Podcasts about Shirley Williams

Oh well this had been a joy. Who cares about a CSO'd puppet chewing a thing? It's got John Woodnutt talking about organic crystallography, it's got Maggie Thatcher at the end of the phone (yes, alright, it might be Barbara Castle of Shirley Williams), and it's got some gorgeous lighting too. What's not to love? Thanks to Daisy Connolly for being such a fabulous guest as well.   Please support these podcasts on Patreon, where you will get advance releases, exclusive content (including a patron-only podcast - Far Too Much Information), regular AMAs and more. Tiers start from as little as £3 per month.  patreon.com/tobyhadoke Or there is Ko-fi for the occasional donation with no commitments: ko-fi.com/tobyhadoke Follow Toby on Twitter @tobyhadoke And these podcasts @HadokePodcasts And his comedy club @xsmalarkey www.tobyhadoke.com for news, blog, mailing list and more.   

I was never particularly interested in politics growing up. My father was an active social democrat, and I remember him jumping up and down with excitement when the SDP was formed, as David Owen, Roy Jenkins, and Shirley Williams broke away from the Labour Party. Even as a student, I never got interested beyond having a feeling that something wasn't right. I felt I should be left-wing - that that was the right thing to be, but I never felt particularly engaged, only alienated. My vague understanding of political ideology was that Stalin and the Bolsheviks were far left and Hitler and the Nazis were far right - I didn't realise Nazi meant national socialist back then - but that far left and far right were actually quite close in philosophy. Horseshoe theory, basically.It seemed actual far right was something that didn't really exist in the UK. There was Oswald Mosley, but he was a bit of a laughing stock, and the National Front was tiny and ineffectual. In my mid-to-late 30s, as a result of studying gold, sound money and limited government, I discovered libertarianism. For the first time, here was a political philosophy that resonated with me. Government is inherently incompetent, inefficient and inequitable. The more it does, the worse things seem to get. The less it does, the better. “A multiplicity of individual decisions,” to quote John Cowperthwaite, former Governor of Hong Kong, “will produce a better and wiser result than a single decision by a Government or by a board with its inevitably limited knowledge of the myriad factors involved, and its inflexibility.”It always amazes me that somebody who advocates peace, free trade, less government, and, in the case of anarchism and anarcho-capitalism, no government at all, can be sectioned off with Nazis and labelled far right. Far right involves more government not less. To say far-right libertarian, as the Guardian did the other day to describe Argentina's new president Javier Milei, is surely oxymoronic. Or maybe just plain moronic.At best it's lazy and ignorant. At worst it's the stuff of smearing and straw men, and wilfully dishonest. I used to think it's the former. Now most of the time I realise it's the latter.I am proud to have written the Libertarian National Anthem, which distils libertarian philosophy. The lyrics read:Arise libertarians above totalitariansOur guide is the mighty invisible hand.Reject state controllers, collectors, patrollers.Our choices are better than government plans.Taxation is a form of theft.Free markets and free trade are best.Free speech, free movement, free minds and free choice.Our actions are all voluntary,Not coerced or compulsory.War we abhor, socialism does not work.No debt or inflation, no stealth confiscation,No pigs in the trough at the gravy to drink,No state education to brainwash our nation,No experts dictate what to do, what to think.We scorn your fiat currency.Gold and bitcoin is our money.We own ourselves and we live and let live.We take responsibility.Life, love and liberty.Leave us alone, let a thousand flowers bloom.How is any of that far right?(If you want to watch the video of the above, which I heartily recommend, it is here). Buying gold in the uncertain times? My recommended bullion dealer is The Pure Gold Company, whether you are taking delivery or storing online. Premiums are low, quality of service is high. They deliver to the UK, US, Canada and Europe, or you can store your gold with them. I have an affiliation deal. More here.What actually is “far right'?Time for a Wikipedia definition: Historically, "far-right politics" has been used to describe the experiences of fascism, Nazism, and Falangism. That's what I thought. But here's the problem. They've done that change-the-definition thing:Contemporary definitions now include neo-fascism, neo-Nazism, the Third Position, the alt-right, racial supremacism and other ideologies or organizations that feature aspects of authoritarian, ultra-nationalist, chauvinist, xenophobic, theocratic, racist, homophobic, transphobic, or reactionary views. So, basically, now far right can be anything you don't agree with. The name derives from the left–right political spectrum, with the "far right" considered further from center than the standard political right.Of course, the whole prism of left and right is false, in any case. Authoritarian v libertarian is much more telling, and the political compass is the best scale of all. But so overused is the term far right that the political compass is starting to look something like this.I have argued many times, starting with Life After the State, that healthcare, education and welfare would all be cheaper and of a higher standard, if the government stayed out of it. The internet is the most powerful learning tool ever created and it's (almost) free. In the context of the times, the Friendly Societies of the 19th century were much better providers of care than the state equivalent we have today. But, somehow, if you argue that state care is no good, and that we should do away with it, people think you are advocating a society with no care at all, and therefore you are a fascist and far right. It's not about wanting the best care for people though, with them, is it? It's about control.This week we have seen the election of Javier Milei in Argentina, who is a self pronounced libertarian and anarcho capitalist. His rants denouncing the state are the stuff libertarian wet dreams are made of. I know the purists say he is a WEF stooge. Please. Real life will never as clean as idealists and theorists would like. It is muddy and impure. Take the win. Milei's victory is a good for the libertarian cause, even if only for the PR it has given the word(s) anarcho capitalist. If his policies start to work, the potential for other countries to copy and for libertarianism to spread multiplies. Nevertheless, he is, as we learn from the Guardian, far right.Then on Thursday, an Algerian migrant in Ireland went on a stabbing spree at a school in Dublin, counting three small children and a woman among his victims. Many Irish people, like the rest of Europe, have had had their concerns about large-scale migration ignored by their leaders, who have set pro-immigration policies in place, for years. They've seen increased racial tension, increased crime, especially violent crime and rape, criminals released from prison early due to overcrowding, unaffordable housing get even more unaffordable, while schools, healthcare, transport infrastructure all struggle to cope with the increased numbers. But the stabbing made something snap and Dublin saw the biggest riots it has seen in living memory.Then came the reporting. This was the Telegraph, who should know better.Who committed the knife attack? Was that not violent? Or did it just happen? You're far right if you are angry kids are being stabbed? The Irish leadership took no responsibility. This had nothing to do with their policies. Instead it too blamed the far right. It was hooligans “driven by far right ideology”, said the head of police. My breath was taken away by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar who as good ignored the crime but condemned the reaction as racist, having no place in multi-cultural Ireland, and pledged more censorship and clamping down of hate speech. “The problem isn't that Ireland is being flooded with unassimilable, predatory aliens,” as John Carter so eloquently writes. “The problem isn't that a little girl was stabbed by one of them. No, the problem is that the Irish have a problem with it.”The death of the mediaThe Far Right it seems is now everywhere. Brexit was a far right thing. The Dutch feeling threatened by mass Muslim immigration is far right thing. Argentina, deciding that enough is enough after umpteen hyperinflations, large scale corruption and Lord knows what else, is far right. Even being opposed to the inequitable tax that is ULEZ is far right, apparently - by that measure, Robin Hood, Gandhi, Boudicca, the Peasants Revolt, the American and French Revolutionaries - yes, they were all far right. Both Just Stop Oil and Black Lives Matter are self-proclaimed far left organisations. Why does the media almost never refer to them as far left?There hasn't been a sudden rise or re-emergence of the Far Right. There has just been a rise in name-calling by a media that operates with dual standards. The name-calling can be justified because the definition of what is far right has been changed. And now people who are unhappy about a child being stabbed can be bracketed with Hitler. Do you remember the Nice terror attack in 2016? A Muslim terrorist drove a truck into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille day and killed 84 people. How did the media report that? This is the BBC headline:Killed by lorry! No mention of the driver, his background or political affiliation. Just the passive voice.But anyone who reacts to murderous conduct by an illegal immigrant is far right.When people are angry because George Floyd is killed and we get several months of looting, that's fine. But when three Irish kids are stabbed and the Irish get hacked off about it, that's far right. Such blatant double standards.Here we see “Oxford men”.We all know the media lies and has probably always lied. But it also has to be truthful at the level it operates. This switching between active and passive voice is, effectively, lying and sophistry. When the truth is so obviously ignored by a media too scared to call a shovel a shovel, people will inevitably lose trust in it.Thank God for alternative media, that's all I can say, or should I say, alt right media. At least there's a truth to it. Give me a citizen journalist at the heart of the action over a hack any day of the week.I don't think anyone minds people applying to come to a country, working hard, contributing, being respectful and so on. But they do mind lots of fighting-age young men coming illegally, stabbing people, raping women, exhausting local resources (such as accommodation, education and healthcare) and then being called racist and far right for raising objections. If you keep calling people far right Nazis, they will eventually start behaving like far right Nazis, as my friend Low Status Opinions keeps saying to me. The longer moderate political parties ignore the concerns of those who elected them, then the more they will be driven to extremism. It's all very well saying the mainstream media is dead. There's no doubt that it is in decline, but it still has enormous influence. The quicker it dies, the better in my opinion - then some kind of genuine free market can return and replace the  monopolistic media we have endured for the last few decades. I say “free market” can return to the media - maybe I should say “far right markets”.When all is said and done, we are seeing a battle for control of the narrative and one side is losing. That's when they start using smears like far right. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

