Woman's Hour - 20/01/2009

Presented by Jane Garvey. Author Wendy Holden joins Jane to talk about her novel Beautiful People, a satire on celebrity and the excesses of Hollywood. After meeting 'arty dreamer' Greg online and then in person, Jemma thought she might have found Mr Right. But soon she discovered that she had in fact found a cyber stalker. She was bombarded with phone calls and emails, but found that there were no security measures in place to stop him from contacting her. Jane talks to Jemma, and also to Jennifer Perry from e-victims.org. The Brook Street Band is an all-female ensemble that arranges and performs the works of Handel. To tell the story of how they came to be, Jane is joined by band members Tatty Theo and Farran Scott, who also talk about their passion for Handel's music and the baroque instruments they play it on. Thousands of young women in Swat Valley, Pakistan, are being prevented from going to school by the Taliban. Jane asks BBC reporter Barbara Plett about these Taliban actions and their impact on women. Including drama: All Passion Spent.