November

From India with Love
Sabina Ahmed grew up in the south of India. Her father had spent most of his formative years in England, and wanted, in fact, to marry an English woman, for which he was 'sent down' from Cambridge. He talked longingly about England, and longed to go there...

The Reunion
Bryan Gallagher can't even remember who took the photograph that's made him confront his own mortality....

Steering Lock Driving
What happens when you start driving with the crook lock still on? Well you might end up upside down listening to The Archers...

Haunted!
Soup tureens that launch themselves, names being called out in empty rooms, yet the owners are happy to live with ghosts. Debbie Manners is on the case at Ye Olde Burtle Inn in Bridgwater, Somerset and Chambercombe Manor in Ilfracombe.

Star Crossed Love
Justina Cronin's engagement to Tom and their and wedding preparations seemed ill-fated. But it all 'came right' in the end.

A Century Apart
Phil Davies family have been reunited - after one hundred years.

From You
Ants

A Better World
John Constable has a landscaped miniature countryside scene in his garden. It's taken him 7 years to construct, and its been a way for him to connect with a lost rural past. Max Cotton went to meet him.

Peak Fiona
Alan Hinkes is a professional mountaineer. Recently he scaled a mountain in Kyrgyzstan which he named after his daughter Fiona.

The Art of Small Talk
Despite being reasonably articulate and confident, Jo Bunting has never got the hang of the social intercourse that is "small talk".

Cat Sitting
Cynthia Penney lives in New York with her husband, Jeff, and two cats. She's a frequent visitor to England - as a writer and a cat-sitter. A listener to Home Truths via the website, Cynthia noted the heavy hints about our enthusiasm for audio diaries and recorded one while on globe trotting cat duty.

Iyabode's Names
Born in England to a Nigerian father and an English Gambian mother, Iyabode Animashaun has had many names. She feels both English and African.

Tom's Family Heroes
Tom Wingate emailed us to tell us about how his Great Uncle came to have three funerals.

From You
Circus Fleas and Ants

The Ferret Woman
Linda Emmerson has always loved animals. But as she told Ray Kershaw, she's not sure that she actually wants to be called the ‘Ferret Woman’.

Competitive Christmas
With three weeks to go, Sophia Everitt is worried that she's not going to be ready with treats and sweets for her sons. But what sort of deviant is ready for Christmas this early?

Will the real Sammy J...
Jay Rowden has a bit of a dilemma. It turns out that his wife and his sister have the same name - Sammy Jane. So how does he get around this problem?

Someone's Little Sister
Teresa's father died when she was a child. But then one of her relatives let slip that he had been married before and had had another daughter - 25 years Teresa’s senior. She knew she had to find her.

From You
Little Red Men