I was never particularly interested in politics growing up. My father was an active social democrat, and I remember him jumping up and down with excitement when the SDP was formed, as David Owen, Roy Jenkins, and Shirley Williams broke away from the Labour Party. Even as a student, I never got interested beyond having a feeling that something wasn't right. I felt I should be left-wing - that that was the right thing to be, but I never felt particularly engaged, only alienated. My vague understanding of political ideology was that Stalin and the Bolsheviks were far left and Hitler and the Nazis were far right - I didn't realise Nazi meant national socialist back then - but that far left and far right were actually quite close in philosophy. Horseshoe theory, basically.It seemed actual far right was something that didn't really exist in the UK. There was Oswald Mosley, but he was a bit of a laughing stock, and the National Front was tiny and ineffectual. In my mid-to-late 30s, as a result of studying gold, sound money and limited government, I discovered libertarianism. For the first time, here was a political philosophy that resonated with me. Government is inherently incompetent, inefficient and inequitable. The more it does, the worse things seem to get. The less it does, the better. “A multiplicity of individual decisions,” to quote John Cowperthwaite, former Governor of Hong Kong, “will produce a better and wiser result than a single decision by a Government or by a board with its inevitably limited knowledge of the myriad factors involved, and its inflexibility.”It always amazes me that somebody who advocates peace, free trade, less government, and, in the case of anarchism and anarcho-capitalism, no government at all, can be sectioned off with Nazis and labelled far right. Far right involves more government not less. To say far-right libertarian, as the Guardian did the other day to describe Argentina's new president Javier Milei, is surely oxymoronic. Or maybe just plain moronic.At best it's lazy and ignorant. At worst it's the stuff of smearing and straw men, and wilfully dishonest. I used to think it's the former. Now most of the time I realise it's the latter.I am proud to have written the Libertarian National Anthem, which distils libertarian philosophy. The lyrics read:Arise libertarians above totalitariansOur guide is the mighty invisible hand.Reject state controllers, collectors, patrollers.Our choices are better than government plans.Taxation is a form of theft.Free markets and free trade are best.Free speech, free movement, free minds and free choice.Our actions are all voluntary,Not coerced or compulsory.War we abhor, socialism does not work.No debt or inflation, no stealth confiscation,No pigs in the trough at the gravy to drink,No state education to brainwash our nation,No experts dictate what to do, what to think.We scorn your fiat currency.Gold and bitcoin is our money.We own ourselves and we live and let live.We take responsibility.Life, love and liberty.Leave us alone, let a thousand flowers bloom.How is any of that far right?(If you want to watch the video of the above, which I heartily recommend, it is here). Buying gold in the uncertain times? My recommended bullion dealer is The Pure Gold Company, whether you are taking delivery or storing online. Premiums are low, quality of service is high. They deliver to the UK, US, Canada and Europe, or you can store your gold with them. I have an affiliation deal. More here.What actually is “far right'?Time for a Wikipedia definition: Historically, "far-right politics" has been used to describe the experiences of fascism, Nazism, and Falangism. That's what I thought. But here's the problem. They've done that change-the-definition thing:Contemporary definitions now include neo-fascism, neo-Nazism, the Third Position, the alt-right, racial supremacism and other ideologies or organizations that feature aspects of authoritarian, ultra-nationalist, chauvinist, xenophobic, theocratic, racist, homophobic, transphobic, or reactionary views. So, basically, now far right can be anything you don't agree with. The name derives from the left–right political spectrum, with the "far right" considered further from center than the standard political right.Of course, the whole prism of left and right is false, in any case. Authoritarian v libertarian is much more telling, and the political compass is the best scale of all. But so overused is the term far right that the political compass is starting to look something like this.I have argued many times, starting with Life After the State, that healthcare, education and welfare would all be cheaper and of a higher standard, if the government stayed out of it. The internet is the most powerful learning tool ever created and it's (almost) free. In the context of the times, the Friendly Societies of the 19th century were much better providers of care than the state equivalent we have today. But, somehow, if you argue that state care is no good, and that we should do away with it, people think you are advocating a society with no care at all, and therefore you are a fascist and far right. It's not about wanting the best care for people though, with them, is it? It's about control.This week we have seen the election of Javier Milei in Argentina, who is a self pronounced libertarian and anarcho capitalist. His rants denouncing the state are the stuff libertarian wet dreams are made of. I know the purists say he is a WEF stooge. Please. Real life will never as clean as idealists and theorists would like. It is muddy and impure. Take the win. Milei's victory is a good for the libertarian cause, even if only for the PR it has given the word(s) anarcho capitalist. If his policies start to work, the potential for other countries to copy and for libertarianism to spread multiplies. Nevertheless, he is, as we learn from the Guardian, far right.Then on Thursday, an Algerian migrant in Ireland went on a stabbing spree at a school in Dublin, counting three small children and a woman among his victims. Many Irish people, like the rest of Europe, have had had their concerns about large-scale migration ignored by their leaders, who have set pro-immigration policies in place, for years. They've seen increased racial tension, increased crime, especially violent crime and rape, criminals released from prison early due to overcrowding, unaffordable housing get even more unaffordable, while schools, healthcare, transport infrastructure all struggle to cope with the increased numbers. But the stabbing made something snap and Dublin saw the biggest riots it has seen in living memory.Then came the reporting. This was the Telegraph, who should know better.Who committed the knife attack? Was that not violent? Or did it just happen? You're far right if you are angry kids are being stabbed? The Irish leadership took no responsibility. This had nothing to do with their policies. Instead it too blamed the far right. It was hooligans “driven by far right ideology”, said the head of police. My breath was taken away by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar who as good ignored the crime but condemned the reaction as racist, having no place in multi-cultural Ireland, and pledged more censorship and clamping down of hate speech. “The problem isn't that Ireland is being flooded with unassimilable, predatory aliens,” as John Carter so eloquently writes. “The problem isn't that a little girl was stabbed by one of them. No, the problem is that the Irish have a problem with it.”The death of the mediaThe Far Right it seems is now everywhere. Brexit was a far right thing. The Dutch feeling threatened by mass Muslim immigration is far right thing. Argentina, deciding that enough is enough after umpteen hyperinflations, large scale corruption and Lord knows what else, is far right. Even being opposed to the inequitable tax that is ULEZ is far right, apparently - by that measure, Robin Hood, Gandhi, Boudicca, the Peasants Revolt, the American and French Revolutionaries - yes, they were all far right. Both Just Stop Oil and Black Lives Matter are self-proclaimed far left organisations. Why does the media almost never refer to them as far left?There hasn't been a sudden rise or re-emergence of the Far Right. There has just been a rise in name-calling by a media that operates with dual standards. The name-calling can be justified because the definition of what is far right has been changed. And now people who are unhappy about a child being stabbed can be bracketed with Hitler. Do you remember the Nice terror attack in 2016? A Muslim terrorist drove a truck into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille day and killed 84 people. How did the media report that? This is the BBC headline:Killed by lorry! No mention of the driver, his background or political affiliation. Just the passive voice.But anyone who reacts to murderous conduct by an illegal immigrant is far right.When people are angry because George Floyd is killed and we get several months of looting, that's fine. But when three Irish kids are stabbed and the Irish get hacked off about it, that's far right. Such blatant double standards.Here we see “Oxford men”.We all know the media lies and has probably always lied. But it also has to be truthful at the level it operates. This switching between active and passive voice is, effectively, lying and sophistry. When the truth is so obviously ignored by a media too scared to call a shovel a shovel, people will inevitably lose trust in it.Thank God for alternative media, that's all I can say, or should I say, alt right media. At least there's a truth to it. Give me a citizen journalist at the heart of the action over a hack any day of the week.I don't think anyone minds people applying to come to a country, working hard, contributing, being respectful and so on. But they do mind lots of fighting-age young men coming illegally, stabbing people, raping women, exhausting local resources (such as accommodation, education and healthcare) and then being called racist and far right for raising objections. If you keep calling people far right Nazis, they will eventually start behaving like far right Nazis, as my friend Low Status Opinions keeps saying to me. The longer moderate political parties ignore the concerns of those who elected them, then the more they will be driven to extremism. It's all very well saying the mainstream media is dead. There's no doubt that it is in decline, but it still has enormous influence. The quicker it dies, the better in my opinion - then some kind of genuine free market can return and replace the  monopolistic media we have endured for the last few decades. I say “free market” can return to the media - maybe I should say “far right markets”.When all is said and done, we are seeing a battle for control of the narrative and one side is losing. That's when they start using smears like far right. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

