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Radio 4,04 Nov 2011,45 mins

Gang violence, The Power of Memory and Poet Rachel Boast

Woman's Hour

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Presented by Jenni Murray. Karyn McCluskey - the woman taking on Scotland's gangs. Award winning poet Rachael Boast talks about her latest collection of poems. The function of memory with veteran newspaper columnist Katharine Whitehorn and professor Giuliana Mazzoni. TV historian Lucy Worsley and Polly Putnam discuss the changing role of the boudoir.

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