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World renowned author Sir Michael Morpurgo will be a festival highlight Picture: Anthony Chappel-Ross. CHILDREN’S author Sir Michael Morpurgo will be helping mark the tenth anniversary of York Festival of Ideas. The festival has unveiled its 2021 programme on the theme of Infinite Horizons and as part of a special tenth anniversary celebration day on Monday, June 7, children’s author Sir Michael Morpurgo will be reading A Song of Gladness and will reveal what inspired the story, in a YouTube premiere of the work. Other high-profile festival speakers in the last ten years will join ...

You're Dead To Me - LGBTQ History - BBC Sounds You're Dead To Me - LGBTQ History - BBC Sounds Available for over a year From Molly Houses to Section 28, Greg Jenner explores the history of the LGBT community. Read more

The Sink is not the kind of podcast that will have you guffawing immediately – in fact, you may be confused by this parody of sleep-inducing meditation shows. But once you get acclimated to its surreal conceit – the process of dredging up “what’s stuck in your tubes” and remedying the “bad smell” in your brain – Natasha Hodgson’s comedy-horror show is full of brilliantly unsettling laughs. Hannah J Davies, Guardian deputy TV editor Nicole Byer of Why Won’t You Date Me? Photograph: Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP Nicole runs the gamut from incredibly filthy and raunchy to deeply...

Show more Greg Jenner is joined by historian Prof Joanne Freeman and comedian Chris Addison in the 18th century to look at the birth of a nation as America takes its first steps after achieving independence from the English. Where did party politics come from? How were Vice Presidents originally selected? Why was Washington DC chosen as the capital? Did George Washington really have a special presidential suit? And just why did Jefferson keep a mammoth cheese in the lobby? Produced by Cornelius Mendez Research by Tim Galsworthy Show less

Quick Read By Shafi Musaddique Correspondent At a time when the U.K. records one of the world’s highest death tolls per capita from COVID-19, the country has been granting iconic status to those who serve communities, do public good, and raise awareness for social causes. Some of these new national heroes have transcended age, color, and class such as army veteran Capt. Sir Tom Moore, the centenarian who raised more than £39 million ($54 million) for Britain’s National Health Service making laps with his walker around his garden. And professional soccer player Marcus Rashford ...