In this episode, Liz Darrow and Rosalinda Guillen speak with Shirley Williams and Sandy Fugami about an upcoming walk that will take place on August 6th to remember Honesto Ibarra, a farmworker who died working in unsafe conditions. The conversation weaves together narratives of displacement and assimilation that are felt similarly among many marginalized communities in Whatcom County. From Honesto Ibarra, to James Okubo, these stories verge on forgotten yet are central to our understanding of our place and time together.Join us on August 6th at 10am! Meet at 1600 H Street, where we will begin the walk. Resources from the episode:Whiteswan Environmental website Whiteswan House of Healing petition Music from the episode:Pido a la Paz by Rosa Martha Zarate MacíasSupport the show

Welcome to Episode 353 of the Next Level Podcast, where hosts Drew Harris and Sergio Gomez sit down with Canadian painter Shirley Williams to unveil the top secrets of successful corporate art commissions. Shirley Williams, a renowned artist with nearly 30 years of experience, takes us behind the scenes and shares her valuable insights on working with corporate clients, meeting deadlines, navigating contracts, selecting materials, and much more. Shirley Williams is celebrated for her captivating multi-layered abstract paintings, which draw inspiration from the organic rhythms of nature and the vibrant energy of colors. Her distinctive style has garnered international acclaim, with her work being exhibited across North America in prestigious solo and juried group exhibitions. Museums and commercial art galleries in Toronto, Detroit, Dallas, Austin, New York, San Francisco, and Naples have showcased her remarkable talent. Notably, Shirley's artwork has found a home in major corporate collections, including Hub International, Caesars International, General Motors, BMO Financial, Ethan Allen Global, and A&W Food Service, among others. Furthermore, her creations grace several public collections, such as Ronald McDonald House, University of Windsor, Ste. Cecile Academy Library, and WF Credit Union. In the realm of private collections, Shirley's paintings have found a place in the esteemed Zekelman Family Foundation and the Odette Family Foundation. Throughout her career, Shirley Williams has been the recipient of numerous art grants, acknowledging her exceptional artistic contributions. In 2012, she was honored with the prestigious Endowment for the Arts, Elizabeth Havelock Foundation Award, recognizing her achievements as a mid-career artist. In 2013, she received a Letter of Recognition from Canadian Prime Minister Harper and Mayor Ed Francis of the City of Windsor. Shirley's artistic journey has seen her collaborate with Grammy-winning symphony conductor Maestro John Morris-Russell of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra. Together, they embarked on a year-long fundraising project, showcasing her talents as a Visual Artist in Residence. Beyond her remarkable collaborations, Shirley Williams has also worked extensively with international designers and art consultants, leaving her artistic imprint on significant projects. Her artistic prowess has graced a private jet lounge and a 127-foot yacht, demonstrating her versatility and ability to adapt her creativity to diverse settings. Currently, Shirley operates from a spacious warehouse studio with an adjoining Studio Gallery in Windsor, Ontario, situated across the river from Detroit, Michigan. This airy and inspiring space serves as the backdrop for her continued artistic endeavors and as a hub for engaging with art enthusiasts and collectors. Tune in to this enlightening episode of the Next Level Podcast, as Shirley Williams, Drew Harris, and Sergio Gomez share invaluable advice and unravel the secrets of successful corporate art commissions. Whether you're an artist, a collector, or simply curious about the intersection of art and the corporate world, this conversation promises to be both insightful and inspiring.

