Women and Gambling. Interim Mayor of Liverpool Wendy Simon. Plus How to Solve a Murder - True Stories from a Life in Forensic Medicine.Pauline and Derek Tremain are a couple who work together, running a small business from home in Kent. It's not your run of the mill business however, they provide a very specialist service called 'body mapping' to police forces up and down the country, painstakingly recreating murder injuries with 3D imaging for juries to look at.
Elaine Paige is an award-winning star of the West End and Broadway. . What, you may ask, would such a woman have to worry about? Well if you've been reading the Radio Times or the papers recently, you'll know that her height - just 4 foot 11 has made her feel horribly insecure throughout her life and caused her to be both literally and metaphorically overlooked.
We hear from Elizabeth Carr-Ellis from Canterbury who's the same height and knows exactly how she feels. Wendy Simon found herself unexpectedly running a city from her living room in December, as Interim Mayor of Liverpool. She explain how she took the reins in such a challenging time.
I used to have a co worker who would put his cup of coffee on my head and call me a table I'm 4. 9 he was 6 ft . He found my elbows were the right height to cause him problems walking after the 5 or 6th time ( I elbowed him just below his stomach)
Really? FHS!!
I am little and shy. I don't think the two are related. I think people are nicer to me because I am a small person. My youngest daughter is very small for her age and other children treat her like a baby... but though she be little she is fierce. Certainly the boss of our family.
I was put on a shelf once.
I’ve never had a problem with it, has never affected my confidence. A few years ago I started working with a bunch of very tall men and they would find a way of bringing it up, as jokes or banter. I found this baffling, it seemed to make them v insecure.
As an adult woman I've had more than one man literally pick me up. Used to infuriate me as it removes all power & you're accused of not having a sense of humour if you object. It doesn't happen now as I am older & have an effective death stare that has been cultivated over years.
Everyone thinks you're 'cute' and drunk people want to pick you up.
Noticed it so much with my daughter. She was treated by other parents and friends as if she was younger because she was smaller. So many times she and I wanted to scream 'being taller is not a personal achievement and does not make you a better person'!
Emmabarnett BrigidSimmonds How do you deal with fools like this been programmed with facts like a robot nothing wrong with my members. Betting & Gaming Council are funded by the gambling industry so surprise upon surprise they have found themselves not guilty of anything.
Sounds like a premise for a new crime series! ellygriffiths
Emmabarnett BrigidSimmonds Bit off the subject but is ‘Chairman’ the interviewee’s choice of description? The BBC use of terms like ‘manning’ so annoys me when there are so many other gender neutral terms. I contact BBC now again but no response.