What can the work of an extraordinary woman called Cicely Saunders, founder of the modern hospice movement, tell us about our search for our own personal legacies, we go into the music filled back streets of Dakar in Senegal in the early 90’s, with a lot of publicity recently for adult literacy I share my own rather mixed experiences as a tutor, and we explore the unlikely connection between the humble dung beetle and the fearsome Cretan Minotaur.
Switching to business we look at some companies who were high profile winners during the lockdown but whose fortunes have declined sharply since, and at one industry where the post COVID party shows no sign of slowing down.