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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

Role Contributor
Presenter Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest Hannah Phoebe Bowen
Interviewed Guest Lynda Kinnard
Interviewed Guest Meurig Raymond
Interviewed Guest Maggie de Vos
Interviewed Guest Abigail Hollick
Interviewed Guest Alice Blackstock
Interviewed Guest Sophie Jonas-Hill
Interviewed Guest Joan Willows

Broadcast

  • Thu 3 Dec 2015 10:00

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