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28/02/2012

Restaurateur and campaigner Prue Leith on her life in food; Ambition and failure - why children need to be taught to fail; the politics of magazines aimed at young women and the anatomy of disgust
Presented by Jane Garvey.

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58 minutes

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Tue 28 Feb 2012 10:00

Chapters

  • Prue Leith

    Prue talks to Jane about her life and career

    Duration: 11:32

  • Learning how to fail

    Eleanor Mills of The Sunday Times, and Heather Hanbury, Headteacher at Wimbledon High School for Girls discuss.

    Duration: 10:05

  • Disgust

    Jane speaks to Dr Valerie Curtis from London’s School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Therese Mahon of Water Aid about why disgust matters.

    Duration: 10:17

  • Women's Magazines

    Are they giving us what we want? Jane Garvey is joined by The Vagenda blog editor Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, and Louise Court, Editor of Cosmopolitan.

    Duration: 09:22

Broadcast

  • Tue 28 Feb 2012 10:00

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