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Jan 2021
42m 53s

Debbie McGee and Dr Naomi Paxton, author...

Bbc Radio 4
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To mark the centenary of the infamous ‘sawing-a-woman-in-half’ illusion, Emma Barnett talks to Debbie McGee and Dr Naomi Paxton, also to author Angie Thomas about her new book "Concrete Rose" the prequel to her bestseller "The Hate U Give", Joan Bakewell talks about her legal challenge over the government's decision to delay the second dose of the Covid 19 Vaccine for elderly and we hear how the the nurse Sarah Link lived in a caravan for nine months outside her family home in Cradley Heath in the West Midlands to protect her mum from catching Covid.

The programme includes a clip of Baroness Boothroyd courtesy of Sky News

Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Lisa Jenkinson

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