Women discusses the 100 year anniversary of women's suffrage with Dr Deborah Thom, we hear from 14 year old Jess Hawkins who donated her long hair to the Princess Trust and we follow the varied career of Frances Reid from the BBC to bread maker. … [Read more...]
