A Radio 4 "Book of the Week", this is "a wonderful book, full of good stories and burning with passion", said the Sunday Times, and "a galvanising manifesto for the importance of physical ...

She also hears the thoughts of Book of the Week fans, which has moved to a new, later timeslot, in part to make room for Cafe Hope, as part of the recent schedule changes at Radio 4. Following ...

The programme was an extract from the book “Preventable: How a Pandemic Changed the World & How to Prevent the Next One” by Professor Devi Sridhar, which drew on her experience as a public ...

In his book, Dr Kennedy, Reader in Politics and Global Health at Queen Mary’s Wolfson Institute of Population Health (WIPH), explores how pathogens have been the protagonists in many of the most ...

We asked Jon how he came to write the book, and how he felt about the media attention it has attracted: ‘I started to write the book during the covid-19 pandemic. Everyone seemed to be saying that the ...

From Biggles to bee-keeping, John Carey threads together the chapters of his life in books, taking in politics ... Production Publicity contact: BBC Radio 4 Publicity ...

A NEW season of events will kick off at the historic St Leonard’s at the Hythe Church with an event by a Radio 4 Book of the Week writer. St Leonards at the Hythe is classed as a redundant ...