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Standard issue for all women. Hello, welcome to a new week of the standard issue podcast. Jen here to

tell you about today's episode and everything else that's coming up this week. Tomorrow, Mick is chatting to Andrea Gibb, writer of the new and very well received,

don't you know, BBC drama Miss Austin, starring Keely Hawes, looking forward to that.

On Wednesday, can I get a witness as in the 1985 film starring Harrison Ford and a teeny tiny Lucas Haasce, which Mick and I will be watching for rated or dated.

On Thursday, it's me and Hannah on Bush Telegraph duties and on Friday.

It's a brand new outside the box, and I am looking forward to chatting about the new Boyzone documentary no matter what.

Oh, Louie. Back to today,

you might have registered that it's Valentine's Day this week, or despite all of the supermarket's best efforts, you might not. And look, to be honest, I'd rather you didn't

bother if you're going to get me a heart-shaped lolly from Sano's. But like today's guest,

journalist Nicholas Dawson, I'm very much guest, journalist Nicola Storland,

I'm very much single, so that's unlikely to be a problem, unless Lyra buys it for me, in which

case, you know, bless the little cotton socks. Nicola took the active choice to remain single after

some bad experiences in relationships, which is when she noticed not too many people were bothered

about the experiences of a consciously

uncopled person and she started writing her hugely popular newsletter the single supplement

she's now followed that up with a book single living a complete life on your own terms ahead of

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