As I noted on Tuesday, this week’s Women’s Outlook show was light on books and heavy on politics. In the first half hour Paulette and I quiz two Bristol experts on legal aid. What the government is doing in this area is quite despicable, and makes no economic sense whatsoever. It is depressing listening, but a valuable insight into just how ideology-driven the current “austerity” drive is.
The second half hour is a lot more upbeat. Paulette and I talk to a lovely lady called Rose Young who is running an oral history project aimed at collecting the stories of black immigrants living in Wiltshire. Alongside the more serious discussion of racism, we manage to touch on important things like cricket and Caribbean food. Paulette mentions Turtle Bay, which is a new restaurant chain being launched in the UK. They have branches in Nottingham, Southampton and Milton Keynes, and open in Bristol later this month. I can’t wait.
Both of those segments are available in the first hour on our Listen Again site.
The second hour kicks off with some light-hearted discussion of parties, and includes a shout out to Kevin. After that Paulette interviews the amazing Cleo Lake who runs the Caribbean carnival in Bristol. And we wrap up to hour with our memories of the Margaret Thatcher era. The Guardian article by Russell Brand that I quote from is available here.
Adrian, our techie, who now has his own Polish/English music show on before ours, played us out with one of my all time favorite pop sings. It’s a bit clichéd for a women’s interest show but it is awesome, and on Listen Again it cuts off half way through. If you are as disappointed by that as I was, here’s Saint Cyndi doing what she does best: having fun.
I can’t remember the name, helpfully, but there is a very good organisation in Bristol which is directed at getting Indian and Pakistani women out of the city, and to various countryside events: I am planning to contact them to invite them down to Glastonbury at some point.
Turtle Bay sounds good – Trevor is already making plans.
Cool. When you remember the name, let me know and I’ll see if I can get them on the show.
Which reminds me, Shout Out is now syndicated on Glastonbury local radio, so you’ll occasionally get a chance to hear me on air. If you ever do anything that gives me an excuse to feature you on an LGBT show let me know. It will be good to have a Glastonbury story to run.
I will – thanks!