Children's book illustrator Axel Scheffler has given visual form to Julia Donaldson's characters The Gruffalo, Stick Man, Room on the Broom, A Squash and a Squeeze and many more. But if you find the Gruffalo scary, be aware that Axel's original version was even more menacing. His latest books are "Kind" and "The Smeds and the Smoos" - two stories about tolerance and inclusivity.

Veronica Thompson goes by the stage name Fancy Chance when she performs aerial burlesque while hanging from her hair. Her show Flights of Fancy explores ideas of beauty and her feelings of alienation at having been abandoned as a baby on the doorstep of a South Korean police station.

Actor and comedian Roisin Conaty shares her Inheritance Tracks.

And listener Emma Wyatt-Haines talks about overcoming serious spinal injury to compete in an Iron Man contest.

Presenters: Aasmah Mir and Rev Richard Coles

Producer: Paul Waters