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The adventurer and explorer Benedict Allen joins Konnie Huq and the Rev. Richard Coles. He explains why he returned to Papua New Guinea to visit a community he'd befriended 30 years earlier, why he doesn't take modern technology with him, but does travel with postcards of The Queen.
As Manchester United prepare to meet Chelsea in the Cup Final later today, JP Devlin is in conversation with its former number seven - Eric Cantona.
Rugby coach Ben Ryan describes how he took the Fijian Sevens to Olympic Gold in Rio 2016 and was made a Chief by a grateful nation.
And it was a romantic game of two halves for Helen Bellany, so taken with the painter John Bellany she married him not once but twice.
Listener Carol Worwood shares her Thank You story from the Royal Wedding Day in 1981.
Tim Eagling describes his family's morning - taking part in an immersive scare event in a disused shopping mall.
And the poet Imtiaz Dharker reveals her Inheritance Tracks - Babu Samjho Ishare from Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, sung by Kishore Kumar; and Heroes by David Bowie.
Benedict Allen is touring from June 2018 with the Ultimate Explorer Tour.
My Notebook by Eric Cantona is out now.
The Restless Wave, My Two Lives with John Bellany, by Helen Bellany.
Luck is the Hook by Imtiaz Dharker.
Sevens Heaven by Ben Ryan is published on 31st May.
Producer: Louise Corley
Editor: Eleanor Garland.
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The adventurer and explorer Benedict Allen joins Konnie Huq and the Rev. Richard Coles. He explains why he returned to Papua New Guinea to visit a community he'd befriended 30 years earlier, why he doesn't take modern technology with him, but does travel with postcards of The Queen.
As Manchester United prepare to meet Chelsea in the Cup Final later today, JP Devlin is in conversation with its former number seven - Eric Cantona.
Rugby coach Ben Ryan describes how he took the Fijian Sevens to Olympic Gold in Rio 2016 and was made a Chief by a grateful nation.
And it was a romantic game of two halves for Helen Bellany, so taken with the painter John Bellany she married him not once but twice.
Listener Carol Worwood shares her Thank You story from the Royal Wedding Day in 1981.
Tim Eagling describes his family's morning - taking part in an immersive scare event in a disused shopping mall.
And the poet Imtiaz Dharker reveals her Inheritance Tracks - Babu Samjho Ishare from Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, sung by Kishore Kumar; and Heroes by David Bowie.
Benedict Allen is touring from June 2018 with the Ultimate Explorer Tour.
My Notebook by Eric Cantona is out now.
The Restless Wave, My Two Lives with John Bellany, by Helen Bellany.
Luck is the Hook by Imtiaz Dharker.
Sevens Heaven by Ben Ryan is published on 31st May.
Producer: Louise Corley
Editor: Eleanor Garland.
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