Podcasts about oranges are not the only fruit

In 1985, Jeanette Winterson published her debut novel – the groundbreaking and subversive Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit. Genre-bending and narratively bold, it garnered then-rare mainstream success for a story that was fiercely feminist and challenged traditional gender roles. Four decades on, Winterson remains one of our most distinguished writers, renowned for her singular voice and restless curiosity. Her work spans a vast landscape of ideas, from artificial intelligence to religion, from myth to memory. In this episode, hear from one of literature’s most provocative and original minds, as Winterson joins the Wheeler Centre for an exclusive Melbourne appearance at The Capitol, reflecting on her remarkable career and the themes that continue to shape her writing. This event was recorded on Saturday 24th May 2025 at The Capitol. It was presented in partnership with RMIT University. The official bookseller was Hares and Hyenas. Featured music is 'Traveling Again' by Sarah the Illstrumenalist.Support the Wheeler Centre: https://www.wheelercentre.com/support-us/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

More podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB's Patreon!Credits:Host: Jake Casella BrookinsGuest: Dan HartlandTitle: The Passion by Jeanette WintersonMusic by Giselle Gabrielle GarciaArtwork by Rob PattersonOpening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John BroughReferences:This blog has a round-up of articles and commentary on the Gaiman allegations.Dan's Snap! Criticism series at AncillaryHandheld PressVonda McInty're The Exile Waiting & DreamsnakeThe 2024 Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and FantasyAnnie Luong on Margaret Atwood's The Heart Goes LastNeal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon and the Baroque CycleLaura van den Berg's State of Paradise & Casella's reviewDon DeLillo's White NoiseWinterson's Written on the Body, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal, and FrankissteinBernard Cornwell's Sharpe novelsWilliam Shakespeare's As You Like It and The Winter's TaleChina Miéville's The City & The City (though I don't think we actually name it)Salman Rushdie, Martin AmisJulian Barnes' A History of the World in 10½ ChaptersThe 1980s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction edited by Emily Horton, Philip Tew, and Leigh WilsonNeil Gaiman, Jeff Noon, Steph Swainston“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. EliotFrank Herbert's DuneMary Shelley's FrankensteinWendy Roy on Cherie DimalineWilliam Gibson's Pattern Recognition and othersDan's piece in LARB on Christopher Priest and his last novel, Airside

