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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Miranda Sawyer

The week in audio: International Women’s Day; The Last Bohemians; Tonight With Andrew Marr

Lauren Laverne, Penny Smith and Mary Anne Hobbs.
Women’s work… presenters Lauren Laverne, Penny Smith and Mary Anne Hobbs. Composite: Getty Images

International Women’s Day Scala Radio, BBC Radio 3, BBC 6 Music
The Last Bohemians House of Hutch
Tonight With Andrew Marr LBC

International Women’s Day last Tuesday, and radio stations filled the airwaves with music and interviews from “queens” and “trailblazers” and “inspirational” women; all great, but it does make me wonder about those of us who muddle along being not very magnificent at all. Women still have to be fantastic, even on IWD. It’s often said, but we’ll know we’re equal once a woman is allowed to be as mediocre at her job as a middle-aged white man. As for being rewarded with a knighthood for being sacked … nobody would want a world where that could happen. Oh.

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