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Woman's Hour: Garden Weeds, Blue Plaques and the 9-Year-Old Cook

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Garden Weeds, Blue Plaques and the 9-Year-Old Cook

12/08/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Garden Weeds, Blue Plaques and the 9-Year-Old Cook

Loving weeds, threatened miscarriages and blue plaques. Presented by Jenni Murray.

Presented by Jenni Murray. Weeds: should we love them more? Blue Plaques: why do such a small number represent the achievements of women? And Jay Ditum, the 9-year-old cook.

Presented by Jenni Murray. Weeds - we've battled against them for centuries, but now gardeners' attitudes seem to be changing. Why are we learning to love them? Jenni is joined by garden designer Anne Beswick and garden writer for Amateur Garden magazine Michelle Wheeler. 

Threatened Miscarriages - for the first time researchers can accurately predict the outcome of pregnancies threatening to miscarry. Jenni is joined by Dr Edmond Edi-Osagie who's leading the research at St Mary's Hospital Manchester and to Ruth Bender-Atik; National Director of the Miscarriage Association. 

Blue Plaques show us who lived where, when they shaped our history, and yet a only a small number of the plaques represent women. Why is that and who would you nominate if you could? Jenni is joined by Dr Susan Skedd, Head of the Blue Plaques Team and Women's Historian and by Bev Hogg, Project Assistant for Manchester City Council. 

The Boy Who Cooked 100 Things. When 9 year old Jay Ditum broke up from school for the summer holidays, he was given a summer project to 'do 100 of something'. Following much deliberation, Jay decided he wanted to cook 100 different things. He joins Jenni in the studio, with his mum Sarah, to talk us through his culinary adventures. 

Producer: Susannah Tresilian.

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