The Richard Dimbleby Lecture — Season 1, Episode 42: Jeanette Winterson
Documentary • 45 min • 1 season, 46 episodes • ★ 7.0/10
Episode synopsis
Jeanette Winterson, award-winning writer and acclaimed author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, delivers the 2018 Richard Dimbleby Lecture. 100 years on from the first women in the UK securing the right to vote, Jeanette asks what we can learn from the suffrage movement of a century ago, as well as examining the longevity of recent global campaigns promoting the equality of women. Introduced by David Dimbleby from the Palace of Westminster.
About The Richard Dimbleby Lecture
The Richard Dimbleby Lecture was founded in the memory of Richard Dimbleby, the BBC broadcaster. It has been delivered by an influential business or political figure almost every year since 1972.
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