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You and Yours: Anne Fine on Gender-Biased Books; Overcrowded Canals; Fare Wars

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24/10/2014

Anne Fine on Gender-Biased Books; Overcrowded Canals; Fare Wars

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Anne Fine on Gender-Biased Books; Overcrowded Canals; Fare Wars

Anne Fine discusses gender-biased books, plus overcrowded canals in London.

With Peter White. Children's author Anne Fine talks gender-biased books. Plus how rising property prices are crowding London's canals, and the fare war from London City Airport.

Four major publishers have decided to stop printing books with titles including 'for girls' and 'for boys'. The bestselling children's author Anne Fine tells Peter White why it's about time gender-biased books are taken off the shelf.

Rising property prices in London and the south-east have led some people to give up bricks and mortar, and head on to the canals. The Canal and River Trust says it's a growing concern, because "the system wasn't designed to hold so many boats". You & Yours finds out the true extent of the rise, and discovers what life is like aboard a London narrow boat.

Plus fare wars: Simon Calder tells us about the increase in flights this winter from London City Airport to Dublin. 

Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Natalie Donovan.

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