Kate Winslet, Professor Sue Black, Chloe Smith, Beryl Cook
Kate Winslet on her new film which examines the pressures of social media on young girls and Professor Dame Sue Black on the latest developments in forensic investigations.
Oscar winning actor Kate Winslet stars alongside her real life daughter Mia Threapleton in Channel 4鈥檚 female led drama series 鈥業 am..鈥�. The feature length episode tells the story of Ruth, a mother, who becomes concerned for her teenage daughter鈥檚 welfare, after she witnesses her retreating more and more into herself. Freya has become consumed by the pressures of social media and is suffering a mental health crisis. The story was developed and co-authored by Kate and Dominic Savage. Kate talks to Emma about the issues examined in the film and working with her daughter.
This year the Royal Institute Christmas Lectures will be given by Professor Dame Sue Black; one of the world鈥檚 leading forensic investigators. She is currently the President of St Johns College Oxford, but her previous achievements include heading the British Forensic Team in Kosovo, identifying victims from the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, and convicting Scotland鈥檚 largest paedophile ring. In the lectures she will share the real-life scientific detective process that she uses to identify both the dead and the living. She tells Emma Barnett how she will be separating crime fiction from fact using examples from her own casebook.
Conservative MP Chloe Smith is one of a number of parliamentarians who have already announced they won鈥檛 be standing at the next General Election in two years time. Aged only 40 she has served in a range of ministerial positions including her last post when she made it to the cabinet as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions albeit for only seven weeks during Liz Truss鈥檚 brief tenure as Prime Minister. What have been her main achievements? and what does she plan to do with her life after leaving the commons?
The work of the British artist, the late Beryl Cook, has been given a new lease of life in a gallery in New York. The exhibition, entitled, Beryl Cook Takes New York, is the first ever exhibition of her work abroad. Cook's colourful pictures documented ordinary people in their every day surroundings and she was known for her robust women and men, all seemingly having a fantastic time. Celebrities such as Whoopi Goldberg and Yoko Ono own her work. Emma speaks to Beryl鈥檚 daughter in law, Teresa Cook and Rachel Campbell-Johnston about her enduring appeal.
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