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Radio 4,20 Dec 2012,58 mins

Margaret Evison; child models; Tove Jansson

Woman's Hour

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Margaret Evison tells us about her son Mark, a Lieutenant in 1st Battalion Welsh Guards who died in Helmand Province in 2009, and about the foundation established in his name. The career of Moomins author Tove Jansson. As Romeo Beckham is chosen to model Burberry's Spring/Summer 2013 season Sally Peck from the Telegraph and TV presenter and former child model Sonali Shah discuss whether photo-shoots and the catwalk are a good place for kids. A nurse has been found guilty of manslaughter after causing a baby's death after a botched home circumcision. While such deaths are rare in the UK, non-fatal complications are not uncommon, Clinical Director of Surgery at Birmingham Children's Hospital, Anthony Lander explains the dangers of such operations outside the medical profession. The Cazalet Chronicles are being adapted into a Woman's Hour Drama serial which begins in the New Year. We hear from author Elizabeth Jane Howard and adaptor Lin Coghlan.

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