A bumpy ride with Laura Laker

A bumpy ride with Laura Laker

Back in the 1970s, a group of Bristolian idealists dreamed of a nation stitched together by safe cycling paths, which would make us less reliant on our cars. They founded what would become Britain's 13,000 miles long National Cycle Network. Cycling journalist Laura Laker wondered what had gone right and, indeed, wrong, with a network once described by the CEO of the charity that runs it as “a bit crap”, and set off on an epic journey around the UK to find out more. That journey became the basis for her new book, Potholes and Pavements: A Bumpy Ride on Britain’s National Cycle Network. Fellow cycling enthusiast Jen, caught up with Laura to talk about what inspired her journey, the magic of travelling by bike, and why all leaders of a country should go on a big old road trip before they sign up to the job. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Beneath the Waves

Beneath the Waves

A new adaptation of Virginia Woolf's The Waves opens at London's Jermyn Street Theatre next week. Hannah chats to playwright Flora Wilson Brown about the appeal of Woolf to young people, the issues wi...

10 Huhti 23min

Helen Thorn has faced big change and come back stronger

Helen Thorn has faced big change and come back stronger

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7 Huhti 26min

The Cost of Trust

The Cost of Trust

Surgeon Ian Paterson was jailed in 2017 for conducting botched and often unnecessary operations on his patients, who were predominantly women. Hannah chats to Deborah Douglas and Tracy King about thei...

3 Huhti 31min

The Bush Telegraph: Is that a really long scroll, or are you just pleased to see us?

The Bush Telegraph: Is that a really long scroll, or are you just pleased to see us?

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2 Huhti 31min

Rated or Dated: Chariots of Fire (1981)

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1 Huhti 34min

Samira Ahmed’s inside the box

Samira Ahmed’s inside the box

Journalist, writer and broadcaster Samira Ahmed is a busy woman. Through the Square Window, her new(ish) podcast with Graham Kibble-White guides listeners through UK TV of decades gone by. It’s nostal...

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Elinor Cleghorn on the radical history of mothering

Elinor Cleghorn on the radical history of mothering

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30 Maalis 27min

Outside The Box March 2026

Outside The Box March 2026

In this month's round-up of the best and worst TV, we're talking about A Woman of Substance, Gone, Rooster, The Lady, DTF St Louis and Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere.  Learn more about your ad...

27 Maalis 47min

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