New Statesman - <![CDATA[Anna Picard]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/anna_picard en <![CDATA[Sound and visions]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/03/20th-century-ross-music-noise http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/03/20th-century-ross-music-noise Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT Anna Picard The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century Alex Ross Fourth Estate, 624pp, £20

]]> <![CDATA[Could you too be a killer mummy?]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200107090022 http://www.newstatesman.com/200107090022 Mon, 09 Jul 2001 12:00:00 GMT Anna Picard Women like Andrea Yates, who drowned her children, get off more lightly than murderous dads. But America is tired of the hormonal defence

]]> <![CDATA[Why mums are turning their backs on nature]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200106180020 http://www.newstatesman.com/200106180020 Mon, 18 Jun 2001 12:00:00 GMT Anna Picard Too posh to push? No: growing numbers of women think caesarean births are better

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