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Journalist and author Will Self speaks to Cathy Macdonald about his latest novel, 'Phone', a perceptively sharp and witty exploration of our relationship with modern technology, family dynamics and the process of aging.

In our occasional Inspirations series, we get to hear about what or who has inspired people in their lives. Roxana Vilk, a film-maker, musician, and actor, talks about the impact of a piece of music by South African pianist Bheki Mseleku.

It's been called the largest humanitarian crisis since the formation of the UN. With four nations facing famine and twenty million lives in the balance, Selena Victor from Mercy Corps and journalist David Pratt, look at the reality of famine being used as a weapon of war.

After a chance meeting with an American tourist after one of her concerts, mezzo soprano Andrea Baker took her show Sing Sistah Sing! to Tuscaloosa in Alabama and found out about the city's role in the early civil rights movement.

And how do we store our memories? Journalist Paul English and Rachel Hosker, Archives Manager at the University of Edinburgh, explore if tangible objects like photographs and letters give us a deeper connection to our past, than memories that are stored in a virtual cloud or box.