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Woman's Hour: Weekend Woman's Hour: Germaine Greer; Anxiety; June Spencer

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Weekend Woman's Hour

01/02/2014

Weekend Woman's Hour: Germaine Greer; Anxiety; June Spencer

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Weekend Woman's Hour: Germaine Greer; Anxiety; June Spencer

Germaine Greer on women's passion for the land. Dealing with anxiety. Being a Man.

Germaine Greer on restoring a plot of rainforest in Australia. Dealing with anxiety. The Archers' June Spencer. The Poetry of Sex with Sophie Hannah. Being a Man.

Germaine Greer on her passion for restoring a small patch of rainforest in south-east Queensland, Australia. Dealing with anxiety: we hear from 27 year old Claire Eastham who has suffered from anxiety from the age of 15 and from David Clark, Professor of Experimental Psychology at Oxford University, the National Clinical Advisor for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies.

Three editors of women's magazines discuss how they balance their responsibilities to their readers with producing something they want to read - Lisa Smosarski of Stylist, Trish Halpin of Marie Claire and Lebby Eyres of New!

Sophie Hannah on a new poetry collection 'The Poetry of Sex' which she edited. June Spencer talks about playing the longest running character on The Archers - Peggy Woolley.

Two women who lost their jobs during the recession talk about the impact. Anne Hollifield is a former council worker from Middlesborough, and Melanie Bryan OBE set up her company WhyNotChange in April 2009.

Being A Man - Tim Samuels from Five Live's Men's Hour, theatre director, writer and filmmaker Topher Campbell and Jude Kelly from the Southbank Centre discuss.

The BBC's Caroline Wyatt and Lindsey Hilsum from Channel 4 News discuss reporting in war zones.

Presented by Sheila McClennon
Produced by Catrina Lear
Edited by Jane Thurlow.

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