In a very special episode of Film Stories, Baroness Beeban Kidron joins Simon for a chat about her career, her films, and her move to politics. They go from her early film Carry Greenham Home, from being one of the first British women to direct a movie with Vroom. Then a big turning point: Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, an acclaimed adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's book. The chat covers Kidron's move to Hollywood, and then the documentary that launched what effectively became her second career... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Madigan shares the devastating story of the missing submersible, Titan, which had five passengers aboard. Be sure to stay tuned for the end of the episode where we share a few minutes of the most recent Patreon Angry Feminist Book Club episode covering the book Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson! This episode was brought to you by Nutrafol! Go to Nutrafol.com and enter the promo code "ANGRY" to save $10 off your first month's subscription AND free shipping!! *Share your COMING OUT story with me by June 23rd to be included in this year's Coming Out episode!* JOIN ME ON PATREON FOR THE ANGRY FEMINIST BOOK CLUB! Join me in covering this month's book, Still Learning by India Oxenberg! And don't forget to SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS for India!! This month, I will be covering Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson! https://www.patreon.com/angryneighborhoodfeminist GET YOUR YANF MERCH! https://yanfpodcast.threadless.com/  Do you have a topic that you want the show to take on?    Email: neighborhoodfeminist@gmail.com Social media:     Instagram: @angryneighborhoodfeminist **Don't forget to REVIEW and SUBSCRIBE on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Madigan covers Trump's day in court on Tuesday, two stories of alleged celebrity assaults, and the historic Tony Award winners J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell, who became the first non-binary performers to take home the awards. This episode was brought to you by Nutrafol! Go to Nutrafol.com and enter the promo code "ANGRY" to save $10 off your first month's subscription AND free shipping!! *Share your COMING OUT story with me by June 23rd to be included in this year's Coming Out episode!* JOIN ME ON PATREON FOR THE ANGRY FEMINIST BOOK CLUB! Join me in covering this month's book, Still Learning by India Oxenberg! And don't forget to SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS for India!! This month, I will be covering Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson! https://www.patreon.com/angryneighborhoodfeminist GET YOUR YANF MERCH! https://yanfpodcast.threadless.com/  Do you have a topic that you want the show to take on?    Email: neighborhoodfeminist@gmail.com Social media:     Instagram: @angryneighborhoodfeminist **Don't forget to REVIEW and SUBSCRIBE on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Madigan covers the story of Matthew (Matt) Shepard, a 21 year old gay young man from Wyoming who was brutally murdered in 1998. Because of his tragic death, the United States, and the world, would begin to change the way they view hate crimes. This episode was brought to you by Nutrafol! Go to Nutrafol.com and enter the promo code "ANGRY" to save $10 off your first month's subscription AND free shipping!! *Share your COMING OUT story with me by June 23rd to be included in this year's Coming Out episode!* JOIN ME ON PATREON FOR THE ANGRY FEMINIST BOOK CLUB! Join me in covering this month's book, Still Learning by India Oxenberg! And don't forget to SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS for India!! This month, I will be covering Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson! https://www.patreon.com/angryneighborhoodfeminist GET YOUR YANF MERCH! https://yanfpodcast.threadless.com/  Do you have a topic that you want the show to take on?    Email: neighborhoodfeminist@gmail.com Social media:     Instagram: @angryneighborhoodfeminist **Don't forget to REVIEW and SUBSCRIBE on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Pride! This week, Madigan discusses sodomy laws: What they are, the history of the laws and their punishments, and how sodomy laws effect the LGBTQIA+ community TO THIS DAY. This episode was brought to you by Nutrafol! Go to Nutrafol.com and enter the promo code "ANGRY" to save $10 off your first month's subscription AND free shipping!! *Share your COMING OUT story with me by June 23rd to be included in this year's Coming Out episode!* JOIN ME ON PATREON FOR THE ANGRY FEMINIST BOOK CLUB! Join me in covering this month's book, Still Learning by India Oxenberg! And don't forget to SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS for India!! This month, I will be covering Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson! https://www.patreon.com/angryneighborhoodfeminist GET YOUR YANF MERCH! https://yanfpodcast.threadless.com/  Do you have a topic that you want the show to take on?    Email: neighborhoodfeminist@gmail.com Social media:     Instagram: @angryneighborhoodfeminist **Don't forget to REVIEW and SUBSCRIBE on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Madigan brings you some of the latest developments in the fight for abortion and reproductive rights, including 5 Texas women who have filed a lawsuit against the state, and a doctor who performed an abortion for a 10 year old victim of sexual assault. Secondly, Target's controversy surrounding their Pride merchandise and display. Stores around the country are either removing items from their inventory, or pushing the section to the back of the store. But why? *This episode contains mention of the sexual assault of a minor, and may not be suitable for all listeners. If you, or someone you know, is a minor suffering from abuse, please contact the National Sex Abuse Hotline at 1-800-656-4673, or go to rainn.org for support and resources.* This episode was brought to you by Nutrafol! Go to Nutrafol.com and enter the promo code "ANGRY" to save $10 off your first month's subscription AND free shipping!! JOIN ME ON PATREON FOR THE ANGRY FEMINIST BOOK CLUB! Join me in covering this month's book, Still Learning by India Oxenberg! And don't forget to SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS for India!! This month, I will be covering Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson! https://www.patreon.com/angryneighborhoodfeminist GET YOUR YANF MERCH! https://yanfpodcast.threadless.com/  Do you have a topic that you want the show to take on?    Email: neighborhoodfeminist@gmail.com Social media:     Instagram: @angryneighborhoodfeminist **Don't forget to REVIEW and SUBSCRIBE on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Madigan tells the story of the legendary māhū in ancient Hawaii, and how a modern māhū by the name of Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu (Kuma Hina) has brought back Hawaiian culture to the newer generations. For this episode, I used audio clips from the 2011 documentary Kumu Hina, directed byJoe Wilson, Dean Hamer. I do not own any of this audio, and all rights are given to the creators of the film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uruiON99Vc4 This episode was brought to you by Nutrafol! Go to Nutrafol.com and enter the promo code "ANGRY" to save $10 off your first month's subscription AND free shipping!! JOIN ME ON PATREON FOR THE ANGRY FEMINIST BOOK CLUB! Join me in covering this month's book, Still Learning by India Oxenberg! And don't forget to SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS for India!! This month, I will be covering Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson! https://www.patreon.com/angryneighborhoodfeminist GET YOUR YANF MERCH! https://yanfpodcast.threadless.com/  Do you have a topic that you want the show to take on?    Email: neighborhoodfeminist@gmail.com Social media:     Instagram: @angryneighborhoodfeminist **Don't forget to REVIEW and SUBSCRIBE on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Madigan does a deep dive into Florida's book bans- differentiating between myth and fact, as well as the death of the Queen of Rock, Tina Turner, who also changed the way the world viewed domestic violence. JOIN ME ON PATREON FOR THE ANGRY FEMINIST BOOK CLUB! Join me in covering this month's book, Still Learning by India Oxenberg! And don't forget to SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS for India!! This month, I will be covering Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson! https://www.patreon.com/angryneighborhoodfeminist This episode was brought to you by Nutrafol! Go to Nutrafol.com and enter the promo code "ANGRY" to save $10 off your first month's subscription AND free shipping!! The episode was also sponsored by Nutrablast! Go to https://nutrablast.co/YourAngryNeighborhoodFeminist and use code Feminist20 to get a 20% discount on your order! GET YOUR YANF MERCH! https://yanfpodcast.threadless.com/  Do you have a topic that you want the show to take on?    Email: neighborhoodfeminist@gmail.com Social media:     Instagram: @angryneighborhoodfeminist **Don't forget to REVIEW and SUBSCRIBE on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can our stories hold us back? How did theatre, art, music, and books inspire Becky to change the world around her? What can we really learn from Hamlet? How helpful is music really?Scrolling in to one of Becky's videos on TikTok is like unexpectedly running into a friend at your local pub - the encouraging, nurturing kind of friend. See for yourself.Becky Hall is a leadership and life coach, and Author of “The Art of Enough: 7 ways to build a balance life and a flourishing world”Connect with Becky Hall• The Art of Enough on Amazon• LinkedIn• Twitter • YouTube  Becky mentions: • Liz Gilbert's book Big Magic • Author Toni Morrison • Jeanette Winterson's book Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit (later a series)• Shakespeare's Hamlet• Author Joseph Campbell's quote: "The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek." • Singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen• Author Mary Lawson• TV Series Ted Lasso • Sitcom Modern Family• Psychiatrist Phil Stutz & the documentary Stutz, directed by Jonah Hill Jeff mentions: • John Fogarty telling Jimmy Fallon about writing Proud Mary (Video on John Fogarty's Twitter)• William Nicholson's book The Society of Others• Album 12 Song Program by Tony Sly• Singer-songwriter Aesop Rock• Singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson• Song I Must Be Hateful by Joey Cape & Tony SlyConnect with Jeff StreckYeti on Film is an exploration of storytelling from the perspectives of storytellers from around the world.

