Woman's Hour - 09/12/2008

Presented by Jane Garvey. Jane is joined by Bryony Dixon, Curator of Silent Film at the British Film Institute and Claire Cooke, Producer of The Smoking Cabinet Festival of Early Cabaret Cinema, to discuss the roots of the early burlesque scene and some of the actresses that made it popular. Jane talks to Farida Nekzad, an award-winning Afghan journalist who co-founded Afghanistan's first independent news agency. Should lads mags have an 18 certificate? Jane speaks to Labour MP Claire Curtis-Thomas and Michael Deacon, former deputy entertainment editor of Zoo magazine. Why are some schools unable or unwilling to support pupils with diabetes? Jane discusses the issue with Libby Dowling, a Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse, and Christine Blower, the acting Deputy Secretary of the NUT. Including drama: To the North.