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In a special programme on Women and land, Germaine Greer told us about her passion for restoring a small patch of rainforest In 2002, Germaine Greer bought听60 hectares of abandoned dairy farmland, previously听used for harvesting bananas and timber production. In her new book, 鈥淲hite Beech,鈥� she tells the story of her extensive search for the right plot, her meticulous research into its history and her attempt to rejuvenate a magnificent ecosystem.听 Germaine Greer also spoke to the programme about selling her entire archive to the University of Melbourne where she studied more than 50-years ago.听It includes notes for her books like The Female Eunuch, her diaries and correspondence with politicians, intellectuals and friends.听

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Last week, it was revealed that photographs of actress Lena Dunham had been *gasp* re-touched for the front cover of American Vogue鈥檚 February issue.听 Most understand the business of fashion photography with its flattering shots and digital retouching but the fact that it was done to a young woman famed for being 鈥榥ormal鈥� looking and not super-Hollywood, outraged many. Feminist blog 鈥楯ezebel鈥� offered a "$10,000 bounty" to anyone who could reveal the original "untouched" photos of Lena.听 And with the French female Editor of Closer magazine publishing those photos of President Hollande, resulting in the First Lady recovering in hospital, we asked what is a magazine editor鈥檚 editorial responsibility to women? What鈥檚 the tipping point for a magazine to be entertaining and look good, yet remain feminist? Woman鈥檚 Hour discussed how far female editors and their magazines have to change with Stylist Editor Lisa Smosarski, Lebby Eyres from new! and Trish Halpin from Marie Claire.

Earlier this month, figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre included in the annual report on the (IAPT) programme showed that the highest numbers of people seeking help for anxiety and depression were women and young people.听Depression is a mental health problem most people are aware of but is less talked about. And anxiety is an emotion we all experience from time to time. We explored when anxiety becomes a problem and if there is enough awareness and understanding of it as a mental health problem. We heard from 27 year old who has suffered from anxiety since she was 15 and from David Clark who is Professor of Experimental Psychology at Oxford University and is the national clinical advisor for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT).

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What鈥檚 black and white and contains threesomes, elephants, Mick Jagger鈥檚 penis and two Daniel Craigs? It鈥檚 a new collection of poems, The Poetry of Sex. This is not a book of erotic poems designed to be read aloud to a lover, but by turns an implicit, explicit, nuanced and starkly frank study of the human relationship with sex. The editor Sophie Hannah explained how she made her selection, which ranges from ancient Rome to modern New York, from听gay to straight to otherwise, from desire and hope, through disappointment and confusion, to conclusion and consequence.

The Poetry of Sex is published by Penguin Viking on 30th January 2014.听

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听Woman's Hour and You & Yours听collaborated for two outside broadcasts examining the impact of the recession and the strength of the current recovery. For Woman's Hour Jenni Murray听was live from a food bank, surprisingly located in the relatively affluent suburb of Timperley in Cheshire.听The programme looked at the impact the recession听has had on听women.听Joining Jenni live from Timperley on the panel听were , Labour MP for Manchester Central; , Professor of Politics at Manchester University and also a member of the management committee of the Women's Budget Group; , Conservative MP for Devizes; and , Head of Economics & Social Policy from the Think Tank Policy Exchange.听 Also joining Jenni听were two听women who've had different experiences of the downturn;听Anne Hollifield, a former council worker from Middlesborough, and who set up her company WhyNotChange in April 2009.

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The festival starts at London鈥檚 Southbank Centre this Friday. Men of all ages and from different walks of life will be coming together to discuss what it means to be a man today. It鈥檚 the first time the event has been held and the idea has come from the people who organise the women of the world festival and Jude Kelly the Artistic Director of Southbank Centre. So why do men need a special event to discuss masculinity?听Jenni discussed this with Judy Kelly,听Tim Samuels, presenter of听 Five Live's Men's Hour and听Topher Campbell, a Director of Film and Television.

June Spencer was in the pilot episode of and has played the part of Peggy since 1951. At 94 she continues to perform in some of the most demanding story lines, including the death of her on-air husband Jack Woolley following his long decline with dementia. Jane was joined by June Spencer to talk about her career as the longest serving cast member.

According to the 鈥楥ommittee to Protect Journalists,鈥� last year over 200 journalists were imprisoned and seventy killed 鈥� many of them reporting on the war in Syria.听 Others are still missing.听 Next week, we鈥檒l be broadcasting 鈥楢nna鈥檚 War鈥� in the Woman鈥檚 Hour drama slot. It鈥檚 based on the life of , the Russian journalist who was murdered in 2006. The series covers five key events in her life and in particular her work covering the war in Chechyna from 1999 to 2006.听And in the new Woman鈥檚 Hour Archive Collection you can also hear Jenni鈥檚 interview with Anna Politkovskaya from 2004 about her why she continued speak out about President Putin and the situation in Chechnya, despite receiving death threats. 听Joining Jenni to discuss reporting in war and conflict zones were Caroline Wyatt, 麻豆社 defence correspondent and Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor for Channel 4 News, author of听 鈥楽andstorm; Libya in the Time of Revolution.鈥