Woman's Hour - 15/07/2008

With Jane Garvey. Including: Should the over sixties be seizing the day? Esther Rantzen and for The Daily Record columnist Joan Burnie join Jane to discuss the baby-boomers' approach to living out their seventh decade. Serpentine Gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones talks about the building of a temporary pavilion. A recent report by the Healthcare Commission into maternity services in England found shortfalls in some NHS trusts - shortage of midwives, poor continuity of care and divisions between midwives and obstetricians. Commission Chair Sir Ian Kennedy joins Jane to discuss the report with consultant obstetrician Maggie Blott and Louise Silverton of the Royal College of Midwives. The occasional series following in her footsteps of Daphne du Maurier continues. Fiona Clampin visits the Cornish town of Par and meets guide Dawn Vivian. Du Maurier spent the last years of her life in a nearby house called Kilmarth and set her one of her last novels, The House on the Strand, here. Including drama: What Is She Doing Here? (2/5).