The Bums are back in the rail yard for S3:E0073, with a review of NFL Conference Playoff Sunday and a preview of Super Bowl Cincuenta y Siete with a series of “firsts” in Super Bowl history; the Bums playoff challenge tightens another notch in the race for a “free dinner”, as Rocky clings to a lead thinner than a Communion wafer and Paddy makes a late comeback; a review of coaching hires —headlined by Sean Payton's reentry into NFL coaching in Mile High territory; TB12 announces another retirement (yawns); Philly Eagle's OL Josh Sills wins dirtbag medal by catching rape and kidnapping charges; Arian Foster is listening to Joe Rogan too often with his claim that the NFL is rigged (scripted WWF style); Nick Bosa isn't  squeaky clean; FFL last place punishments are getting increasingly more creative; RIP to Chicago BlackEyeHawks legend Bobby “The Golden Jet” — as his legacy has two diametrically opposed chapters (one good and one bad); and wrap with a quick chat around NBA headlines (including LeBron watch and ‘the suck' that is the Bulls).   The suffix edition kicks off with a back-to-back “double booze” review (liver's beware), starting with Lamp Lighter Brewing's ‘Werewolves of Cambridge' (7.2% ABV), an approachable, smooth English Pale Malt Porter that smacks with toffee, coffee and caramel (thanks McD!!)— followed by a review of ‘Drumchameau', a Pinot Noir Cask single pot Irish single malt — that presents as a bit grainy, flavored with honey and vanilla — similar to a traditional Japanese whiskey; Eddie gets his heavy metal fix while being price gouged at the hands of Chicago's Radius venue in China Town; RIP to Shirley Williams of “Laverne and Shirley” TV fame — rendering Lenny the last stooge standing; the Bums go day drinking with Paddy's Big East pals (2 out of 10 dentists approve);  the classic movie “The Sting” holds up over time (kinda sorta); and nobody on the planet is happy with the Rock and Roll HOF nominees (zero stars, do not recommend).   All this without the sharp stick in the eye.Recorded on February 2nd, 2023 at B.O.M.'s global headquarters ‘East Bunker' in Chicago, IL USA.  

For our latest Dementia together podcast we spoke to Shirley Williams, who is 80, lives in Brighton, and has Alzheimer's. Shirley tells us about coming from British Guyana to England in the early 1960s, to work as a nurse. She also discusses her dementia diagnosis, and how she is doing all she can to keep her mind as sharp as possible, while refusing to let dementia spoil her life. Your donations play a vital role in ensuring people affected by dementia are aware of the services offered by Alzheimer's Society, especially in what is a difficult time for everyone. To donate, visit alzheimers.org.uk/give or call 0330 333 0804.

Anna Brakefield (Red Land Cotton Co-founder) and Shirley Williams (Plant Manager) join the conversation by phone to detail what brought the Alabama based Red Land Cotton to Mississippi and how Shirley Williams played a big part in the decision!

A great way to celebrate Women's History Month on Power Your Life with today's Co-Host Shirley Williams, President of Leadership in Action, LLC  discussing the contributions of women and what's next. Shirley A. Williams is a personal/professional growth and empowerment coach, Certified Leadership Coach, Certified Diversity Consultant, Registered Professional Coach, Trainer, Licensed Volunteer Chaplin, and a Personality Insights Certified DISC Behavioral Consultant.  As the President of Leadership in Action, LLC. her knowledge of business management and professionalism is supported by 20+ years of practical leadership experience with corporations, non-profit, university, community and faith-based organizations. Shirley's areas of expertise are staffing, recruiting, evaluating processes, knowledge management and implementing change. Ms. Williams also works with and facilitates workshops for numerous non-profit and community outreach organizations. She's an internationally published co-author and has contributed to fifteen+ self-help books. Ms. Williams is working on her first independently authored book on reinventing yourself. She's been recognized by the Lydia Circle of Christian Business and Professional Women with the Spirit of Deborah Leadership Award. She's also received the Wayne State University Leadership Development Award and The Professional Woman Network 2013 Diversity Ambassador Award and 2013 Literary Award for her writing contributions to the PWN International Library.

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S'mae... Dych chi'n gwrando ar Pigion - podlediad wythnosol Radio Cymru i'r rhai sy'n dysgu ac sydd wedi dysgu Cymraeg. Tomos Morse dw i, ac i ddechrau'r wythnos yma … CRWYDRO'R CAMBRIA Yn y gyfres newydd, Crwydro'r Cambria, mae Ioan Lord a Dafydd Morris Jones yn mynd â ni ar daith i ganol mynyddoedd y Cambria gan ddechrau yn y clip yma gyda phentref bach Ponterwyd yng Ngheredigion… Cyfres - Series Arwydd - A sign Eithriadol - Exceptional Yn ddiweddar - Recently Canolbarth Lloegr - The Midlands Gwythïen - Vein Hewl (Heol) - Ffordd Pellennig - Remote Twr o bobl - A crowd of people RHYS PATCHELL Cofiwch , tasech chi eisiau clywed pob rhaglen yn y gyfres honno ewch i wefan BBC Sounds. Mae cyflwynydd newydd ar Radio Cymru bob bore Sadwrn – y chwaraewr rygbi rhyngwladol Rhys Patchel, a chwarae teg iddo, roedd atebion da gyda fe i gwestiynau digon anodd gan ddwy ferch fach Cyflwynydd - Presenter Chwaraewr rygbi rhyngwladol - International rugby player Arbenigedd - Expertise Diflasu ar - To become bored of Cymhlethu - To complicate Pyst - Posts Llinell ddychmygol - Imaginary line Bant â ni - Ffwrdd â ni Taro - To hit AR Y MARC Siocled a fajitas – deiet da i chwaraewr rygbi rhyngwladol Dwy ferch fach a Catrin Heledd yn ein helpu ni ddod i nabod Rhys Patchell yn well yn fan'na. Newid siâp y bêl nawr a chlip bach am bêl-droed. Mae sawl clwb bach wedi cael amser anodd iawn yn ystod cyfnod Covid felly roedd hi'n braf clywed sôn am glwb newydd yn cael ei ffurfio ym mhentref Llechryd yng Ngheredigion. Cai Emlyn oedd un o westeion Dylan Jones ar Ar y Marc yr wythnos yma a dyma fe'n sôn am y clwb newydd... Digon dewr - Brave enough Ymysg - Amongst Y Gynghrair - The league Rhyfeddol - Amazing Adnabyddus - Enwog Ieuenctid - Youth Hen bennau - Old heads Offer - Equipment Caniatâd - Permission Noddwyr - Sponsors MIRAIN IWERDYDD A phob lwc i glwb pêl-droed Llechryd on'd ife? Mae Miriain Iwerydd wrth ei bodd gyda chrefftau, felly bob wythnos mae hi'n sgwrsio gyda rhywun sy wedi llwyddo i wneud gyrfa yn y maes. Yr wythnos yma – Elin Angharad oedd ei gwestai. Yn gyfarwydd - Familiar Graddio - To graduate LLedr - Leather Datblygu - To develop Uniongyrchol - Directly Arbrofi - To experiment Gweithdy - Workshop Breuddwyd - A dream Creadigol - Creative Di o'm bwys - Does dim ots LISA ANGHARAD Elin Angharad oedd honna'n sgwrsio gyda Mirain Iwerydd am ei gwaith celf lledr. Weloch chi'r rhaglen ddrama wych The Pact ar BBC 1 yn ddiweddar? Un o'r sêr oedd Heledd Gwynn ac ymunodd hi gyda Lisa Angharad a buodd y ddwy'n sgwrsio am eu gwyliau… Becso - Poeni Noeth - Naked Wastad - Always Crac - Angry Rhyddid - Freedom Unigolyn - Individual Hunllef - Nightmare Cyfrifol - Responsible SEREMONI DYSGWYR Ambell i stori ddifyr am wyliau yn fan'na gan Lisa Angharad a Heledd Gwynn. Ac i gloi – dyma Shan Cothi a Trystan Ellis yn cyhoeddi pwy oedd Dysgwr y Flwyddyn yr Eisteddfod AmGen eleni yng nghwmni Shirley Williams, un o'r beirniaid, a David Thomas yr enillydd Beirniaid - Adjudicators Datgelu - To reveal Gwrach - Witch Hud a lledrith - Magic Braint - An honour Ystyried - To consider Cenhedlaeth goll - Lost generation Ymwybodol - Aware Trawsnewid - To transform Cyfoethogi - To enrich Ehangu fy ngorwelion - Widen my horizons

This past week would have seen the 91st birthday of Baroness Williams of Crosby – better known as Shirley Williams – who died aged 90 in April this year. In this interview, first broadcast in February 2011, presenter Roy Jenkins spoke to Shirley Williams about her life, faith and politics. Williams was first elected to Parliament in 1964 as a Labour MP. She held two cabinet posts in the Callaghan government and, as one of the original ‘Gang of Four', she helped form the Social Democratic Party in 1981. Subsequently she sat as a very active Lib Dem peer into her mid-80s. As one of the world's most distinguished female politicians, she lectured and advised in many different countries, and, like her late second husband, was a Professor Emerita of Electoral Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Shirley Williams was a practising Roman Catholic, and she made a number of appearances on All Things Considered, the most recent when she spoke on faith and politics at the University of Wales, Newport in 2011.

