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Frances Kelsey was the doctor who resisted huge pressure from drug firms to keep thalidomide out of the US; she died at the age of 101, on August 7th. Jenni discusses her legacy with Marjorie Wallace, the journalist who worked on the Sunday Times鈥� ground breaking campaign to secure compensation for the victims of thalidomide in the UK. And we hear from John P. Swann at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) where Dr Kelsey was employed until the age of 95.听

Sophie Hannah is a bestselling writer and poet. Her psychological crime fiction has won numerous awards and her poetry is studied in schools across the UK. She talks to Jenni about her latest book 鈥楢 Game for All the Family鈥� and why she drawn to writing gripping whodunits with twists that keep you guessing to the very end.听

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鈥楢 Game for All the Family鈥� by Sophie Hannah is published by Hodder Stoughton on 15th August

Earlier this year King Mohammed VI ordered the laws restricting abortion in Morocco to be amended, allowing it in cases of rape, incest, danger to the mother's health or foetal malformation. The law was altered after Dr Chafik Chraibi, a gynaecologist and leading activist against illegal abortions, was sacked for allowing a French TV crew to film the realities of unsafe abortions. The King intervened and reinstated him but the social outcry in support of the doctor instigated the reform discussions. The country now has one of the most liberal abortion laws in Africa and the Middle East. 麻豆社 Reporter Celeste Hicks tells Jenni what it will mean for Moroccan women.听

Over three thousand people dressed as characters from science fiction and fantasy books, TV programmes and films met at the weekend for the Yorkshire Cosplay Convention.听 It鈥檚 just one of many of these type of events being held around the UK and around the world 鈥� probably the best known is the San Diego Comicon which attracts 听tens of thousands of costumed fans.听 We sent our reporter Angela Robson to Rotherham to meet the women cosplay enthusiasts who like to spend their spare time dressing in the costumes of their pop culture heroines.

And on Late Night Women鈥檚 Hour tonight at 11 Lauren Laverne and guests will be discussing the appeal for women of science fiction, fandom, fan-fiction, cosplay and fantasy worlds.听 听Join Lauren at 11 for an hour of live conversation and the programme will be available on our website and as one of the Woman鈥檚 Hour podcasts.听

Award winning mezzo soprano Kitty Whately has been described as 鈥渧ocally thrilling鈥� with a 鈥渨inning stage personality鈥�. A rising star, she is currently part of Radio 3鈥檚 New Generation Artist scheme and on August 17th, performs at the Proms Chamber Music 5: A Sondheim Cabaret. She talks to Jenni about the pressure of living up to expectations and the challenges of singing Sondheim.听