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So was Miss Moneypenny, as she was referred to in James Bond novels and films, a real person? It turns out, yes. Annette Young talks to Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall, the author of ‘Her Secret Service: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence’ about the woman who inspired the character and why women do make better spies. Also as femicide continues to be a serious problem across the globe, a highly moving story of a French woman who miraculously managed to escape being killed by her ex-boyfriend. Plus how a comic strip is helping to shatter taboos about menstruation for schoolchildren in the Democratic Republic of Congo.