Jamie Oliver; The sandwich generation of carers

Jamie Oliver first appeared on our screens as the Naked Chef in 1999. Since then he was written a string of bestselling cookery books, he has campaigned to improve school dinners, negotiating with feisty dinner ladies and the prime minister and he also runs a successful chain of restaurants. But he’s still on a mission to teach us how to cook well on a budget. He’s just completed his latest TV series and book Save with Jamie and today and he’s going to Cook the Perfect Singapore Noodles.

The School Food Plan

Can reading a novel really help to make you feel better? Can a novel change your life? Artist Ella Berthoud and author Susan Elderkin believe it can and they’ve compiled an A-Z of ailments, experiences, and emotional states and the books that they think might relieve them. From Emily Bronte to re-boot a broken heart, Jane Austen to cure arrogance and Ernest Hemingway to soothe a headache, Ella and Susan will be talking to Jane about their book the Novel Cure on Monday.

The Novel Cure

A recent report explores the growing pressures on working women who are caring for elderly parents as well as children or grandchildren. The report by IPPR titled “The Sandwich Generation: Older Women Balancing Work and Care”, outlines recommendations for reflecting the growing demands on women, the nation’s carers, in policy. Woman’s Hour talks to Dalia Ben-Galim Associate Director and one of the co-authors of the report at IPPR and we hear from Cari Rosen at Gransnet.com about the experiences of the Sandwich Generation.