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19/07/2014

Weekend Woman's Hour

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Weekend Woman's Hour

School's out - high emotion at the end of primary. Presented by Jane Garvey.

School's out - high emotion when primary school ends. Plus, women in Britpop and attitudes to women who wear the burka. Presented by Jane Garvey.

The end of the summer term is fast approaching and for children leaving primary school, it can come with a stretch limo, a Prom, a commemorative DVD, and a lot of high emotion. But is that a good thing for the kids? Author Yasmina Reza discusses her new book about relationships, philandering and the differences between the French and the English. Warsan Shire, the first Young Poet Laureate for London, performs her work and talks about what inspired it. Are attacks on Muslim women linked to wearing the burka? We hear from two women on reaction they're experienced when wearing the veil. With the European Union high on the news agenda, we debate what it's achieved for women. After the death of Nadine Gordimer, Nobel Prize winning author and activist, there's a chance to hear a Woman's Hour archive interview, recorded in 2002. Brit Pop was at its height twenty years ago, defined by boys with guitars but what was it like for the few women involved?

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