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Radio 4,30 Apr 2017,28 mins

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In the latest programme, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom that reflect the range of contemporary life in the country. This month: Ian McMillan unveils his campaign for Yorkshire pudding to secure UNESCO intangible heritage status; Carly Appleby reveals the dramatic effect of an unexpected medical diagnosis; Travis Elborough meets the 87 year-old behind an improbable retail success story in Brighton; Rebecca Ford discovers how Blackpool has reinvented itself - with a little help from China; and Mihir Bose ponders what allotments have to teach the people in charge of our leading football clubs. Producer Simon Coates.

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