Fi Glover presents a weekly edition of the programme on the shared experience of being in lockdown and beyond.

In this edition strangers share their experience of being part of close families and communities and of coping with loss in these challenging times; compare notes on running a rural pub which will be opening at the weekend, and running an Indian restaurant in the heart of Leicester as the city embarks on the first local lockdown in the UK; and on the joys of pursuing a shared passion for embroidery. And we catch-up with sisters on how Covid 19 is stretching and deepening the sisterly bond in unexpected ways.

The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation. The

Producer: Mohini Patel

Fi Glover presents the extended weekly edition of the programme on the shared experience of being in lockdown and beyond. In this edition strangers discuss love, loss and casual racism.

Two women who have been coping with grief in isolation during lockdown talk about their anxieties about stepping out now it's being relaxed. A female Christian chaplain and a man from a British Pakistani background discuss gender stereotypes. Two young mixed race people living in York reflect on their identities and their experiences of casual racism. And two expectant mothers look forward to emerging from lockdown

The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation. The

Producers Neil McCarthy and Beaty Rubens

Fi Glover presents a new and extended weekly edition of the programme with voices past and present, old and new on the shared experience of being in lockdown. In this week's edition: two Muslim men, one a healthcare assistant in Bradford, the other a renal patient currently shielding at home in Blackburn, talk about the challenges of fasting during Ramadan and of celebrating Eid this year; of working on the Covid19 frontline and of trying to raise awareness of organ donation in the Asian community. A mother and daughter separated in lockdown in Belfast talk about all manner of things – from the joys gardening and de-cluttering to career changes and playing 28 games of online Scrabble at the same time. And a married couple, both lecturers, share their take on combining life with a young family and trying to teach online, as well as dealing with students turning up to lectures in pyjamas.

The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key moments of connection between the participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in this decade of the millennium. You can learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject

Producer: Mohini Patel

Fi Glover presents a new and extended weekly edition of the programme with voices past and present on the shared experience of being in lockdown. Sisters talk about the transformation of the younger one from being little sister living at home to little sister living in the big wide world – in Canada – even taking to housework and cooking for the first time. A powerful and moving conversation between mother and daughter - talking about the late husband/father's alcoholism and death and how it impacted on them; and what it would be like if he were alive during lockdown. Acquaintances share how they are managing their time in lockdown and the things they have in common.

The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key moments of connection between the participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in this decade of the millennium. You can learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject

Producer: Mohini Patel

Fi Glover presents four conversations between strangers talking to each other and exchanging stories about their experience of life in lockdown - primary school head teachers from opposite ends of the country exchange notes and discuss their hopes and fears for school re-openings; a young Polish mother and an experienced local teacher talk about their contrasting lives as well as the things they have in common; an out-of-work lorry driver and the man who works for a charity which delivers food parcels to those in need like him, discuss their past lives and present; and two young students exchange positive notes on living in lockdown with cancer and HIV respectively.

The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key moments of connection between the participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in this decade of the millennium. You can learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject

Producer: Mohini Patel

Fi Glover presents a new and extended weekly edition of the programme with voices past and present on the shared experience of being in lockdown.

In this week's programme, we hear from Ron and Wendy from Scarborough, both in their 70s, who had never met before, talking about what they would like the future to look like after restrictions are lifted; an aunt and nephew, both spending lockdown alone and separately, compare notes on their average day and the call of the sea; vicars Clare and Val on the joys of conducting online services; and strangers Jane and Tracy, passionate about working in mental health and supporting vulnerable children respectively, on the backwash of difficult childhoods.

The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key moments of connection between the participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in this decade of the millennium. You can learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject

Producer: Mohini Patel

Fi Glover presents a new and extended weekly edition of the programme with voices past and present on the shared experience of being in lockdown.

A police trainer in South Wales talks to a sergeant in the Response Unit in Cheshire for the first time about front line policing; Fi catches up with hairdressing sisters in Cambridgeshire about the place of hairdressers in the new world order; and listens in on a chat between Scarborough-based café owners who have come together to form a community kitchen project while in lockdown to provide meals to local people in need; and an older father and teenage daughter living in separate households, have a chat in a way they might not have done before.

The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key moments of connection between the participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in this decade of the millennium. You can learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject

Producer: Mohini Patel

Fi Glover presents a new and extended weekly edition of the programme with voices past and present on the shared experience of being in lockdown.

The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key moments of connection between the participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in this decade of the millennium. You can learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject

Producer: Mohini Patel

Fi Glover presents a new and extended weekly edition of the programme with voices past and present on the shared experience of the lockdown.

The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key moments of connection between the participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in the second decade of the millennium. You can learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject

Producer: Mohini Patel

Three conversations from the archive which covered events that have led to separation and trauma - painful childhood memories of being World War II evacuees and being separated from their loved ones; memories of living through the 1953 East Coast tidal surge in which 43 people lost their lives; and how the experience of fighting in World War II as young men, still haunts. Fi Glover presents the Sunday edition of the series that proves it's surprising what you hear when you listen.

The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key moments of connection between the participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in the second decade of the millennium. You can learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject

Producer: Mohini Patel