Woman's Hour - 09/02/2009

Presented by Jenni Murray. The former Director of Children's Services for Haringey Council, Sharon Shoesmith, talked to Jenni on a previous Woman's Hour programme about the Baby P case and child protection. Listeners give their responses to that interview. Who will fare well in French President Nicolas Sarkozy's cabinet shake-up? Jane is joined by journalists Benedicte Paviot and Nabila Ramdani to discuss what has happened to the French 'Rainbow Cabinet'. Are you sick of being single? Jane talks to journalist Shane Watson, who met and married her partner in her mid-forties. Marital therapist Andrew G Marshall offers some tips for the long-term and newly single woman. Musician and composer Priti Paintal talks about the creative process that culminated in her latest album with her group, ShivaNova. Including drama: Reading Between the Lines.