Welcome to the Classic Newsnight podcast; and amazingly, it's our last one of January!

This week, Doctor Rob Hicks explains how owning a dog can improve your health; we hear from the German pianist who's just made a recording on the very piano Franz Liszt owned and played at his home in Bayreuth; and we meet the author, Conn Iggulden, who's recently achieved a first in the history of UK book selling - topping both the fiction and non-fiction hardback bestsellers chart simultaneously. Listen now!