Clare Connor, Archers BRCA storyline, Yassmin Abdel-Magied

About this episode

Nuala McGovern discusses women's cricket, equality issues, cancer genetics in The Archers, and Yassmin Abdel-Magied's new novel.

The Women’s T20 cricket world cup begins on Friday. Nuala McGovern talks to Clare Connor, former England women’s captain, now the outgoing Managing Director of England Women. Over her 18 years in the job Clare has overseen the professionalisation of the women’s game as well as a big boost in the grassroots participation. Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch is arguing that the Public Sector Equality Duty should be scrapped. This duty exists to make public authorities think about things like discrimination and the needs of people who are disadvantaged, or suffer inequality, when they make decisions about how they provide their services. This is in addition to their legal obligation not to discriminate against protected groups, including women, under the Equality Act. We speak to BBC political correspondent Alex Forsyth. The Archers on BBC Radio 4 has been exploring cancer genetics. When Pip discovered a lump in her breast, old fears were revived for her mother Ruth, who survived breast cancer many years earlier. BRCA genes can lead to a higher chance of developing cancer and Pip begins to worry she may be at risk. Felicity Finch, who plays Ruth Archer, joins Nuala along with…

People in this episode

Host: Nuala McGovern

Guests: Clare Connor, Felicity Finch, Julian Barwell, Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Topics covered

• women's cricket
• equality
• cancer genetics
• BRCA genes
• literature
• women's rights

Keywords

• women's cricket
• BRCA
• cancer genetics
• equality duty
• Yassmin Abdel-Magied
• At Sea
• Felicity Finch
• Julian Barwell

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC Radio 4, The University of Leicester

Books & works: At Sea

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