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Radio 4,10 Jul 2010,60 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour

Woman's Hour

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Presented by Jane Garvey. Why not enough women are serious about exercise. The rise of 'mantenatal' classes - pregnancy and child-birth classes for prospective dads. Actress Natascha McElhone and her grief at losing her husband. Low pay and unmarried: prospects for female civil servants in the 19th century. Teaching school children the art of public speaking. Punk icon Linder on her 13 hour show. A Kind of Loving - the legacy of northern writing in the fifties.

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