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Woman's Hour - 13/08/2008

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With Jenni Murray. Including: The late novelist Penelope Fitzgerald's letters to her family and friends have just been published. They cast light on an extraordinary life. Jenni discusses them with Penelope's daughter Tina and writer Julian Barnes. Are we in denial about infidelity? Jenni discusses American psychotherapist Mira Kirshenbaum's ideas with agony aunt Anna Raeburn and relationship counsellor Carol Martin-Sperry. This week several leading female pipers are competing at Piping Live, Glasgow's International Piping Festival, and performing at its first ever women's event, Girls and Gracenotes. Anna Bailey meets them along with Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell. A recent Ministry of Justice report shows that more women in England and Wales are being arrested for violent crimes than ever before. Jenni is joined by criminology lecturer Susan Batchelor and Prison Reform Trust director Juliet Lyon to discuss the causes and what needs to be done. Including drama: The Pillow Book (3/5).