Virginia Ironside discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known. Virginia Ironside started off as a temporary secretary to Shirley Williams at the Fabian Society and then worked at Vogue, followed by the Sunday Telegraph, the Daily Mail (as a rock columnist), Woman magazine, the Sunday Mirror, Today (as an agony columnist) and now with a column in the Oldie and the Idler. Since becoming sixty she has performed a show, Growing Old Disgracefully, all over the UK. Her website is www.virginiaironside.org Anna Kavan https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/30/the-curious-creation-of-anna-kavan Isle of Sheppey www.sdpt.org.uk Hippodrome Circus, Yarmouth hippodromecircus.co.uk A House in Bayswater www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFZlBYJ0_uY&t=43s Anne Acheson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Acheson Motherhood https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/sep/03/familyandrelationships.features10 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Shirley Williams is a survivor of a residential school and she joined 900CHML's Bill Kelly to discuss her experience. She talks about how she feels about the remains of the 215 children found at the former B.C residential school. What does she think about Canada's response so far and what needs to happen next? GUEST: Shirley Williams, Professor Emeritus with the Chanie Wenjack School of Indigenous Studies at Trent University

A titan of British politics shares stories from his fascinating career. David reminisces about Roy Jenkins, Shirley Williams and Margaret Thatcher, but also delivers sharp political analysis about Keir Starmer, Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn and Brexit. Oh and explains the differences between The Gang of Four and The Independent Group. As well as founding and leading the SDP, David served as Foreign Secretary under James Callaghan... at the age of 38! His insights on the international stage, include brilliant stories about his encounters with Ronald Reagan, Robert Mugabe and Slobodan Milosevic. This is exceptional from start to finish. Get your tickets for the Political Party Specials at The Garrick Theatre and Vaudeville Theatre here: https://www.nimaxtheatres.com/shows/matt-fordes-political-party-podcast/ Monday 24 May: Peter Mandelson and Sayeeda Warsi Tuesday 25 May: Keir Starmer and Andrea Leadsom - SOLD OUT Wednesday 2 June: Jess Phillips and Esther McVey Subscribe to British Scandal here or wherever you get your podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/british-scandal/id1563775446 Email the show: politicalpartypodcast@gmail.com Order Matt's book 'Politically Homeless' here: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/2100000262618 Follow Matt on Twitter: @mattforde Follow Matt on WTSocial: https://wt.social/u/matt-forde For the latest UK Government advice on coronavirus go to: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

David Owen, former Foreign Secretary and one of the SDP's Gang of Four, boards a flight to Planet Normal this week. He tells Telegraph columnists Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan why he thinks it's a problem that former Prime Ministers no longer join the House of Lords and expresses his regret that the late Shirley Williams didn't acknowledge her own potential. Plus David attempts to answer a seemingly simple question posed by Liam: is Boris Johnson a ‘great’ Prime Minister?Elsewhere, they think it's all over.... it is now! And by 'it' we mean the new European Super League of course. Allison and Liam get into what that news meant to your average football fan. Plus Allison reflects on the coverage of the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral, and those powerful images of the Queen sat alone in the chapel. Allison and Liam will be replying to comments beneath this article on Thursday 22nd April from 11am-12pm: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/22/david-owen-many-able-women-lack-confidence-shirley-williams/ |Read more from Allison: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/allison-pearson/ |Read more from Liam: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/liam-halligan/ |Read how the ‘George Floyd Policing Act’ could limit policing powers in the US: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/20/will-derek-chauvins-conviction-change-us-policing/ |Read Laura Donnelly ‘Only 32 people hospitalised with COVID after having had vaccination’: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/20/exclusive-just-32-people-hospital-covid-vaccination/ |Listen to Bryony Gordon's Mad World: https://www.playpodca.st/madworld |Need help subscribing or reviewing? Read more about podcasts here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/podcasts/podcast-can-find-best-ones-listen/ |Email: planetnormal@telegraph.co.uk |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/normal |

With Jacqui Smith away, Iain Dale and Caroline Flint discuss the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral, the Greensill scandal, Ukraine, Shirley Williams, Astra Zeneca, Caroline’s work as a vaccine volunteer, local elections and Labour’s poll ratings, the joys or otherwise of photoshoots, and Iain describes the trauma he experienced when his Jack Russell went missing. Smut quota: Very low.

This weeks Quantum (apologies for being a day later) looks at the death of Prince Philip, the reaction to it and his 'faith';  the deaths of DMX and Shirley Williams;  Rumours of wars in Taiwan, Ukraine, Iran and Afghanistan; Martyn Iles on the ABC; Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid';  good English no longer required at some English universities; BLM founders hypocrisy;  Prayers against white people;  Transgender prisoners in California; Bluey is not a 'dog of colour'; Bill Maher on film trigger warnings;  Bidens misuse of the English language; Mike Jagger on Covid lockdown; Boris Johnson lying about Covid;  before finishing with a great DMX song. 

Matthew Bannister on: The Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Williams of Crosby. As Shirley Williams she was a Labour cabinet minister who abolished the 11-plus exam in many parts of the UK, then a member of the Gang of Four who founded the SDP and later the Lib Dem leader in the House of Lords. Her former colleague Lord Owen pays tribute. Glynn Lunney, who was the flight director on key American space missions, including the Apollo 11 moon landing and the aborted Apollo 13 mission, during which he played a key role in saving the astronauts' lives. His fellow flight director Gerry Griffin pays tribute. And Lyn Macdonald, the historian who documented the testimony of ordinary First World War soldiers. The author Sebastian Faulks tells us how she inspired his best-selling novel “Birdsong”. Producer: Neil George Interviewed guest: Julia Langdon Interviewed guest: Lord David Owen Interviewed guest: Gerry Griffin Interviewed guest: Kevin Fong Interviewed guest: Sebastian Faulks Archive clips used: Desert Island Discs - Shirley Williams: Radio 4, TX 3.2.2006; World At One: Launch of SDP: Radio 4, TX 26.3.1981; BBC News: BBC One, TX 29.11.1959; The Reunion – The Gang of Four: Radio 4, TX 17.8.2018; I Died In Hell... They Called It Passchendaele: Radio 4, TX 26.10.1977; Woman's Hour: Radio 4, TX 9.11.1974

Just a quick reminder about tonight's live show and what we'll be doing...including the lessons from the contrasting careers of David Cameron and Shirley Williams, live questions and unreliable predictions.. Tickets here: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/steve-richards-presents-rock-n-roll-politics-1504/

