TODAY’S RADIO

Graham Norton

10AM, RADIO 2

Lesley Pearse’s books are full of plots, mystery and fascinating characters. Lesley – who started writing in her 30s, and didn’t have a book published until she was 48 – talks to Graham about her recent novel, The House Across The Street. The Tyneside-born chef John Williams is also on the show. John, who has been honoured by the French for his services to cuisine, will be telling us about

The Ritz London: The Cookbook.

Battlefield Ramblings

2.15PM, RADIO 4 EXTRA

Robbed of her realm by Roman law, Boudicca led 100,000 of her fellow Iceni against the Romans. She chose her moment carefully, marching her troops through East Anglia when the Roman governor was busy fighting rebels on Anglesey. In this first of a series of walks around Britain’s battlefields, Muriel Gray is joined by Peter and Dan Snow along the Boudicca Way, following the warrior Queen’s warpath.

Sounds And Sweet Airs

9PM, CLASSIC FM

Julian of Norwich was a 14thcentury English mystic, nun and writer whose work includes the comforting text, ‘And all shall be well, and all shall be well.’ The London-born composer Roxanna Panufnik has taken this text and woven it into a beautiful choral work, which sounds both ancient and modern. Debbie Wiseman includes it in this selection of work by women composers celebrating courage in the face of adversity.

Between the Ears: The Last Elfdalians

9.30PM, RADIO 3 Elfdalian sounds like something out of The Hobbit, but it’s a real language spoken by people who live in a remote forest region of Sweden. It is ‘soft, kind and full of humour’, but dying out. Maja Daniels, whose ancestors spoke Elfdalian, takes us on a journey into this language, but, as Maja hasn’t bothered to learn Elfdalian, she gives us few linguistic insights into this ancient tongue.

Hear And Now

10PM, RADIO 3

Musicians, sound artists and vocalists working with birdsong give a performance of their work in this show recorded at east London’s Cafe Oto.

Dan Snow (2.15pm, Radio 4 Extra)