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Radio 4,30 Nov 2016,41 mins

Marine le Pen and the French presidential race, Georgette Heyer, No fault divorce

Woman's Hour

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Will Marine le Pen become the first female President of France? Journalist Agnes Poirier looks at the career of the leader of the Front National. Newly discovered stories by the best selling author Georgette Heyer have been published in a collection called 'Snowdrift and Other Stories'. Jennifer Kloester, Heyer's biographer on how she found the stories and why she's publishing them thirty two years after the author died. Suzi Godson, The Sex and Relationship columnist for The Times has been hearing from women in their fifties about the changes and challenges of this particular decade on long term relationships. Today we hear about supporting a partner through severe depression. Should no fault divorces be made easier? Jo Edwards of Resolution, a national organisation of family lawyers.

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