Listener Week, Knitted art, Being vegan, Santiago at 70, Selling the family home
Jenni Murray presents a look at creating art on a 1950s knitting machine, a 500-mile pilgrimage alone, the impact of selling a family home and the attractions of a vegan lifestyle.
In the fourth of our Listener Week programmes we talk to listeners Hannah Phoebe Bowen and Lunda Kinnard about what attracts them to their vegan lifestyles.
70-year old Woman's Hour listener Maggie de Vos recalls how she walked 500 miles across Spain on a pilgrimage from Pamplona to Santiago. She self-published her diary 'Santiago at Seventy', and tells Jenni what motivated her to set out alone.
As part of our series Women in One, reporter Abigail Hollick asks a woman and her husband sitting on a bench by Albert Dock in Liverpool about bringing up their children.
Listeners feedback about the Woman's Hour item 'Getting Your Dream Job'.
22-year old textile design graduate and Woman's Hour regular listener Alice Blackstock from Bangor in Northern Ireland describes how she creates art on her 1950s knitting machine.
Listeners Sophie Jonas-Hill and Joan Willows discuss the emotional impact of selling the house they grew up in.
Presenter: Jenni Murray.
Last on
Chapters
-
Veganism
Listeners Hannah Phoebe Bowen and Lunda Kinnard talk about their vegan lifestyles
Duration: 08:12
-
Pilgrimage
70-year listener Maggie de Vos recalls how she walked 500 miles across Spain
Duration: 09:15
-
Women in One
A woman and her husband in Liverpool talk about bringing up their children
Duration: 03:08
-
Political knitting
Listener Alice Blackstock describes how she creates art on her 1950s knitting machine
Duration: 09:45
-
Selling the family home
Sophie Jonas-Hill and Joan Willows discuss the impact of selling their childhood homes
Duration: 09:23
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Jenni Murray |
| Interviewed Guest | Hannah Phoebe Bowen |
| Interviewed Guest | Lynda Kinnard |
| Interviewed Guest | Meurig Raymond |
| Interviewed Guest | Maggie de Vos |
| Interviewed Guest | Abigail Hollick |
| Interviewed Guest | Alice Blackstock |
| Interviewed Guest | Sophie Jonas-Hill |
| Interviewed Guest | Joan Willows |
Broadcast
- Thu 3 Dec 2015 10:00BBC Radio 4
Follow us on Instagram
Get all the pictures, videos, behind the scenes and more from Woman’s Hour
Podcast
-
![]()
Woman's Hour
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
