Harriet Wistrich, lawyer

Harriet Wistrich is one of the country’s most prominent human rights lawyers. In 2016 she founded the Centre for Women’s Justice and over the course of her career, she has won landmark victories in very difficult legal cases. She has helped women imprisoned after killing their abusers regain their freedom. She’s also represented women seeking justice from the Metropolitan Police over their deployment of undercover police officers who have had relationships and children with female activists.

After studying PPE at Oxford, Harriet moved to Liverpool and began her career working in film and documentaries. She retrained as a lawyer in her early thirties and in 1990 co-founded the pressure group Justice for Women.

Harriet lives in London with her partner, the journalist Julie Bindel.

DISC ONE: I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

DISC TWO: No Woman, No Cry (Live At The Rainbow Theatre, London / June 1, 1977) - Bob Marley and the Wailers

DISC THREE: Puff the Magic Dragon - Gregory Isaacs

DISC FOUR: Rumanian Freilach - Daniel Ahaviel

DISC FIVE: Back to Black - Amy Winehouse

DISC SIX: Ain’t Nobody - Chaka Khan

DISC SEVEN: Police And Thieves - Junior Murvin

DISC EIGHT: Shame Shame Shame - Shirley & Company

BOOK CHOICE: Middlemarch by George Eliot

LUXURY ITEM: A fridge with an endless supply of white wine

CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

Presenter: Lauren Laverne

Producer: Sarah Taylor