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Radio 4,12 Nov 2014,54 mins

Joan of Arc; Keir Starmer; Heroism; PUAs

Woman's Hour

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Keir Starmer, Director of Public Prosecutions when the Savile abuse scandal broke, talks about changing the culture around cases of historical abuse. Kate Smurthwaite on the culture of Pick Up Artists and the online petition to stop the American PUA Julien Blanc being allowed to enter the UK. Helen Castor on the woman behind the myth of Joan of Arc. Professor Mary Beard and Professor Alison Fell on the online course 'World War 1 - Changing Faces of Heroism'.

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