Radio review: Picking up on the weird and wonderful moments you may have missed
Pick of the Week on both BBC and RTÉ are great way of finding nuggets such as learning English from the songs of Abba
Assume Nothing and Desert Island Discs: Tales of unbelievable tragedy and beautiful escape - radio review
The story of what happened to Katie Simpson is astonishingly tragic
Attention all shipping: Rockall, Finisterre and Malin Head, and the enchantment of the Shipping Forecast - Radio review
The forecast has inspired poets and musicians for a century
Radio review: A year of living with cancer
Journalist Róisín Ingle tells of her life-changing diagnosis of breast cancer
Radio review: Stories of heartbreak, love and loss – 2024 in radio
Desert Island Discs, Last Word and RTÉ‘s Sunday Miscellany were among the highlights of the year
Radio review: Michael Sheen, Dylan Thomas and when poetry is like ‘dreaming awake’
Michael Sheen was the guest of Roger McGough on a wonderful Poetry Please on Radio 4
Radio review: Celebrating the life and legend of Shane MacGowan one year on
Archive on 4 recalls the hellraising life and enduring music of The Pogues frontman
Ozempic, food noise and the struggle with obesity: Life-changing stories and the stigma of weight loss drugs - Radio review
For people struggling with obesity and the spectres of diabetes or heart disease, Ozempic and Wegovy are life-changers
DNA testing: A baby swap and its devastating emotional fallout years later explored in ‘The Gift’
An emotional rollercoaster that swoops between joy and moments of silent devastation
A Belfast Haunting: Ghosts, grief and the troubled streets of Lower Falls – The chilling story of 91 Beechmount Grove
Tuning in to the compelling story of a haunting in 1989 west Belfast
Remembering extraordinary lives: Olga Craig, Michaela dePrince and the power of legacy in obituaries
Review: Last Word, BBC Radio 4
Radio review: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and the diamonds and the rust of relationships
Soul Music on Radio 4 recalls the relationship between Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
From picking noses to Pippi Longstocking - listening in on the wonderful world of children’s books
Radio 4 series is presented by scholar and children’s writer Katherine Rundell
Radio Review: Love, kindness and the power of friendship
On Friendship by Andrew O’Hagan explores the importance of adult relationships
Radio Review: Smart and fun look back at hey-day of glossy mags
Podcast looks at different magazine each week - in this cast Cosmopolitan of October 1982