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Woman's Hour

Andy Burnham MP, the pill and endometrial cancer, male muses

Duration: 54 minutes

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

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Andy Burnham Labour leadership contender speaks to Emma Barnett ahead of his manifesto launch; new research reveals the impact of the combined contraceptive pill on preventing endometrial cancer, with author of the study Dame Valerie Beral from the University of Oxford; historian Bettany Hughes on her new TV series about three giants of philosophy, the Buddha, Socrates and Confuscius all who, she says, have remarkable views on women and the role of women; males muses: the image of the female muse is a familiar one but can a man be a muse and an inspiration for creative women? With writer Kim Devereux and poet Clare Pollard. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Emma Barnett
Interviewed Guest:
Andy Burnham
Interviewed Guest:
Bettany Hughes
Interviewed Guest:
Valerie Beral
Interviewed Guest:
Clare Pollard
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Devereux

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