Salary history, Yoga and Olympics, Executions in Iran, Designer Kate Faulkner, Lara Croft legacy

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The government has been consulting on its plans to tackle pay discrimination. The Equality and Human Rights Commission wants a ban on employers asking candidates about their salary history, or how much they expect to be paid, during an interview. Penny East, Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society, which campaigns for gender equality and women's rights, responds to the proposals. Millions of people practise yoga worldwide, and women make up the vast majority of practitioners. There is now a growing movement that wants to see yogasana recognised as an Olympic sport and this has been supported by the Indian government who are calling for its inclusion ahead of the country’s bid to host the 2036 Games. To discuss the arguments for and against this, Nuala is joined by yogsana competitor Laura McDonald, yoga teacher Divya Kohli and Suzanne Newcombe, Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the Open University. Earlier this year in Iran, 21-year-old Taraneh Rahimi was sentenced to death, while her twin sister, Romina, received a 25-year prison sentence. According to Iran Human Rights, at least twenty-three women have been executed in Iran this year. UN experts have called on Iran to halt executions as they say they are being used to silence dissent. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, Director of Iran Human Rights, joins Nuala to discuss. What do carnations, brambles, mallows and myrtle have in common? They are associated with the work of Kate Faulkner, a designer for Morris & Co., the company founded by William Morris. Kate's overlooked contribution is now being celebrated in the exhibition A Call to Art: William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. Nuala speaks to the exhibition's Senior Curatorial Adviser, Karen Livingstone. Thirty years after Tomb Raider first launched, Lara Croft remains one of gaming's most recognisable characters. Writer and game designer Cara Ellison and superfan Amy Dyson discuss her impact and legacy. Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Dianne McGregor