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The psychotherapist and writer Susie Orbach has co-authored a report for the about how negative body image can affect pregnant women and new mothers. It鈥檚 called 鈥楾wo for the Price of One鈥� and looks at how problems with body image can be unconsciously transmitted from mother to child.听 Jenni is joined by Dr Orbach, who鈥檚 also the convenor of , and by the Observer columnist, Eva Wiseman, who is expecting her first baby.听They鈥檒l be exploring how we can prevent women and their babies suffering psychological and health problems because of poor body image and why it鈥檚 important for midwives and health visitors to talk to mothers about these issues.

From appearing in 鈥楰ama Sutra: A Tale Of Love鈥� at just 21 to being directed by Harold Pinter and starring in television series such as Silk, Luther and most recently Game of Thrones, Indira Varma鈥檚 career has spanned theatre, television and film.听 And if you follow the Woman鈥檚 Hour drama her voice may be familiar to you - she was Caterina Riccardi in . Indira is currently playing Tamara, the Queen of the Goths in , Shakespeare鈥檚 earliest tragedy. Jenni talks to Indira about her acting career to date and what it鈥檚 like to act in Shakespeare鈥檚 goriest work.

叠谤颈迟补颈苍鈥檚 poor white children are underachieving in schools and while the focus has recently been on boys what can be done to help the girls? Poor white girls fall well below girls in other ethnic groups. A report by the Education Select committee suggests a good school or a good teacher is essential for changing this, claiming poorer children benefit more from a good education.听Jenni is joined by Carrie听Paechter, Professor of Education at Goldsmiths University of London who specialises in gender in education.

Sixty is the new forty. At least that鈥檚 what Sal says, a character in Maeve Haran鈥檚 new book, The Time of Their Lives.听 This is a book about four women in their early sixties, who have been friends since university.听 It鈥檚 about their experience of growing older,听 their ambitions, careers, husbands, lovers, children, hopes and fears. Maeve joins Jenni in the studio to discuss the experience of growing older. Has it really changed for this current generation of sixty plus?

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The Time of Their Lives is published by Pan Books

Having it All was the title of Maeve Haran鈥檚 first novel, published over twenty years ago.听 The book tells the story of ambitious Liz Ward, who is successful in television, a profession dominated by men working 14-hour days and she misses her children. The book charts how she gives it all up for family life and to work from home as a novelist. Penny Vincenzi鈥檚 new novel, A Perfect Heritage, also tells the story of two ambitious women. Maeve and Penny听join听Jenni to discuss whether it is possible or even desirable to 鈥渉ave it all鈥�.

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Having it All is published by Pan Books and; A Perfect Heritage is published by Headline