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Radio 4,27 Nov 2010,60 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour

Woman's Hour

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Presented by Jane Garvey. Paternity leave: was Simon Hoggart right to call Ed Miliband a 'wuss' for taking time off? Lindy Cameron on running a reconstruction team in Afghanistan. Sophie Grigson discusses how to get the best from the humble root vegetable. Do unhappy singles benefit from therapy? Novelist Katy Regan and journalist Tanya Gold discuss. Women facing rising unemployment in a recession with Ceri Goddard of Fawcett and economist Len Shackleton. The cause of the rise in rickets among middle-class children. India Knight and Joan Smith on the benefits of Christmas with family or friends.

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