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Woman's Hour

Samantha Lewthwaite; Liz Calder; Business Start-Ups

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

What do we know about so-called "white widow" Samantha Lewthwaite and how has her image come to dominate coverage of the Kenyan Westgate shopping mall attack? With a raft of Conservative policies from marriage tax breaks to help to buy in the headlines, we talk to MP Sarah Wollaston live from the party conference in Manchester about their appeal to women. The social enterprise built on fruit and vegetables destined for the dump. Why more women are doing it for themselves in business start-ups. Eminent publisher Liz Calder on why she's bringing a Brazilian literary festival to Britain. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Wollaston
Interviewed Guest:
Liz Calder
Producer:
Louise Corley

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