Women playwrights; Does the education system fail boys?
Does the education system fail boys? Sally Nicholls on her new ghost story for teenagers about the legacy of fostering and adoption. Can you control what pictures of your children appear online? The 100 great female playwrights. With Jane Garvey.
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Is Conventional Education Designed To Suit Girls Better Than Boys?
Dr Alice Sullivan of the Institute of Education & Executive Headteacher Louise Nichols
Duration: 11:50
Isabel Marant
Lisa Armstrong, Fashion Editor at the Telegraph, on the French designer Isabel Marant
Duration: 05:33
How Can We Control Images Of Our Children On The Internet?
Media law barrister Christina Michalos on rights and images of our children online
Duration: 05:46
Great Plays For Women
Director of Tonic Theatre, Lucy Kerbel, and playwright Diane Samuels join Jane to discuss
Duration: 09:33
Sally Nicholls
Children鈥檚 book prize author Sally Nicholls on her latest novel Close Your Pretty Eyes
Duration: 07:40
Is Conventional Education Designed To Suit Girls Better Than Boys?
Last week we heard from the head of the University and Colleges Admissions Service, Mary Curnock Cook, who is on our Power List. She contended that the fact that girls now outperform boys at every level of education was a 鈥榮ignificant social problem鈥�.听Jane is joined by Dr Alice Sullivan from the Institute of Education, and by Executive Headteacher of Kingsmead and Gayhurst schools in Hackney, Louise Nichols, to discuss how much of a concern this issue is, and what, if anything, can be done to better support boys in school?
Isabel Marant
Buzz about French designer Isabel Marant鈥檚 new collection for H&M has been building for weeks. Shoppers queued from four am on the day of release, and her trademark fringed boots sold out in 20 minutes. Lisa Armstrong, Fashion Editor at the Telegraph, discusses the appeal of limited collections with Jane.
How Can We Control Images Of Our Children On The Internet?
A mother whose three year old daughter was filmed without her knowledge, and then her image used in an online campaign, is furious because she believes there is nothing she can do to have the video removed. So what rights do you have over images of your children posted on the internet? Media law barrister Christina Michalos explains.
Great Plays For Women
It is often said 鈥榯here aren鈥檛 any good plays for women鈥�.听In order to dispel this myth Lucy Kerbel, the Director of , set out to investigate, and has听compiled a personal guide to 100 plays that put female performers centre stage.听She joins Jane to discuss听these, along with听the playwright , whose own play is included in the book.
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100 Great Plays for Women by Lucy Kerbel is published by Nick Hern Books
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Lucy Kerbel discusses her book with Kate Mosse at the National Theatre Platform on 20 November
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is playing at the Theatre Royal in Brighton from 18-23 November, and the tour continues in 2014
Sally Nicholls
Jane speaks to children鈥檚 book prize author about her latest novel Close Your Pretty Eyes.听11 year old Olivia Glass has been in care since the age of five, and enters her sixteenth foster home only听to discover that it was the home to the notorious and real-life Victorian baby farmer Amelia Dyer, who was hanged for murdering hundreds of babies.听Sally describes why she chose a ghost story and psychological thriller听to write about children in care.
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Close your Pretty Eyes by Sally Nicholls is published by Scholastic
Credits
Role Contributor Presenter Jane Garvey Interviewed Guest Sally Nicholls Interviewed Guest Lucy Kerbel Interviewed Guest Diane Samuels Interviewed Guest Lisa Armstrong Interviewed Guest Louise Nichols Interviewed Guest Dr Alice Sullivan Interviewed Guest Christina Michalos Producer Caroline Donne Broadcast
- Tue 19 Nov 2013 10:00麻豆社 Radio 4
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