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A new project in Scotland aims to help teachers who have children in their class affected by imprisonment. Trips to Edinburgh prison help staff understand what pupils face when seeing their parents. The charity 鈥楩amilies Outside鈥� hopes that this will help them develop understanding about their home life and to tailor support packages for the children to help with their school work.

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, was a Scottish political activist who lived in Govan, an area of Glasgow, in the early 1900s. She campaigned against steep rent rises during the First World War and paved the way for a law restricting the power of private landlords. She then became the first female Labour Councillor elected to Glasgow Town Council. Ex-Glasgow Labour MP, Maria Fyfe has launched a to have a statue of Mary Barbour erected to acknowledge her place in Glasgow鈥檚 history in time for the centenary of the rent strikes in 2015.

Red Skirts on Clydeside made in 1984 by Sheffield Film Co-op featuring Mary Barbour听can be viewed at听the Scottish Screen Archive.

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Growing up in an English village, knew very little of her mother鈥檚 life before her. She knew Paula had grown up in South Africa and had seven siblings. She鈥檇 even heard mention of a trial. But most of the past was a mystery. After her mother鈥檚 death Emma decided to investigate Paula鈥檚 untold story and discovers a dark secret. Emma joins Jane to discuss documenting her journey in听her new听book.

Emma Brockes: 'She Left Me The Gun: My Mother's Life Before Me' is published by Faber and available now. It will be a Book of the Week on Radio 4 in April.

Film maker Kate Schermerhorn spoke to dozens of couples for her documentary After Happily Ever After and her top tips include 鈥渢he end goal of marriage should not be forever. Forever should be made up of good days turned to good years turned to good decades.鈥澨� But while making her film her relationship with her second husband began to break down and she turned the camera on their arguments. She talked to Jo Fidgen about what the process had been like.

The 鈥榖usiness makeover鈥� is now an established step on the power ladder for ambitious women and make-up companies are jumping on the band wagon.听 Bobbi Brown has recently started working with Dress for Success (which helps unemployed women get back to work with a transformative makeover) and L鈥橭real offers to help raise women鈥檚 self-esteem following breast cancer or anorexia.听 Are we making too much of the makeover?听Victoria Smith, who writes a blog called glosswitch and Kubi Springer, who runs a marketing company to help people brand themselves discuss.