From making movies for Stephen Spielberg to ground-breaking protections for young people online, Beeban Kidron - Baroness Kidron - talks to Lord McFall of Alcluith about her wide-ranging work as a filmmaker and campaigner.In this new interview, Baroness Kidron reveals what inspired her to become a filmmaker and her experiences making television and films including Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar.'When the data bill came into the Lords, I put forward an amendment that created a data protection regime for children… And when it came into force, we saw the biggest changes in social media that we've seen in two decades, since it's been a thing in our lives… We are currently working in seven different countries and I believe that by the end of the legislative season, there will be five more states who have passed age-appropriate design codes in their own system. And that is one code introduced in the UK, in the House of Lords.'Baroness Kidron also discusses the Online Safety Bill and what she thinks should come next for protecting young people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As part of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon], the podcast "les Rencontres" highlights the birth of a writer in a series imagined by CHANEL and House ambassador and spokesperson Charlotte Casiraghi. Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Claire-Louise Bennett, writer of “Checkout 19”, her first novel published by Jonathan Cape in 2021. Together, they talk about her writing process and the influence of drama on the construction of her characters. They also discuss her relationship with reading and the evolution of her work since "Pond", her first collection of short stories.Claire-Louise Bennett, Checkout 19, Vintage Publishing, 2022.© The New York Times Company. All rights reserved. Used under license.© Goldsmiths Prize.Claire-Louise Bennett, Pond, Fitzcarraldo Editions, London, 2015. Copyright © Claire-Louise Bennett. 2015. Originally published in Ireland by The Stinging Fly Press, 2015.© The Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize.© University of Roehampton.© The White Review.© The Stinging Fly.© Vogue Italia.© Frieze, tous droits réservés.Penguin Random House.© The Dublin Review.Witold Gombrowicz, Diary, Translated by Lillian Vallee, © Yale University Press, 2012.Günter Grass, The Tin Drum, Penguin, 2005.E. M. Forster, A Room with a View, Penguin, 2012.Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse [1954], Julliard, 2008.The Nobel Prize in LiteratureAnnie Ernaux, Getting Lost, Fitzcarraldo Editions, London, 2022. Copyright © Editions Gallimard, 2001. Translation copyright © Alison L. Strayer, 2022.Annie Ernaux, Getting Lost, Translated by Alison L. Strayer, © Seven Stories Press, 2022.Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion, Fitzcarraldo Editions, London, 2021. Copyright © Editions Gallimard, 1991. Translation copyright © Tanya Leslie, 1993.Annie Ernaux, A Girl's Story, Seven Stories Press, New York, and Fitzcarraldo Editions, London, 2020. Copyright © Editions Gallimard, 2016. Translation copyright © Alison L. Strayer, 2020.Annie Ernaux, A Girl's Story, Translated by Alison L. Strayer, © Seven Stories Press, 2020.Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, © Grove Press, 1997.Elizabeth Smart, By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept, Penguin, 1992.

