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According to the Royal College of Midwives, a quarter of midwives are so disenchanted with the profession that they鈥檙e thinking of leaving.听 They surveyed more than a thousand members ahead of their annual conference. Jane is joined by Cathy Warwick, Chief Executive of the College to hear why they鈥檙e unhappy.

Women feel at their least attractive on Monday mornings, according to a study by American marketing company PHD.听 So, PHD suggests that Monday is the perfect day to present women with adverts for instant beauty rescues and dressing for success.听 On Thursdays, women feel at their best, so this is the best time to bombard them with positive, life-affirming products.听 This is in the US, but what is happening in the UK? Gail Parminter, Creative director of Madwomen and Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, The Vagenda blog editor discuss targeted advertising and how women are sold stuff.听 What tactics are used?听 How harmless is the concept? How aware of women of the ways they are being sold to?听 And what might be the advertising of the future?听

Nina Stibbe tells us about her new book, a compilation of letters she sent home while nannying for a very unusual literary family. Her employer was Mary-Kaye Wilmer, editor of the London Review of Books and Alan Bennett popped over for dinner every other day. A charming, funny and wise account of the domestic life of an unlikely family unit.

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Love, Nina. Published by Viking, is out now.听.

Dame Carol Black is now the principal of Newnham College, Cambridge, but she is also still the county鈥檚 leading expert adviser on health at work, she鈥檚 advised both the present and previous governments 鈥� believing passionately that working plays a vital part in our health. As a consultant rheumatologist, she undertook pioneering research in scleroderma and set up a world renowned centre at the Royal Free Hospital in London. Not only has she been a leading specialist in her field, but a leader of her profession 鈥� a former National Director for Health and work, former Chairman of the Nuffield Trust, former Chairman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and a former President of the Royal College of Physicians. Jane talks to Professor Dame Carol Black about how a working glass grammar school girl with a third class degree in history forged an unlikely path to become one of our leading doctors.

To mark , this week鈥檚 drama looks at child sexual exploitation and grooming. Holding On To You by D.L.Weller tells the story of a 14 year old girl called Holly, who is groomed and sexually abused after she becomes involved in a relationship with an older man. It鈥檚 inspired by real stories, and by the work of organisations supported by Children in Need, such as the charity and the network. To discuss the issues raised by the drama 鈥� the signs of child sexual exploitation and grooming, who is affected, and what can be done to help 鈥� Jane is joined by Sheila Taylor, Chief Executive of the NWG, and by Nicola Dalby, Acting Chief Executive Of Safe & Sound, which was involved in the writing of the series.

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For details of organisations which offer advice and support, go online to , or call the Radio 4 Action Line on 0800 044 044 to hear recorded information. Lines are open 24 hours and are free from a landline. Mobile operators will charge.

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If you are inspired by the work that Children in Need does and would like to donate, you can call their donation line on 03457 33 22 33. Standard geographic charges from landlines and mobiles will apply. Every penny you give to 大象传媒 Children in Need will go towards projects helping disadvantaged children in the UK.

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