In January’s programme we talk to Kath Sansom who has just been named in the Independent as one of the female groundbreakers of 2017 because of her Sling the Mesh Campaign. We speak to Dr Kim Taylor, head of Spring Common school, who was awarded an OBE in the new Year’s Honours for services to education. And we meet Gary Chapman, a Cambridge … [Read more...]
21st Century Women: The Lego House
Linda Ness, Liz Kelly and Bobby Jones find out what we are up to this Christmas, learning cookery tips from aspiring chefs at Cambridge Regional College and tracking down a couple who build Christmas decorations out of Lego. … [Read more...]
21st Century Women: Rabia Nasimi
Hear the story of Rabia Nasimi whose family fled the Taliban and arrived in the UK as refugees. Rabia is now doing a PhD at Cambridge University. Sue Shorter talks about her work with Operation Christmas Child and describes what it was like watching gifts being distributed to children in Swaziland. And Kelly Mansfield, editor of a new magazine … [Read more...]
21st Century Women: Top 100 Women in Cycling
On today's edition we meet Roxanne de Beaux and Catherine Thomson who are among the top 100 Women in Cycling as named by Cycling UK; Author and artist Virginia Mayo talks about her exhibition in St Ives, and what it was like being diagnosed with MS. Local authors Miranda Doyle and Jane Menczer talk about their latest books, Lies and Unlikely … [Read more...]
21st Century Women: A14 Writer in Residence
21st Century Women talk to Daisy Johnson the writer in residence for the A14, Christine Hopwood from Cambridgeshire County Council’s fostering service, Cathy Sorbara, Hannah Laeverenz Schlogelhofer, and Madeline Brasier who are homeward bound to the Antarctic and Pat King who tells us how she dropped four dress sizes in six months. … [Read more...]
21st Century Women: August 2017
Bobby Jones has been looking into the world of dieting. She speaks to Kelly Gonsalves about how she lost 5 stones – and how success can be achieved by having a good support network around you. … [Read more...]
21st Century Women: Nikita Hari
Linda Ness meets Nikita Hari, one of the UK’s top 50 Women in Engineering; Livia Turner beat 132,000 children to win this year’s BBC Radio 2 500 words competition. Bobby Jones talks to her about how it felt to win live on air in front of 10 million listeners. And do you remember Jo Burroughes? She’s back from Iceland and tells Bobby all about the … [Read more...]
