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Bridget Jones is back.听She may be down but she鈥檚 certainly not out of the game.听Emma Barnett talks to Helen Fielding about the now 50 something Bridget Jones and why she hopes the latest instalment of her diaries will inspire women of a certain age.
鈥淢ad about the Boy鈥� by Helen Fielding Published by Random House.

Last year, 17 men died at the hands of their partner or ex-partner.听How likely are men to report that they have been attacked by a woman?听What happens when they do? How do children and adults view a male victim?听And what is the profile of a typical female perpetrator? The National Conference for Men Surviving Domestic Violence is taking place in Berkshire today and two psychologists are talking about their latest research. Guests:听Dr Erica Bowen, Reader in the Psychology of Intimate Partner Violence at Coventry University and Dr Nicola Graham-Kevan, Reader in the Psychology of Aggression at the University of Central Lancashire.

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left a job in the fashion business at the age of 25 to live in Paris and learn how to a chef. She studied by day and in the evening tested out her recipes on paying guests she had invited to her tiny French kitchen. That experience led to a book which became a best seller and was quickly followed by a TV series. In her latest book she been travelling around France collecting regional recipes and giving them a modern twist. Today she is going to roast duck wraps.

Verdi鈥檚 La Traviata, or 鈥楩allen Women鈥�, is one of the most frequently performed, recorded and filmed of all operas. The story centres on Violetta, a beautiful courtesan who gives up the man she loves to save his family鈥檚 reputation, before dying from tuberculosis. Emma talks to soprano and presenter about one of Verdi鈥檚 most challenging and psychologically complex female roles.