Woman's Hour - 11/12/2008

Presented by Jenni Murray. With the approach of the 90th anniversary of the Coupon Election, the first election in which women could vote and stand as MPs, Jenni is joined by Cheryl Law to explore how women responded to their first opportunity for representation in parliament. To mark the launch of the BBC's Off by Heart competition for primary school children, Daisy Goodwin, editor of eight poetry anthologies, and writer and poet Eva Salzman discuss the merits of memorising and reciting poetry. Is learning by heart the enemy of creativity or the best way to create a passion for poetry? With concertina-playing regaining popularity with Irish folk musicians, Sarah Swadling meets three concertina players who span the generations: Niamh NiCharra, Mary-Ellen Curtin and Jacqueline McCarthy. Jenni talks to Nicola Harwin from Women's Aid and Joanna Sharpen from the Greater London Domestic Violence Project about why violence occurs in teen relationships and what can be done about it. Listeners' responses to a new report which said that some 'lads mags' should be given a 16 or 18 certificate. Including drama: To the North Deborah Paige's dramatisation of Elizabeth Bowen's romantic novel, set in London and Paris in the inter-war years. Altered Timetable Emmeline feels the strain of keeping her relationship with Markie secret and, although Cecilia and Julian continue to see each other, the possibility of their falling in love seems as remote as ever. Narrator ...... Margaret Tyzack Cecilia Summers ...... Catherine McCormack Mark Linkwater ...... Julian Rhid-Tutt Emmeline Summers ...... Zoe Waites Julian Towers ...... Adrian Scarborough Directed by Deborah Paige.