Month: September 2013

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Sexual violence statistics in Asia

Almost a quarter of men in some Asian countries admit rape, it has been reported. The headlines have been sparked by a UN report, which looks at violence against women in parts of Asia. Are the numbers of rapists really this high? Tim Harford and Ruth Alexander look into the detail of the study. And, ?Africa has a drinking problem? - so says Time Magazine. More or Less discovers a more mixed picture. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.

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Start the Week - Margaret Atwood’s Dystopian Future

As Start the Week returns to Radio 4, Tom Sutcliffe talks to Margaret Atwood about her vision of the future. In the last of a trilogy of dystopian novels, Atwood charts the fortunes of a group of survivors after a man-made plague has devastated the world. There's more man-made corruption and savagery in Vicky Featherstone's first production as the new Artistic Director of the Royal Court Theatre: The Ritual Slaughter of Gorge Mastromas is a dark morality tale. But the philosopher A C Grayling goes back to the Greeks to explore the best of humanity - friendship.

Producer: Katy Hickman.

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Fertility: when is too late?

Psychologist Jean Twenge argues that women in their late thirties shouldn?t be as anxious about their prospects of having a baby as is commonly assumed. Tim Harford finds fertility experts agree. The economy?s turning a corner, the Chancellor says - Tim Harford takes a closer look at the numbers. Plus, sexual violence statistics in Asia; Britain?s ?small island? status rebutted; and does Africa really have a ?drinking problem?? This is the edition of the programme first broadcast on BBC Radio 4.