Live from Emmanuel Church, Didsbury. Preacher: Debra Green OBE. Leader: Andrew Graystone. 
Chapters
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Kirklees council and free childcare provision
Kirklees Council has announced plans to expand its current system of free childcare. Jenni spoke to Mehboob Kahn, Leader of Kirklees Council.
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Women's pens
Do we really need women only pens? Biro manufacturer BIC seems to think so. Gemma Curtin, from the Design Museum and Helen Lewis from the New Statesman, join Jenni to discuss.
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Intimacy
Ziyad Marar joins Jenni to discuss his new book, “Intimacy”. He explains how although we crave intimacy there are many cultural and psychological impediments to true intimacy.
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Preparing your child for school
Woman’s Hour spoke to Gill Hines, an education parenting consultant, and Kenny Frederick is the head-teacher at George Green’s School in the Isle of Dogs in East London.
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Lady Anne Clifford
Dr Jessica Malay joins Jenni to discuss the remarkable, Lady Anne Clifford and The Great Books of Record.
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Kirklees council and free childcare provision
Every child aged 3 and 4 is entitled to 15 hours a week free early education per week for 38 weeks of the year. And some two year olds from the most disadvantaged backgrounds receive free education too with more planned to receive it from September. Kirklees Council has announced plans to expand its current system of free childcare even further. They will offer up to 25 hours free child care during term time up to the age of 14 for parents moving from benefits to work. And families of children with special educational needs or a disability will be entitled to take part in the initiative until their children turn 18. To discuss Jenni is joined by Mehboob Kahn, Leader of Kirklees Council.
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Women's pens
Boy razors, girl razors – different packaging, different colours and different shape. Horses for courses really. But do we really need women only pens? Biro manufacturer BIC seems to think so. Gemma Curtin, from the Design Museum and Helen Lewis from the New Statesman, join Jenni to talk about the power of design and gender marketing.
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Lady Anne Clifford
Virginia Woolf once claimed that no woman could have become a successful writer in the time of Shakespeare and yet Dr Jessica Malay has spent the last three years transcribing the work of a very interesting Renaissance female author. Her name was Lady Anne Clifford and – in the first half of the 17th century – she wrote The Great Books of Record which not only chart her family history but also describe the lives of women at the time. Dr Malay joins Jenni to discuss the remarkable Anne Clifford who survived two unhappy marriages and a tough legal battle to inherit her father’s estate as well as rebuilding five castles and many churches and other buildings ravaged by civil war.
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Intimacy
“Forget love or sex. It’s intimacy we crave – that moment of closeness when we are uniquely understood by another person”. It may sound simple but, as Ziyad Marar demonstrates in his new book, despite the powerful role intimacy plays in our emotional lives, it is, in fact, a tricky business and a lot harder to come by than we may think. He joins Jenni to explain how although we crave intimacy and the success of chat rooms and social networking sites demonstrate our growing desire to connect with another, there are many cultural and psychological impediments to true intimacy.
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Preparing your child for school
In Scotland the autumn term has begun at most schools, while in England and Wales children are returning to school next week. Some parents will be thankful the long holiday is over but if children are starting school for the first time or moving from primary to secondary school – it can be a challenging time. So how do you best prepare your offspring for the changes? Gill Hines is an education parenting consultant, and Kenny Frederick is the head-teacher at George Green’s School in the Isle of Dogs in East London
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BBC Radio 4Thu 30 Aug 2012 10:00 BBC Radio 4
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