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Radio 4,02 Aug 2011,45 mins

FGM; Kathryn Tickell; Stella Gibbons

Woman's Hour

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Kathryn Tickell plays her Northumbrian pipes ahead of her Prom celebrating Percy Grainger. We discuss Female Genital Mutilation and why, despite it being illegal in the UK, there haven't yet been any convictions. Lynne Truss and Professor Margaret Reynolds on the novels of Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm and beyond. And Sexism and propaganda in WWII comics. Presented by Jenni Murray.

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