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Radio 4,22 Nov 2014,58 mins

Dame Shirley Bassey; Violinist Kyung Wha Chung; Business woman Karen Blackett OBE

Woman's Hour

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Dame Shirley Bassey, one of the most iconic voices in British music, joins Jane to discuss over sixty years in the music industry and her new album, Hello Like Before. Karen Blackett of Mediacom has been named Britain's most influential black person - we hear how she became the first business woman to get the title. A look at how we experience old age, our attitudes, our fears, our hopes. We talk to Masha Alyokina and Nadya Tolokonnikova from Russian, feminist group Pussy Riot who spent 21 months in jail for their anti-Putin protest; Plus an exhibition in Liverpool of Child Migrants sent to Canada, Australia and NZ . The CEO of Refuge Sandra Horley and legendary violinist Kyung Wha Chung. Presented by Jane Garvey Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed.

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