CULTURE
Help save
BBC 6 Music
Since the BBC’s Director
General Mark Thompson
announced plans to axe radio
station 6 Music last week the
British music scene and beyond
has been vociferous in its
criticisms of the move. Singer
and DJ Cerys Matthews, who
starts her own Sunday show
on 6 Music on 4 April, talks to
Stylist about why the station’s
existence matters so much.
Why do you think it’s such
a mistake to shut 6 Music?
BBC 6 Music is an amazing
station, with programmes
and music you won’t be able
to hear anywhere else. It’s
also so important for breaking
new bands. Radio 1 and 2
can’t do what 6 Music does.
I’m also scared about what
will happen next.
Why hy do you think
this s will affect
Stylist ylist t readers?
Because cause 6 Music
is a station for
people ople who like
diversity ersity and
culture. ture. People
that t don’t just
want nt to listen to
one e thing.
CERYS MATTHEWS: SINGER,
DJ AND CAMPAIGNER FOR
6 MUSIC. SHE’S AMAZING
What hat can
Stylist ylist
readers aders
do? ?
Write ite to the
BBC C Trust or
your ur local local MP.
And d of course
tune e in while you still
can. n. The support so
far has been amazing.
Do you think we can overturn
the decision?
I hope so. I hope that with
all these people behind it
they will realise they’re
making a mistake.
6 Music and the Asian Network
are now in a three-month public
consultation period. Join Save
BBC 6 Music on Facebook to
show your support. Cerys will be
touring the UK in April. Go to
cerysmatthews.co.uk for info
POLITICS
Stylist
co-hosts
Women’s
Question
Time
With the general genera election coming fast
– it has to be held he on or before 3 June,
and rumour has it 6 May could be the
day – it’s time to
make some important
decisions about who to vote for and
why. So, to answ answer the questions on
your mind, Styli Stylist has teamed up with
charity Eaves – an organisation that
provides support suppo and housing to
vulnerable women wom – to launch the
first ever Women’s Wome Question Time.
Held on 16 March M in London and
chaired by Inde Independent columnist
Yasmin Alibhai- Alibhai-Brown, Women’s
Question Time is a one-off event
LABOUR’S VERA
BAIRD QC MP
THE GREEN PARTY’S
CAROLINE LUCAS MEP
where you get to ask the questions
that matter to a panel of key female
politicians made up of Vera Baird QC
MP (Labour), Theresa May MP
(Conservative), Lynne Featherstone
MP (Liberal Democrat) and Caroline
Lucas MEP (Green).
Eaves’ chief executive Denise
Marshall says, “Even though we’re now
in the 21st century, women are still paid
less than men, blamed when raped,
objectified by the media and given
fewer opportunities to succeed in
the work place. This has to stop.”
She explains, “Women’s Question Time
LIBERAL DEMOCRAT’S
LYNNE FEATHERSTONE MP
SCOOP
WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE
TORIES WILL DO FOR YOU? ASK
THERESA MAY MP ON 16 MARCH
will, for the first time,
bring together those
politicians who advocate on behalf of
women to debate, in a public place,
their policies for women. And it will
also give the audience – men and
women from all over the country –
the opportunity to not only ask the
ministers questions, but to comment
and feed into public policy.”
For those who can’t attend on
the night, three 90-minute live TV
debates have also been announced
pre-election. Sky News, ITV1 and the
BBC are planning to screen three
programmes on domestic affairs,
foreign affairs and the economy
where audience members can quiz
the three main party leaders.
The 2,000 tickets to Women’s Question Time
in association with Stylist in London on
16 March at 7pm are free. Email
event@eaveshousing.co.uk to apply
for your tickets or phone 020-7840 7126.
You will receive an e-ticket for entry
if you’re successful. And remember
to submit your questions before the event.
Stylist will see you there…
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