Lock down slowly easing; A caterpillar in court; Shirley Williams; A no-clothes Zoom call; How strong is your speech?; Riff off the news; How are you?; An interview with, and music from, Jessica Lee Morgan

An inquiry into the government's handling of Coronavirus seems inevitable; Matt Chorley is joined by the chair of the inquiry into Bloody Sunday Lord Saville and expert inquiry lawyer Peter Jones to discuss in the ins and outs of holding an inquiry, and how long the one into Covid might take. PLUSTimes Columnists Daniel Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch remember Shirley Williams. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How did day one of lockdown easing go? And Nick Clegg comes on from California to talk about Shirley Williams and how the EU has dealt with the vaccine rollout

Baroness Shirley Williams has died at the age of 90. She was a titan of British politics and a true trailblazer for women. She appeared on Woman's Hour many times and so we take the excuse to listen back to her. We also speak to her good friend, Baroness Julia Neuberger. What do you do if you've just had a baby and you've been called for jury service? We speak to Zoe Stacey who recently received a letter telling her she had to do jury service but she was still breast feeding. We describes her struggle to be excused. We're talking about getting back into the swing of things now lockdown is gradually lifting. Are you desperate to get back to normal or are you feeling nervous and anxious? We talk to Dr. Nihara Krause, a consultant clinical psychologist.  It's 18 years that parents have been able to request flexible working. After that the 'right to request' was made available to everyone, regardless of whether you're a parent or not. So what's been achieved and Is there still a stigma attached to it? We're joined by Sarah Jackson OBE, who's a workplace consultant and visiting professor at Cranfield University School of Management, and Rhonda D'Ambrosio who's used 'right to request' when it started.

In this episode of the LibDem Podcast we talk to two the committee members of the new Shirley Williams Lectures. Lord Mike Storey and Tom Morrison discuss the lectures, some of the guests lined up and how members can get involved You can follow everything to do with the LibDem Podcast on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter - @LibDemPod Please like & subscribe to the channel on Youtube as well as through your podcast provider so you never miss an episode.Thanks for listeningThe Lib Dem PodcastP.s many thanks to Prater Raines & Caturra Coffee Club for sponsoring this podcast. Interested in getting a fantastic new website or tasting some fantastic coffee then go to: www.praterraines.co.uk/liberal-democratswww.caturracoffeeclub.com

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This week, Jarrett Hill and Tre'vell Anderson are talking about their complex and complicado relationships to the gig economy. 2020 has been extra raggedy. You know. You were here. With so many of us unemployed, underemployed and forced to find creative ways to keep our heads above water (Good Times!) we wanted to dedicate this episode to all of the folks out there driving for ride-share companies, delivering groceries, pitching to editors and otherwise hustling. We see you. But first…Have you heard the good news? FANTI Podcast is one of Apple Podcast Favorites of 2020!Pass the Popcorn Tre'vell and Jarrett chat about President Obama's appeal to switch up the language around the "Defund the police" movement. Are you in?  DIS/Honorable MentionsThis week, Jarrett has an honorable mention for the late Mrs. Shirley Williams, mother of Wendy Williams while Tre'vell would like to give an honorable mention to Natalie Desselle-Reid of BAPS and Cinderella fame who passed away recently from colon cancer. Rest in peace to them both.Lastly, an honorable mention for air fryers and a big ol dishonorable mention to Big Flour. Go ahead and @ usEmail: FANTI@maximumfun.org@FANTIpodcast@Jarrett Hill@rayzon (Tre’Vell)@FANTIpodcast@TreVellAnderson@JarrettHill@Swish (Producer Laura Swisher)FANTI is produced and distributed by MaximumFun.orgLaura Swisher is the senior producer.Jordan Kauwling is the associate producer. 

Elder Shirley Williams "The Goat Story" told by Shirley Williams

Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Teresa shares an inspiring pledge written by Shirley Williams of the Black Panther Party. For the rest, listen to episode 67, “Dead Or In Prison”, season 6.

Marta Cordell, ND of the Thermography Center of Dallas will discuss ways to help the body fight cancer with unique tools such as thermography, heavy metal scanning and nutrition. 214-352-8758 Then pastor Shirley Williams will share the amazing story of her full recovery from stage 4 metastatic breast cancer (given only days to live) and restoration of full function. Shirley thanks God for leading her to stem cell therapy. She also brings other amazing survival stories from her network of friends and clients. One of my articles on Stem Cells and another one. CLICK HERE FOR consultation, seminars, free e-book. Phone number for a consultation: 432.837.4207 for other US areas 972.303.0683.  Childhood cancers caused by environmental toxins. Jeff Bowles free book on 16 covid-19 mysteries solved.  

Marta Cordell, ND of the Thermography Center of Dallas will discuss ways to help the body fight cancer with unique tools such as thermography, heavy metal scanning and nutrition. 214-352-8758 Then pastor Shirley Williams will share the amazing story of her full recovery from stage 4 metastatic breast cancer (given only days to live) and restoration of full function. Shirley thanks God for leading her to stem cell therapy. She also brings other amazing survival stories from her network of friends and clients. One of my articles on Stem Cells and another one. CLICK HERE FOR consultation, seminars, free e-book. Phone number for a consultation: 432.837.4207 for other US areas 972.303.0683.  Childhood cancers caused by environmental toxins. Jeff Bowles free book on 16 covid-19 mysteries solved.  

Timothy Brittain-Catlin is an architect and Reader in the Kent School of Architecture, and we begin this insightful and informative interview by talking about buildings which elude even architects and how some of us are more image based and others function using words. Timothy also discloses why he thinks the Sat Nav is the work of the devil. Timothy talks about growing up just within the boundaries of inner London, and the notion of ‘rebuilding’ the past. He has a very vivid memory when it applies to buildings and Timothy reveals how one theme that does tend to repeat in his dreams is that of going back somewhere he once lived, and how this underlies all his work on architecture. We move on to a wider discussion about what dreams are about, and rationalizing the irrational. His mother was a public relations executive and Timothy recounts the time that the family moved to Scotland, and he talks about having a voice coach during his time in Israel and how image is conveyed through accents. We also learn why he spent the 1990s in Israel. We talk about the power of music, including ‘Morningtown Ride’ by The Seekers and listening to the Radio 3 midnight news in the 1980s, as well as about why architects don’t tend to be ‘word’ people, and we talk about the eligibility of submitting buildings rather than an article for the University's Research Excellence Framework. We discuss how architectural critiques come from personal experience, and how memories can be falsely remembered. Timothy also asks me whether we can only be nostalgic about shared experiences rather than individual ones. We move on to the notion of ‘correcting’ the past in the context of architecture, and about the fit, or lack of, between architecture and academia, and the Protestant work ethic. We talk about his family’s religious heritage, his SDP background (his aunt is Baroness [Shirley] Williams, one of the original Gang of Four). He talks about his experience of meeting politicians and why he could never have become a politician himself. I ask Timothy whether Shirley Williams would have wanted to be Leader of the Opposition had she won Stevenage in 1979, and we discuss how Tony Blair was in some respects to the right of the SDP. Timothy reveals why he doesn’t look back at anything too inquisitively, and he tells us what is ‘the only message worth giving’ and about the disparity in teaching quality sometimes between school and university, and why the style with which one writes doesn’t reflect one’s personality and how writing is a technical skill. Please note: Opinions expressed are solely those of Chris Deacy and Timothy Brittain-Catlin and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the University of Kent.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, so Wednesday we talked to the people who run SafeNet here in Erie. Linda King is the Executive Director and Shirley Williams is the Community Liaison for the agency. Our conversation revolved around who is affected by domestic violence and why it doesn’t stop. They also shared about how you can tell if someone is affected by it and what you can do to help. Statistics show that 1 out of 3 women report physical abuse by an intimate partner at some point in their lives, so this is an important topic to cover.