Welcome to our LGBT podcast! In this episode we're talking with the Reverend Shannon TL Kearns (he/him) about Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson. Rev. Kearns was raised fundamentalist Evangelical, however he went on to become the first openly Transgender man ordained to the Old Catholic Priesthood. Our wide-ranging conversation includes how Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit helped him reconcile his gender identity, sexuality, and faith tradition. We also talk queerest stories in the Bible and I ask Shannon if Christianity needs Queerness to survive into the future. Buy the books featured on our podcast at thisqueerbook.com/bookshopBecome an Associate Producer of our podcast through a $20/month sponsorship on Patreon! A professionally recognized credit, you can gain access to Associate Producer meetings to help guide our podcast into the future! Get started today: patreon.com/thisqueerbookQuatrefoil Library has created a curated lending library made up of the books featured on our podcast! If you can't buy these books, then borrow them! Link: https://libbyapp.com/library/quatrefoil/curated-1404336/page-1Connect with Reverend Kearns!All social media platforms: @shannontlkearnsWebsite: shannontlkearns.com and queertheology.com CREDITS:Host/Founder: J.P. Der BoghossianExecutive Producer: Jim PoundsAssociate Producers: Archie Arnold, Natalie Cruz, Paul Kaefer, Nicole Olila, Joe Perazzo, Bill Shay, and Sean SmithPatreon Supporters: Awen Briem, Stephen D., and Thomas Michna. Support the show

Baroness Beeban Kidron is the filmmaker turned internet safety activist, whose time in the silver screen boasts directorial credits on Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit. Her latest mission, described as "one middle-aged woman's campaign against Silicon Valley", has influenced tech policy on both sides of the Atlantic - and last week, California introduced its own online safety bill based on her work in the House of Lords.

