The Boland Show Tuesday 1st June: Tuesdays show promises to be something very special when you see that the guest list includes an Archbishop of Canterbury, a rape victim, a diplomats wife and an expert on the must-have-pet, a Meerkat !!!!
First up is the former Archbishop of Canterbury George Cary. Carey was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1991 to 2002. He was the first modern holder not to have attended Oxford or Cambridge University. His time as archbishop saw the Church of England allow the ordination of Women priests and a rising debate over attitudes to homosexuality at the Lambeth Conference of 1998. WOW Boland and the Archbishop makes for interesting stuff!!!
Next up Maurine Gibbon: The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition has proposed a ban on the identification of men accused of rape. Which means that most men arrested on suspicion of rape will never be named because the vast majority never get to court. Unless 94% of women are lying, then there are a shed load of guilty men getting away with rape, including those who are reported to the police. Critically acclaimed author, Boland’s guest Maureen Gibbon was raped when she was sixteen. Nothing could take away her pain. Until she decided to go and visit rapists in jail so that she could try and come to terms with what happened to her. Her book ' Thief' is based on her experience.
The Foreign Office won't like it and her husband isn't too keen either but, after 25 years travelling from embassy to embassy and hellhole to hellhole, Maurice’s guest Cherry Denman, a diplomats wife, reveals the riotous truth about their perilous postings. Her book is Diplomatic Incidents: The Memoirs of An (Un) Diplomatic Wife.
Finally: Thanks to one of the most brilliant TV campaigns, the Meerkat is now a must-have pet. But behind the cute image lies shocking cruelty and exploitation. This oddly compelling creation - a smoking, jacket-wearing puppet with a Russian accent has more than 720,000 friends on Facebook and the the advert has been watched more than half a million times on Youtube. Now, some of these fans have decided to take their enthusiasm for Aliksandr Orlov to the next level by buying a Meerkat - even though the RSPCA says the creatures are wholly unsuited to being kept as domestic pets. Craig Redmond is from the Captive Animals Protection Society.
Boland on Tuesday@11am