Karina and Matthew talk about looking honestly at history, tribal land acknowledgements, and engaging young people in the history going on today. Joining are special guests Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza, authors of An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People, adapted from the book by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. This episode is sponsored All the Impossible Things by Lindsay Lackey (and published by Macmillan Children's), Astro Girl by Ken Wilson-Max (and published by Candlewick Press), and our Book Riot Mystery/Thriller Giveaway. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more kidlit news and recommendations, sign up for our The Kids Are All Right newsletter! RELEVANT LINKS: American Indians in Children's Literature (blog) Debbie Reese responds to Commissioner Corcoran's Back to School Reading List with the Florida Department of Education (Twitter) Native Stories: Books for tweens and teens by and about Indigenous peoples (School Library Journal) The 1619 Project (New York Times) 'I regret it': Hayden King on writing Ryerson University's territorial acknowledgement (CBC) Music by Joy Harjo Florida Department of Education, We Have a Situation (Indigo's Bookshelf: Voices of Native Youth) Children of the Glades (@ofglades) BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jean Mendoza, Debbie Reese Picture Books: Jingle Dancer by Cynthia L. Smith, illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright Fall in Line, Holden! by Daniel W. Vandever  Saltypie: A Choctaw Journey from Darkness into Light by Tim Tingle, illustrated by Karen Clarkson We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Frane Lessac The Good Luck Cat by Joy Harjo, illustrated by Paul Lee Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal Bowwow Powwow by Brenda J. Child, illustrated by Jonathan Thunder The Water Walker by Joanne Robertson, translated by Shirley Williams and Isadore Toulouse Middle Grade: The Sockeye Mother by Brett D. Huson, illustrated by Natasha Donovan The Grizzly Mother by Brett D. Huson, illustrated by Natasha Donovan Let us know what books or topics you've been sharing this week, or if you have a suggestion or book recommendation for an upcoming episode. Find us on email (kidlitthesedays@bookriot.com), Twitter (@KarinaYanGlaser and @MatthewWinner), or Instagram (@KarinaIsReadingAndWriting and @MatthewCWinner).

Erin describes the life of Charles Albright, the man suspected of murdering Mary Pratt, Susan Peterson, and Shirley Williams and of attacking multiple other Oak Cliff women. And- surprise!- this is not the end of the series after all. The 3rd and final installment will be available this weekend. In Good News, Shea has an outrageously sweet story about a little girl's special birthday party.Visit our Patreon page to support the show and earn some awesome rewards: https://patreon.com/allcrimenocattle. Check out our merch shop: https://allcrimenocattle.threadless.com. Find us on Twitter: @ACNCpodcast and on Instagram: @allcrimenocattle. Tip Jar: https://paypal.me/allcrimenocattle.And always remember: crime is bigger in Texas, y'all!

During WW2 the feminist and writer, Vera Brittain, spoke out against the saturation bombing of German cities. Her stance won her enemies in Britain and the USA. Vincent Dowd has been speaking to her daughter Shirley Williams about the impact of her campaign.Photo: Vera Brittain at Euston Station, London, in 1956. Credit: Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Legacy is a new play written by Paul Birch for the York Theatre Royal as an intergenerational collaboration: its cast is made up of Youth Theatre members as well as actors aged 65-plus from the local community. Exploring themes of corruption and the uses—and misuses—of individuals' online identities, the play uses a sci-fi thriller lens to examine some extremely timely questions. Mark Smith talks to director Kate Veysey and performers Hannah Brown and Shirley Williams about the development of the play, as well as the different attitudes to technology brought into stark contrast by the intergenerational nature of the cast. "It's not an anti-technology play, but it does start you thinking about how much can be changed of what you've said, and how it can be taken out of context." "It's a very topical issue but for us it's become very personal."

On 6th February 1918, women in Britain were given the right to vote for the first time. The campaign for women's suffrage had begun decades earlier. But it wasn't until the final months of the First World War that the British parliament relented and said property-owning women over the age of 30 could vote in a general election. It would take another ten years before women got parity with men. Louise Hidalgo has been listening back to the voices of the women activists known as suffragettes, and talks to politician Shirley Williams, the daughter of an early feminist.Picture: suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst is arrested outside Buckingham Palace, 1914 (Credit: Jimmy Sime/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Close examination of the events leading up to the Iraq War 2003 and detailed analysis of the decision making process by Professor Vernon Bogdanor FBA CBE http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-iraq-war-2003 Britain held her first national referendum in 1975 - on whether we should remain in the European Communities, forerunner of the European Union, which we had joined in 1973. The result was a two to one majority for staying in. Party attitudes were almost the opposite to what they are today. The Labour government favoured staying in, but the party in the Commons and in the country did not. The Conservatives were enthusiastically for staying in. The nationalists in Scotland and Wales favoured leaving.The referendum was not held solely because the Labour government sincerely wished to discover the views of the British people, but to paper over the cracks of a divided party; nor did the two to one majority indicate widespread popular enthusiasm for Europe. Britain was at that time, economically, the sick man of Europe. One of Britain's European Commissioners, Sir Christopher Soames said that it was no time to leave a Christmas club, let alone the Common Market! In addition, there was considerable deference towards the pro-European political establishment - Harold Wilson, Roy Jenkins, Shirley Williams and Edward Heath. Neither of these factors are present today.Populist politicians such as Tony Benn and Enoch Powell tried to stimulate a grass-roots nationalist movement against Europe, such as had defeated the pro-Europeans in Norway in a referendum held in 1972. Such movement did not materialise. Could it do so today?Are there any lessons to be learnt from the 1975 referendum?The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-iraq-war-2003 Gresham College has been giving free public lectures since 1597. This tradition continues today with all of our five or so public lectures a week being made available for free download from our website. There are currently over 1,900 lectures free to access or download from the website.Website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk Twitter: http://twitter.com/GreshamCollege Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greshamcollege Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/greshamcollege

Becky Milligan is invited to a restaurant in Westminster to lunch with Baroness Shirley Williams. She discusses her retirement from the House of Lords and gives us an insight into her life, love and work. And the Baroness obliges us with an impression of Donald Trump...

Harriett Gilbert debates favourite books with Shirley Williams and Margaret Drabble.

