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Radio 4,07 Sep 2017,45 mins

The Woman's Hour Craft Prize exhibition opens, and Hermione Norris

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A Bill will be presented in the House of Commons today to address the issue of women born in the 1950s who are adversely affected by changes to the State Pension Age, the so called WASPI women. Carolyn Harris MP for Swansea East is Chair of the State Pension Inequality for Women All Party Parliamentary Group which is presenting the bill. She joins Andrea to talk about what they are hoping to achieve. Actor Hermione Norris is back playing Karen in series 7 of Cold Feet, twenty years after the first episode. She joins Andrea to talk about how much life has changed for her both on and off the small screen. Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh's join Andrea in the studio to Cook the Perfect...Rolled Pavlova with Peaches and Strawberries and they describe writing their new book new baking and desserts cookbook 'Sweet'. You've Got to Laugh, the second part of the series which looks at how stand-up comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe turn difficult personal experiences into comedy. Today Evelyn Mok. The Exhibition for the Woman's Hour Craft Prize in partnership with the Crafts Council and the Victoria & Albert museum opens today in the Sackler Centre for arts education. Jane Garvey went for a sneak preview. Presenter: Andrea Catherwood Producer: Caroline Donne.

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