Economist Judith Shapiro believes the next steps towards women's equality will be harder. 
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Loose Ends
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Fyfe Dangerfield She Needs Me
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Marcus Bonfanti Give Me your Cash
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Sir Ian McKellen
Sir Ian McKellen joins Clive Anderson for this weeks Loose Ends. The star of film (‘Lord of the Rings’, ‘Gods and Monsters’, ‘X-Men’), theatre ('Richard III', 'King Lear') reprises his role in 'Waiting for Godot' at The Theatre Royal Haymarket until Friday 2 April.
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David Threlfall
The Bafta award-wi nning series Shameless returns for it’s seventh series . David Threlfall talks about directing and playing the likable yet drunken, drugtaking, bigamist absentee father, Frank Gallagher . Shameless begins Tuesday 26 January on Channel 4 at 10 pm .
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Dr Aleks Krotoski
The World Wide Web is twenty years old this year and to celebrate , journalist, academic and presenter Dr Aleks Krotoski fronts a four part series that explores the impact the digital revolution has made on our lives. The Virtual Revolution starts on Saturday 30 January at 20.30pm on BBC Two.
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Jo Bunting talks to Katharine Hibbert
‘Imagine no possessions. It’s easy if you try’. Jo Bunting has no trouble heeding the words of John Lennon when she talks to Katharine Hibbert about her latest book 'Free - Adventures on the margins of a wasteful society ' . What happens when you walk away from everything you think you can't live without? ‘ published by Ebury.
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Richard Herring
Comedy from Richard Herring, who in his latest show tries to reclaim the toothbrush moustache from Hitler back to comedy (after all Charlie Chaplin had it first!). His show, exploring the thorny issues of racism, political apathy, comedy ethics and styled facial hair tours the country from Friday 29 January.
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Fyfe Dangerfield
Music from Guillemots frontman Fyfe Dangerfield performing his single ‘She Needs Me‘ f r om his debut solo album ‘Fly Yellow Moon’.
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Marcus Bonfanti
And from British bluesman Marcus Bonfanti who performs ‘Give Me your Cash’ from his album ’What Good Am I To You?’. He plays various dates throughout the UK.
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BBC Radio 4Sat 23 Jan 2010 18:15 BBC Radio 4
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