Woman's Hour - 15/09/2009

With Jane Garvey. Hundreds of thousands of young people are preparing to start university over the next few weeks. For many, it's the first time they've ever been away from home - and for some the pressure will prove overwhelming. A website aimed at helping students who develop depression has recruited 12 young people to share their stories on a blog - so others can read them, and see they aren't on their own. It's due to go live, early in October 2009. Jane is joined by 'Daniel', who took part in the blog and to Ann Heyno who helps to run it. British writers, like British painters, are known for their love of landscape and their literature is rich in appreciation of the beauties of the British Isles. In a new edition of her book, A Writer's Britain, Margaret Drabble has put together a collection of writings through the ages. Margaret and poet Gillian Clarke join Jane to explore some of these deeply evocative works, to consider how our relationship with landscape has changed over the years, and to discuss the joy and challenges that British writers face in writing about the subject today. Colombian singer and dancer Toto La Momposina has been performing professionally for nearly 40 years and widely recognised as the foremost exponent of 'cumbia' music - a mix of African, indigenous Indian and Spanish musical traditions. In her homeland, she's known as a Candatora, a revered teacher and healer. Toto will be performing and talking with her daughter and granddaughters about their mission to keep the music alive through the generations. And more than half a million women worldwide die each year because of complications related to pregnancy. This statistic inspired four teenage girls from Bradford to develop a 'pack for life' for mothers and their newborn babies in Africa. Their idea won a national business competition and now it has been adopted by a major aid agency. Jane speaks to two of the girls who have just returned from Nigeria visiting villages and primary health-care clinics to see the difference their idea will make. Plus the drama Liam.