Jeanette Winterson CBE is the author of 27 influential feminist texts, including Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, Sexing The Cherry, Gut Symmetries, Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal?, and most recently, 12 BYTES: Where We Might Go Next. In a special event partnering with the independent bookstores Politics & Prose and Books & Books, Jeanette joined Laura and Adrian to talk about how 12 BYTES engages feminist history in its probing consideration of artificial intelligence.

A bildungsroman is "a novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education". Often, it is recognized as Coming of Age. And it's a genre that August and Kendra both love! In this episode, the hosts list their five favorite coming or age texts of all time. This episode is spoiler-free, so feel free to enjoy whether you have read any of the texts or not. Books mentioned in the episode: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (1956) Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson (2016) Dare Me by Megan Abbott (2012) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (2007) White Teeth by Zadie Smith (2000) Clash by Ellen Wilkinson (1929) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (2007) The Female of the Species by Lionel Shriver (1987) Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson (1985) History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund (2017) A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (1962) Maurice by E.M. Forster (1971) Good Omens by Novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (1990) Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (2000) North & South by Elizabeth Gaskell (1854) A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916) A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (2015) The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde (1890)

What does it mean to love too much, or in a way that society doesn’t see as appropriate? Is loving an inherently complicated experience? Helping us consider these questions is our guest, the author Mary Gaitskill, who joined us to talk about her masterful long essay Lost Cat, which has just been published in the UK for the first time. It’s the story of her lost cat, Gattino, and also a clear-eyed and heartbreaking meditation on who we are allowed to love, how different kinds of suffering are connected, and the hope and pain that love can bring. Inspired by Gattino and Mary, the theme of today’s show is ‘Complicated Love’, and we’ll be looking at its joys and perils in books from Romeo and Juliet to Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit. Listen in for our interview with Mary Gaitskill, thoughts about the whys and wherefores of how love gets complicated in literature, and all our usual recommendations. Recommendations on the theme, Complicated Love: Octavia: The Pisces by Melissa Broder https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-pisces-9781408890981/ Carrie: Middlemarch by George Eliot https://www.gutenberg.org/files/145/145-h/145-h.htm General Recommendations: Octavia: Hot Milk by Deborah Levy https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2016/hot-milk-by-deborah-levy/ Mary: Snow by Orhan Pamuk https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/snow/author/orhan-pamuk/ Carrie: Beloved by Toni Morrison https://bookshop.org/books/beloved/9781400033416 Email us: litfriction@gmail.com Tweet us & find us on Instagram: @litfriction