0:36 - Cory shares that living in France is not paradise, and sees it as a metaphor for everyone. "Embrace the chaos." 1:09 - Melissa's Great ClutterBust program is still open throughout October. Sign up at http://melissadinwiddie.com/great-clutterbust. 1:53 - Due to the lack of a good internet connection in France, Cory was unable to be present for the interview portion. 2:29 - Introducing Shirley Williams, abstract expressionist painter based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. 3:37 - Pricing: the surprising Catch-22 of commanding high prices. "It wasn't paying my bills!" (Tip: "When you end up having less work than what you're selling, that's when you raise your prices.") 6:55 - "I don't know if I want to be famous; I want to make my living from this!" 9:08 - How Shirley prices her work: Lineal inch pricing (tip: this is how professional galleries do it). 10:37 - The importance of getting clear on what you really want for yourself, and why it doesn't work to be a museum artist and a self-represented artist. "There's one thing that's constant as a professional artist, and that's change." 13:37 - "What I've realized is that I'm the happiest when I'm in control of my own career." Which means 50% of her time is spent marketing. 15:37 - Why she asked "Will this kill my career?" 16:37 - "There is never one opportunity, one phone call that's going to change your life, and all you need to do is sit in your studio and paint all day.... That's a dream." 17:03 - Shirley shares "a perfect example of how things can go sideways, really fast." 18:54 - Shirley's big museum show: "I thought doors were going to open magically from there." But the let-down after: "It was very clinical. It wasn't a creative endeavor. It was a very distant, off-putting thing for me." 22:20 - "It never ends... There's nobody that has the answer." 23:04 - Shirley talks realism: "One thing I've realized... is that you build your career one experience at a time, one person at a time, and one painting at a time." 24:37 - "Everything has a price, in terms of what you're going to get back." 26:24 - "It takes about nine to fifteen approaches before somebody buys." 28:15 - "I think it starts with the community. You have to build your base... Plant yourself well. Create a following." 30:18 - "Ups and downs are a big aspect.... You need several income streams." 31:36 - Shirley's typical daily schedule. "It's my life." 34:37 - "You cannot paint for a market... You've got to be yourself.... Plan your work and work your plan."

Sad to hear about the death of former BBC Political Editor John Cole. Here's one of his sterling performances, holding his own with Tony Benn and Shirley Williams in an episode of The Reunion recalling Harold Wilson's brave decision to hold a European referendum in 1975.

On Start the Week Andrew Marr discusses the prospect of an Iran with nuclear weapons. David Patrikarakos points to the failure to understand how far Iran's nuclear strategy is linked to its recent history and sense of identity. Geoffrey Robertson QC argues that the production of atomic bombs should be made an international crime against humanity, whereas Baroness Shirley Williams believes that politics still has a role to play in disarmament around the world. But Douglas Murray dismisses the idea that political negotiation or the law will work, and believes force may be the only answer.Producer: Katy Hickman.

Gary Smith and Robert Young talk to April Harper and Shirley Williams from Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club.

The writer and pacifist Vera Brittain is discussed by her daughter Baroness Shirley Williams and Dr Clare Gerada, Chair of the Royal College of GPs. Vera Brittain's life was shaped by the grief that followed the loss of her fiance, her brother and two good friends. She candidly conveyed the toll of the First World War on her generation in the best-selling 1933 book, Testament of Youth. Matthew Parris chairs an insightful exploration of what it was like to be brought up by Vera a mother who was, for many reasons, simply unavailable to the young Shirley Williams. Vera was a teenage feminist desperate for an education. But she turned her back on her studies at Oxford in 1914 because she felt compelled to serve as a nurse, wanting to join her brother and his friends in the trenches. Shirley Williams explains that as a result of her experiences, Vera became a committed pacifist, at a time when it was deeply unpopular to do so. Dr Clare Gerada nominates a fascinating life while paying tribute to two women - mother and daughter - who she believes have made the 21st century a better place for women to live. Produced by Mark Smalley. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.

Shirley Williams, now Baroness Williams, returns to her childhood homes in London's Chelsea and the New Forest. Her mother was the writer, Vera Brittain, whose most famous novel - Testament of Youth - was a best-seller when Shirley was a child in the 1930s. Her father, George Catlin, was an academic and and an instinctive feminist whose own mother had been an early suffragette, ostracised by Victorian society. He was a frustrated politician who stood for parliament a number of times but was never elected. But these were not the only nurturing adults in her young life. Also hugely significant was her mother's best friend, Winifred Holtby, and the housekeeper and her husband, Amy & Charlie Burnett - a bright, under-educated working class couple whom Shirley adored. The conversations in her childhood home centred on world events - the Spanish civil war and the rise of Hitler. Vera Brittain was a pacifist and, as such, found herself and her husband on the Nazis' blacklist. Had the Germans invaded in 1940, Shirley's parents would likely have been eliminated. Fearful of this, soon after war broke out and with the battle of the Atlantic raging, they put Shirley and her brother on a ship and evacuated them to the USA. The programme focuses on the relationships she forged with the adults in her early life and what she learned from them all. She credits her father with giving her the confidence to pursue a life in politics, Amy with imbuing in her a practical understanding of the constraints of a class-bound society, her mother with a vision of nobility and Winifred? Winifred was simply fun. Wendy Robbins accompanies Shirley Williams as she revisits the homes and haunts of her childhood. Producer : Rosamund Jones.

Mariella presents the first in a four part series examining the history of women's writing in the last hundred years. In A Book of One's Own: How Women Wrote The Twentieth Century, she speaks to leading novelists, critics and publishers to trace the evolution of women's emancipation in fiction. Part 1 explores the literature of the suffrage movement with the aid of Shirley Williams - daughter of the iconic feminist author Vera Brittain - and asks why the names of so many groundbreaking suffrage writers have been erased from our literary history. Also, Ross Raisin, author of God's Own Country, discusses his new book Waterline.

Shirley Williams: War Requiem-Benjamin Britten; Bridge Over Troubled Water–Simon/Garfunkel

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the politician Baroness Williams of Crosby. Shirley Williams has spent her life immersed in politics. Her father was a Labour Party activist and her mother the writer and pacifist Vera Brittain. Their home was always filled with topical conversation, from the rise of Hitler to the Spanish Civil War. She became a Labour Party member when still a teenager and, after a chance encounter in an air-raid shelter, formed a friendship with the then Home Secretary Herbert Morrison. She enjoyed a career within the Labour Party but, dismayed by its drift to the left, she abandoned it to become one of the Gang of Four who set up the Social Democratic Party in 1981 and later supported its merger with the Liberal Party. Now, as the Liberal Democrats are in the midst of leadership elections, she reflects on the difficulties the party has faced in recent months, and what it must do to regain public support. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: How Beautiful are the Feet by George Frideric Handel Book: Collection by W H Auden Luxury: PC linked to the internet

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the politician Baroness Williams of Crosby. Shirley Williams has spent her life immersed in politics. Her father was a Labour Party activist and her mother the writer and pacifist Vera Brittain. Their home was always filled with topical conversation, from the rise of Hitler to the Spanish Civil War. She became a Labour Party member when still a teenager and, after a chance encounter in an air-raid shelter, formed a friendship with the then Home Secretary Herbert Morrison. She enjoyed a career within the Labour Party but, dismayed by its drift to the left, she abandoned it to become one of the Gang of Four who set up the Social Democratic Party in 1981 and later supported its merger with the Liberal Party. Now, as the Liberal Democrats are in the midst of leadership elections, she reflects on the difficulties the party has faced in recent months, and what it must do to regain public support.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: How Beautiful are the Feet by George Frideric Handel Book: Collection by W H Auden Luxury: PC linked to the internet

The Rt Hon Shirley Williams is President of the Social Democratic Party. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, she talks about her mother Vera Brittain, her life in America during the war as an evacuee, her career; first as a journalist, then as a politician, and her break with the Labour Party to form the SDP. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Introduction and Allegro For Strings Opus 4 by Edward Elgar Book: Collected poems by W B Yeats Luxury: BBC computer

The Rt Hon Shirley Williams is President of the Social Democratic Party. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, she talks about her mother Vera Brittain, her life in America during the war as an evacuee, her career; first as a journalist, then as a politician, and her break with the Labour Party to form the SDP.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: Introduction and Allegro For Strings Opus 4 by Edward Elgar Book: Collected poems by W B Yeats Luxury: BBC computer