Listen to some of my recent programmes

Speaking from the Heart

Anna was just 25 when she suffered a massive stroke which initially left her “locked in”. With her dreams of a normal life shattered, would her Christian faith see her through? For Heart and Soul from the BBC World Service. 

 

Reeking of Cowpats: Peer Gynt

Music historian Leah Broad explores how, 150 years after the premiere, Henrik Ibsen’s play and Edvard Grieg’s incidental music have stood the test of time. For BBC Radio 3. 

 

Defeated: How ordinary Germans experienced the end of World War II

In Germany, the end of World War II in 1945 was time of chaos, fear and soul-searching. Six ordinary Germans who lived through that period tell their stories. With Lore Wolfson Windemuth. BBC World Service. 

 

Kids Who Care

Singer Oritse Williams, who himself became a carer for his mother at a very young age, hears from children who are unpaid carers for family members. BBC World Service. 

 

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The Right Thing: Gaza's parish priest

At the time of the Hamas-led attack on Israel in 2023, Fr Gabriel Romanelli – Gaza’s only Catholic parish priest – was away in the West Bank. So what motivated him to return as war engulfed Gaza? With Mike Wooldridge. For Heart and Soul from the BBC World Service. 

 

The Right Thing: Uganda's fearless nun

How Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe works to rehabilitate children who have suffered unimaginable trauma at the hands of the rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army - and why she is willing to risk her own life for their sake. With Mike Wooldridge. For Heart and Soul from the BBC World Service. 

With Oritse Williams (second left) and family

during the recording of Kids Who Care