Martha Lane Fox; The Silent Wife

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Digital pioneer, dotcom millionairess, and youngest female member of the House of Lords. Powerlister Martha Lane Fox talks to Jane Garvey about achieving success as a young woman, how her life's changed in the ten years since her car accident in Morocco and why she's made it her mission to tackle the nation's digital skills deficit. In the UK, women are 46% of undergraduate students in philosophy, but make up fewer than 25% of permanent staff. So what should female undergraduates know before they start their courses this autumn? Jennifer Saul Head of the Philosophy Department at the University of Sheffield and Professor Helen Beebee of the University of Manchester talk to Jane. The Director of Public Prosecutions has called a meeting on Thursday to discuss the fact that there has not been a single prosecution relating to FGM, the practice of Female Genital Mutilation. And yet, a Newsnight film being broadcast tonight reveals that women who claim they are fleeing to the UK out of fear of FGM are being denied asylum. Newsnight reporter Sue Lloyd Roberts talks to Jane. The Silent Wife by ASA Harrison has now spent 4 weeks in the New York Times bestseller list. The story of a slow, murderous disintegration of a marriage, it is the author's first and last novel, as she died in April this year aged 65, just months before she saw her book published. Jane is joined by the author's friend and agent Samantha Haywood, and Laura Wilson, crime fiction reviewer for the Guardian. Presented by Jane Garvey.