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Radio 4,01 Nov 2016,58 mins

Nail varnish, Deaths of women in prison, Cindy Holland, Emma Hamilton

Woman's Hour

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Sali Hughes and Sophy Robson on the joy of painted nails. Sali is author of Pretty Iconic, a tribute to her favourite beauty brands, Sophy Robson is a nail artist. As the number of women dying in prison reached a 10-year high with the death of HMP Styal inmate Celeste Craig, we talk to Juliet Lyon, former director of Prison Reform Trust now in a new role as chair of the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody. In June this year Josie Bevan's husband was sentenced to nine years in prison. He was found guilty, with three of his colleagues, of operating a fraudulent film investment scheme and was convicted of conspiracy to cheat. Josie started to write her blog, Prison Bag, soon after the guilty verdict was delivered. She talks to Jane about the impact his incarceration is having on their family. Cindy Holland, vice president for original content at Netflix, joins Jane to discuss how women became a priority for the increasingly popular global television empire. Emma Hamilton's relationship with Horatio Nelson is the main thing she is remembered for but in a new exhibition at The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich the curator Quintin Colville argues she was much more than the woman who seduced a war hero. Professor Kate Williams' biography 'England's Mistress' was published in 2006, she continues to be fascinated by the ultimate social climber whose luck ran out when her beauty and her men had gone.

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