Michael Rosen

Michael Rosen talks about his life, the power of words and why poetry can be a good way to excite interest in science.

Listen to The Big Proms Bear Hunt this Sunday 4pm on Radio 3.

Michael's website.

Food writer and chef, Simon Hopkinson, chooses 'Catch a Falling Star' by Perry Como and '21st Century Schizoid Man' by King Crimson.

Simon's new book 'Simon Hopkinson Cooks' is out on the 19th Sept. 

Simon's website.

To mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s famous speech, Edith Lee-Payne recalls spending her 12th birthday at the front of the crowd.  

Photo: Edith at the March on Washington. Courtesy of the National Archives.

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Noreen Riols describes her time as a member of the Special Operations Executive, or SOE, during the Second World War.

The Secret Ministry of Ag. and Fish is published by Macmillan.

David Nott is a consultant surgeon who spends time abroad every year helping people affected by war and natural disasters.

David Nott.