For many women, the demands of family and career mean they're not always able to just make music for the fun of it. Ruth Miller is the brains behind The Unglamourous Project in Leicester, UK with the aim of creating a local punk scene for older women. Experience not necessary, but enthusiasm is key.

As reports continue to come through of Russian preparations for a renewed offensive on the anniversary of the original invasion of Ukraine, we talk to New Zealander Dr Jack Watling, senior research fellow at the defence and security think tank, the Royal United Services Institute. Jack's won international awards for his analysis and has spent time with military intelligence in Ukraine and he believes the offensive may have already begun.

We check in with Metservice for the latest on Cyclone Gabrielle.

Jon Krebs, originally from Auckland now calls Umeå in Sweden home. He tells us about his travels throughout Europe and his love of cold water swimming.

If you could write a letter to your younger self, what would it say?

David Robson takes a look at how we can rekindle our passion for the work we do.

Communications recriminations after the deluge; rebooting crisis coverage in the social media age; public media plan proclaimed a dead duck by other media.

New York writer and psychotherapist, Lesley Alderman learned about a new genre of writing from some of her patients.

Dr Ali Hill from the Human Nutrition department of Otago University is back once again to dig into the latest research into how we fuel our bodies.

As the North of the country continues to clear up after the recent floods, we ask internationally renowned climate scientist, Dr Jim Salinger if this kind of weather will become commonplace in our future.