Woman's Hour - Weekend Woman's Hour

Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey. :ncluding: Author Michelle Paver's series for children, Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, is a worldwide bestseller. She talks about the extensive research she has done to make her stories as real as possible, research that has included learning the ways of the Inuit people, swimming with killer whales, eating seal blubber and getting to know some wolves. Deaf spouses, and the impact of being deaf on those around you. Comedian Steve Day discusses how losing your hearing can change a relationship. New shoes. As the summer is nearly over and school is about to begin, it's that time again. Do you dread that visit to the shoe shop with your kids, but continue to insist on properly fitted leather shoes? Or have you thrown in the towel and given in to cheap trainers and ballet pumps? And how much does it really matter? Podiatrist Emma Supple and journalist Kathryn Flett discuss the rights and wrongs of buying shoes for children. And Through the Eye of a Needle: the journalist who cuts his child's hair, saves apple pips and makes all his own clothes. John-Paul Flintoff joins Jane with his crochet hook to talk about his decision to create his own everyday outfits, from fitted shirts and jeans, right down to his Y-fronts.