Woman's Hour - 18/06/2009

With Jenni Murray. Rana Husseini is an internationally recognised journalist, human rights activist and author. The UN estimates that 5,000 women a year are killed worldwide because of so-called 'crimes of honour'. Since 1994, Rana has worked tirelessly to highlight these killings, not only in Jordan (her home country) but in many other countries, including the UK. She talks about her work and her new book, Murder in the Name of Honour. The first fashion 'look book' was published in 1905, showcasing designs by Lady Duff Gordon, aka 'Lucile'. As the book is republished in facsimile by the V&A, Jenni is joined Amy de la Haye from the London College of Fashion and Valerie Mendes from the V&A to discuss how the book gives an insight into the privileged world of Edwardian fashion. Forget romantic comedies, the best jokes in Hollywood are now at the expense of men and their male friends. Most of the humour seems to derive from the characters' attempts to bond with each other, a plot-line which usually flirts with catastrophe. It's a genre that has even given rise to a new term, the 'bromance'.The latest example, 'The Hangover', has just opened in the UK and has already topped the box-office in the US. James Delingpole, author of 'Coward at the Bridge', and Sarfraz Mansoor, author of 'Greetings from Bury Park', join Jenni to ask whether we have forgotten how to appreciate the fine art of male friendship. The NICE guidelines in 2004 stated that three cycles of IVF treatment should be offered to women seeking fertility treatment. The aim was to clarify and co-ordinate provision across the country, but the implementation of the guidelines has been erratic. Now more local health services than ever before are offering three cycles, but how can provision become truly fair? And is this an expense too far for overstretched PCTs in an era when there is increasing financial pressure on the NHS? Jenni talks to the Public Health Minister Gillian Merron and the Director of the Primary Care Trust network, David Stout.