Woman's Hour - 29/01/2009

Presented by Jenni Murray. Jazz pianist Judy Carmichael talks to Jenni about her musical style, her life and playing all over the world. She also plays live in the Woman's Hour studio. Controversial French writer Virginie Despentes has written a new book: a polemical defence of feminism rooted in her own experiences of rape and prostitution. She is a defender of prostitution and an advocate of pornography. She discusses her ideas with Jenni. Why do women fare worse after divorce? Jenni talks to Professor Stephen Jenkins, a director of the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex, and to Eileen Pembridge, Head of the Family Law Department and Senior Partner at law firm Fisher Meredith. Reporter Sarah Swadling discovers that clog dancing has a surprising amount in common with breakdancing. Plus drama: The Child in Time.