Jenni Murray in conversation with Sam Walters celebrates the lives, struggles and achievements of extraordinary women from around the globe, giving lie to Thomas Carlyle’s infamous declaration that ‘the history of the world is but the biography of great men.’

Jenni Murray, journalist and broadcaster has presented BBC Radio 4’s Women’s Hour since 1987. She is the author of A History of Britain in 21 Women and Memoirs of a Not So Dutiful Daughter.
Sam Walters’s biography is under the Scoop event on Friday evening.

This afternoon’s events are sponsored by Cotswold House Hotel and Spa Tel: 01386 840330 www.bespokehotels.com/cotswoldhouse