Webchat: International Development minister Lynne Featherstone on FGM
TODAY, 1-2pm: Although the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) is illegal in the UK, it is estimated that up to 20,000 girls are at risk, and that more than 60,000 women have already undergone the procedure. Earlier this year, Lynne Featherstone spearheaded a government announcement on a five-year programme to help eradicate FGM within a generation. Follow the webchat tomorrow to find out more, and post your questions for her now.
'Our greatest resource is the imagination of our children'
Sally Gardner, who today won the 2013 Carnegie prize for her novel with a dyslexic hero, Maggot Moon, on why schools must allow children to find the ways to learn which best suit them.
Knitting and crocheting: our brand new guides
Crafts: Wish you were a knitter? Secretly covet crochet hooks? Get started with our new guides to all things woolly: you'll be knocking out scarves and bags in no time.
Mumsnet campaign: Bounty Mutiny
We're calling for a ban on Bounty sales reps in maternity wards after our survey found 82% of you think it's unacceptable for the NHS to give commercial companies access to patients. Find out how the campaign is progressing.
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'It's time to call violence against women by its name'
Guest blog, Glosswitch: When we describe the images of Charles Saatchi grasping Nigella Lawson's throat as a 'row' or a 'playful tiff', we distort their meaning.
Top 10 reasons to live in ... Hertfordshire
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