but barbara buttrick went on to become the world's first women's boxing champion.mmad ali. under five foot tall, she was known as the mighty atom. now at 87, it is more than 70 years since barbara found love with boxing, living in cottingham, near hull. on my bedroom wall, as a kid, i had all boxers, so i bought myself a harness thing that you put a football in and made a punch bag out of it. but an article inspired her to make it her career. your friend's mother give you some newspaper to clean your boots? that is the newspaper clipping and it tells about polly burns, who travelled with the boxing booth. i thought, if she can do it so can i. let me try boxing. typist by day, boxer by night, barbara headed to london to find a trainer and opponents. i think all this talk about girls not boxing is old—fashioned. girls aren't the delicate flowers they used to be. anyhow, my boyfriend doesn't mind. soon barbara was making headlines, but none of them very positive. "ban this girl boxer." the criticism, micky wood said "we've made the front page again", and i said, "but

and you can hearfrom barbara buttrick, the women‘s world first boxing champion.t by the alamire choir. in a moment, we‘ll speak to a man who‘s spent months resurrecting the fragmented music, but first let‘s take a listen. choir sings. joining us now is david skinner, the conductor and founder of the alamire choir. that music, there was something about it. you can feel it in your feet. it resonates through the floor. yes. it is music that really inspired the composers of the early 20th century, benjamin britten, vaughan williams. it is no accident that we call music of the 16th century the golden age of church music, and tallis is right at the centre. do we really know for sure that katherine parr wrote those words? beyond any doubt whatsoever, absolutely. i have spent the best pa rt absolutely. i have spent the best part of two mccready is researching the piece, reconstructing it, writing a full academic article which was published by oxford press, had accompanied conference, got the singers together yesterday for the very first time, so that performance, you hea