In this episode we take a sideways look at the 60th anniversary of the first manned space flight; we ask what Deliveroo’s disastrous stock market listing tells us about the business, and what is happening to our ash trees?  From the archives we meet a man called Tony Ganley and hear about his remarkable life.

This episode is about the arts: films, books and bookshops and we mark the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence with a look at this extraordinary country. From the archives it’s a business theme this month as we take an unusual trip to MacDonald’s and go to Switzerland for a peak behind the Rosti Curtain.

This episode is about ethical investing. What does it mean, how do you get started. We look at the practicalities of equity crowdfunding and at an unethical business that is trying to behave ethically.  Changing gears, literally, we glimpse the cosmos on the hills of North Wales, put some context on the latest events in Myanmar and the art of obituary writing by one of its greatest exponents, Ann Wroe. From the archives some off cuts from life in Britain -The Great British Jellyfish Survey and a couple of other curiosities.

This episode is loosely about heroes: Barack Obama, the prodemocracy activists in Hong Kong and Joe Wickes and Mark Cavendish. Also as we start to emerge from a global health and economic crisis a look back at the archives from the Credit Crunch of 2008/9. And because Seville Oranges are in the shops, my adventures in marmalade making.