The result was a fully staged production about three synthetic fabrics — Orlon, Nylon, and Dacron — and a love interest named ...

Lauren Laverne has now returned to work after getting the all-clear following treatment for cancer - Amanda Mango Benson/BBC Recently I was idly wondering if it was time for Desert Island Discs (Radio ...

From searing investigations to brilliant radio dramas to the finest comedy, here is your weekly guide to the best audio ...

Over the years Buchanan has been chased by elephants, grappled with an anaconda and had a polar bear try to eat him, but now I think I might ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." The year 1941 was one of the darkest in London’s history. Beginning the previous September, Adolf ...

BBC presenter Lauren Laverne has announced she has been diagnosed with cancer. The broadcaster, 46, shared the news on Instagram, urging people to “get checked out”, saying she is lucky to have ...

More than 90 lost recordings of BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs have been found by a radio enthusiast from Suffolk. The episodes, which date back to the 1960s, were unearthed by Richard Harrison, ...

Lorraine Kelly and Lauren Laverne in the Desert Island Discs Studios. When Lorraine moved to the Scottish town of East Kilbride at 13, she didn’t know a soul. “It was a massive secondary school, over ...

Broadcaster Kirsty Young has been awarded an honorary degree at the University of St Andrews. Young, who was born in East ...