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Joanna Trollope; Natalie Coleman

24/10/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Joanna Trollope; Natalie Coleman

Joanna Trollope on Austen, plus The Alzheimer Conundrum and Cook the Perfect scallops.

Joanna Trollope on rewriting Austen; The Alzheimer Conundrum; MasterChef winner Natalie Coleman cooks the perfect scallops; Rugby League World Cup CEO Sally Bolton.

Joanna Trollope on rewriting Austen and her version of Sense and Sensibility. Canadian Anthropologist Margaret Lock discusses her latest book, The Alzheimer Conundrum with Alison Cook from the Alzheimer's Society. Are we in danger of turning parts of natural ageing into illness, and is research being carried out in the right areas of dementia?

Masterchef winner Natalie Coleman Cooks the Perfect...scallops. Sally Bolton, CEO of the Rugby League World Cup on organising the event. Gaiutra Bahadur tells us about her family history that led to her book "Coolie Woman" about the indentured workers who replaced slaves on sugar plantations.

Presented by Jenni Murray
Produced by Rebecca Myatt.

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