25/03/2011
Presented by Jenni Murray. Sacked teacher Leonora Rustamova; are house swap holidays a good way of saving money; teenage pop crushes; poet Eavan Boland on her new book of essays.
Jenni Murray presents. Leonora Rustamova, the teacher sacked for writing a controversial book starring real life pupils, who has just lost her case against unfair dismissal. In these straitened times, more and more people are swapping their home with as a cost-effective holiday solution. But is it really so simple? 45 years after they were first created, the Monkees are back, reuniting for a British tour in May. We'll be asking if teenage crushes ever die? And the Irish poet Eavan Boland will be discussing her new book of essays; A Journey with Two Maps: Becoming a Woman Poet.
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Leonora Rustamova
The teacher sacked for writing a controversial book starring real life pupils has just lost her case against unfair dismissal. She talks to Jenni.
Duration: 09:50
House Swaps
In these straitened times, more and more people are swapping their home with as a cost-effective holiday solution. But is it really so simple? Debbie Heaton and Caroline Connolly discuss.
Duration: 07:30
Eavan Boland
The Irish poet discusses her new book of essays; A Journey with Two Maps: Becoming a Woman Poet.
Duration: 09:31
Teen pop crushes
45 years after they were first created, the Monkees are back, reuniting for a British tour in May. Jenni asks do teenage crushes ever die?
Duration: 16:02
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- Fri 25 Mar 2011 10:00麻豆社 Radio 4 FM
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