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Woman's Hour - Weekend Woman's Hour

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Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey. Including Royal biographer William Shawcross on his biography of the Queen Mother, Maeve Binchy on her life as a novelist, the popularity and influence of German chancellor Angela Merkel, Margaret Drabble on writers' relationship with the British landscape; the backlash against the sexualisation of young girls, and extended paternity leave and whether dads really want to stay at home.