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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.

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58 minutes

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

RoleContributor
PresenterJenni Murray
Interviewed GuestHannah Phoebe Bowen
Interviewed GuestLynda Kinnard
Interviewed GuestMeurig Raymond
Interviewed GuestMaggie de Vos
Interviewed GuestAbigail Hollick
Interviewed GuestAlice Blackstock
Interviewed GuestSophie Jonas-Hill
Interviewed GuestJoan Willows

Broadcast

  • Thu 3 Dec 201510:00

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