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Radio 4,02 Aug 2026,42 mins

Maryam Moshiri

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This week, we hear how rubbish could be recycled into remedies, and how café catch-ups are helping people open up more about dealing with the difficult subject of death. The cinematographer Sir Roger Deakins tells Lauren Laverne about the piece of advice he didn’t end up following, and Radio 3 brings us back to Haydn’s London. Plus, we hear of the booming duck egg business, fronted by an eleven-year-old in Cumbria. Presenter: Maryam Moshiri Producer: Anthony McKee Editor: Steven Hobson Production Coordination: Caoilfhinn McFadden and Sylvie Conway A BBC Audio Northern Ireland production. Programmes featured in this episode include: Last Word: Doing Death Differently - Shall we talk about death? Artworks: The Writing Life of Sylvia Plath - Wifehood, Womanhood and Friendship The Conversation: Are women the stronger sex? Woman's Hour, 27/07: Fiction and murdered women Best Medicine: S3, E1 - Rubbish, Home Births, Collaboration Key Changes: Radio 3's Essential History of Classical Music - 1772: The Symphony Laboratory Desert Island Discs: Sir Roger Deakins How Did We Get Here? No World Order - E1, The Responsibility to Protect Westminster Hour, 26/07: Andy Burnham's first week as prime minister Floor 15 Front Row, 27/07: Bill Oddie, remembered by his friend Graeme Garden On Your Farm, 26/07: Give a Boy a Duck

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