Courtney Love; game changing politics; Lauren Owen

Courtney Love is back with a new single and will be touring Britain next month. Since her band Hole first came to fame in the early 1990s, Courtney Love has been a controversial and striking figure. She's known, of course, as the widow of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain. But as she approaches 50, has the former wild child grown up? She talks to Jane about her life, her music and what's next.

Lauren Owen's debut novel The Quick is a Gothic romp through Victorian London, sinister gentlemen's clubs and a decaying Yorkshire manor house. The 28-year-old writer, who has received accolades from Hilary Mantel and Kate Atkinson, spent her teenage years honing her skills on Harry Potter fan fiction sites and joins Jane to talk about her fascination with the supernatural.

81-year-old Pauline Oliveros is an American improvisor, accordionist and composer who is considered a pioneer of electronic classical music in 20th century America. This evening she will direct a real-time improvised performance linking musicians in Stanford (California), Troy (New York) and Montreal - her first from the UK with the Birmingham Conservatoire.

As Britain's only female Prime Minister, Baroness Thatcher who died nearly a year ago, achieved a record that looks unlikely to be beaten in the near future. But was she a political game changer? Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston and Labour activist and commentator Emma Burnell join Jane Garvey to talk about how far Margaret Thatcher altered the political landscape. With the reveal of Woman's Hour's Power List 2014 just a week away, they'll also discuss who's doing what to game change politics today, not just to get more women elected but who's helping foster a political culture that people really want to engage with.