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- ↑ Howard Cox; Simon Mowatt (6 March 2014). Revolutions from Grub Street: A History of Magazine Publishing in Britain. OUP Oxford. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-19-166470-0 . Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ Tom Leonard (19 April 2001). "Woman's Realm fails to find recipe for its survival". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ↑ Simon Bond (20 April 2001). "UK women's titles feel the aches of aging". Media Life. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ Belle & Sebastian – Women's Realm, SongMeanings
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