What will happen when homo sapiens is no longer the smartest being on the planet? Jeanette Winterson shows us how much closer we are to that future than we realise. Frankissstein may well terrify you. But will make you laugh.Jeanette Winterson was born in Manchester and read English at Oxford, during which time she wrote her first novel, the Whitbread award winning Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit. She has won a BAFTA Award for Best Drama, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the E. M. Forster Award, the St. Louis Literary Award, and is a two-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award. She has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We welcome online book expert Jean to the studio, to chat feminist book clubs, how to choose your next read and Jeanette Winterson's Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit.Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson http://po.st/q3qjxr Thanks to Jean for coming on and sharing her knowledge.Join the Feminist Orchestra bookclub! Twitter: https://twitter.com/femorchestraGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/182685-the-feminist-orchestra-bookclubFollow Jean: https://twitter.com/JeansThoughtsFollow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooksSign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletterMusic is Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz http://po.st/OrbitingADistant See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's our first birthday! Rose and Alice went to the Camden Art Centre to see shows by Jennifer Tee and Daniel Richter. Both shows run until September 17th - more info at https://www.camdenartscentre.org/ Jennifer Tee's RESIST STACK OF BOOKS: James Baldwin, Go Tell It On The Mountain (1953) Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange (1962) Kate Chopin, The Awakening (1899) Cynthia Cruz, The Glimmering Room (2012) Joan Didion, The White Album (1979) Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (1850) Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak (1999) Han Kang, The Vegetarian (2007) Mary Karr, The Liars Club (1995) Bill Knot, I Am Flying into Myself: Selected Poems (2017) Lucas de Lima, Wetland (2014) Audre Lorde, The Black Unicorn (1978) Maggie Nelson, Bluets (2009) Arthur Miller, The Crucible (1953) Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye (1970) Adrienne Rich, Diving into the wreck (1973) Rebecca Skloot, The immortal life of Henrieta Lacks (2010) Dane Smith, [INSERT] BOY (2014) Mai Der Vang, Afterland (2017) Alice Walker, The Color Purple (1982) Ronaldo Wilson, Poems of the Black Object (2009) Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit (1985) Monica Youn, Blackacre (2016) Contact me via theexhibitionist.org, facebook.com/exhibitionistpod and exhibitionistpod@gmail.com - and, as always, leave a rating and review on iTunes. It helps new listeners find us, and makes me feel loved.

Transcript -- Fiona Doloughan re-examines the life and works of contemporary writer Jeanette Winterson, author of ‘Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit’ and ‘Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?’ Taken from a four part series examining the lives, work and influence of women writers: Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys, Katherine Mansfield and Jeanette Winterson, ‘Women Writers: Voices in Transition’ looks at how writing and reputation are often forged in transition, uncertainty and change.

Fiona Doloughan re-examines the life and works of contemporary writer Jeanette Winterson, author of ‘Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit’ and ‘Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?’ Taken from a four part series examining the lives, work and influence of women writers: Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys, Katherine Mansfield and Jeanette Winterson, ‘Women Writers: Voices in Transition’ looks at how writing and reputation are often forged in transition, uncertainty and change.

Matthew Sweet meets composer Rachel Portman in the week that sees the launch of Amma Asante's "Belle", featuring a new Rachel Portman score. Rachel Portman is one of the most successful and distinctive British film composers with an extensive catalogue of film scores to her name. Matthew meets Rachel at her London home and looks back on a career that stretches beyond her music for the 1989 Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, through Chocolat, The Duchess, Oliver Twist, Sirens, Benny and Joon, The Manchurian Candidate, The Cider House Rules and the Academy Award-winning Emma. The programme also features music from Rachel's new score for Belle. #soundofcinema.

With Mark Lawson. George Clooney directs and stars in The Ides of March, a political drama set on the US primary campaign trail. Ryan Gosling plays an up and coming political strategist, whose idealism is threatened by the discovery of a dirty secret. Baroness Shirley Williams reviews. Jeanette Winterson made her literary debut with Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, a novel with strong autobiographical references to her troubled childhood. She talks about her new memoir, Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal?, which promises the true story of her upbringing. As David Attenborough's latest series Frozen Planet starts on BBC One, he discusses how making programmes about the natural world has changed during his career - and why it's now impossible to ignore climate change when filming. As protesters remain camped outside St Paul's Cathedral, Mike Bartlett's new play 13 opens at the National Theatre and explores political and social unrest in contemporary London. Andrew Rawnsley gives his verdict. Producer Georgia Mann.

Legendary writer Jeanette Winterson inspired her audience with tremendous charm on 16 August, speaking movingly of happiness and the pursuit thereof. This brilliant event was full of intelligent questions from the audience and great energy from Winterson herself. When she attended her photocall, the Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit writer proceeded to throw oranges at the photographers!