RADIO CHOICE

A WHOLE paragraph can be transmitted across a crowded room by the mere raising of an eyebrow. The turning of a back, the lifting of shoulders or a quick grimace can say so much more than words. In this first programme of her new series, SHORT CUTS (RADIO 4 (FM), 3PM), Josie Long (pictured) looks at the telling power of wordless communication.

THE stand-up comedian Sara Pascoe got her first job in show business as a street entertainer at what was then the Millennium Dome. For MY TEENAGE DIARY (RADIO 4 (FM), 6.30PM) she relives those early days, and shares some of the entries with Rufus Hound and a studio audience.

THE sun takes its time setting at this time of the year. Midsummer was once a time of pagan ritual, but