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Woman's Hour: Childcare deposit guarantees, Zaha Hadid, Social business, Pauline Lynch, The Mother's Blessing

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Childcare deposits, Pauline Lynch, Good Loaf cafe, The Mother's Blessing

01/04/2016

Childcare deposit guarantees, Zaha Hadid, Social business, Pauline Lynch, The Mother's Blessing

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Childcare deposit guarantees, Zaha Hadid, Social business, Pauline Lynch, The Mother's Blessing

Single parents priced out of jobs; New novel Armadillos; Good Loaf cafe; Dorothy Leigh.

Why single parents cannot afford to work, the cafe that employs vulnerable women, actor Pauline Lynch on 'sub' families, and the 400th anniversary of The Mother's Blessing.

Dalia Ben-Galim, from single parents charity Gingerbread proposes a solution for lone mothers or fathers locked out of work by the exorbitant cost of childcare.

Christine Murray, editor of The Architectural Review pays tribute to Zaha Hadid, widely regarded to be the greatest female architect in the world.

The Good Loaf cafe in Northampton is a social business that gives jobs to vulnerable local women, including those who have offended. Reporter Henrietta Harrison meets workers Heidi and Gemma and Chief Executive Suzy Van Rooyen.

Actress Pauline Lynch, who played Lizzie in the 1996 film Trainspotting, talks about her debut novel Armadillos, her second career as an author and why she set her novel in the harsh Texan landscape, which is so different from her Scottish roots.

Dr Ailsa Grant Ferguson celebrates the 400th anniversary of 'The Mother's Blessing' by Dorothy Leigh and reminds us of the importance of remembering great women writers of the past.

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