TODAY’S RADIO

80 Not Out: The Seven Ages Of Woman

10.45AM, 7.45PM, RADIO 4 ★★★

In this last of a week-long series of short plays performed by veteran actors, Sian Phillips delivers a monologue by Stephen Wyatt about a woman who works as a volunteer in a local art gallery, where she becomes obsessed by a particular painting.

Take Two

2.30PM,

RADIO 4 EXTRA ★★★★

In the 1960s, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan ruled the world of folk music and protest songs. The pair would turn up at civil rights marches and protest rallies, and seemed to be the prophets of changing times. Then, Bob headed off in other directions, leaving Joan holding Joan Baez (2.30pm, R4 Extra) the banner. Tomorrow will be Joan’s 80th birthday, and Radio 4 Extra marks the day with this look back at Bob and Joan’s musical collaboration as well as their doomed romance.

Crowdscience

8.30PM, WORLD SERVICE ★★★

More and more of us have headed to green spaces during the Covid-19 crisis. Walks in parks, along river banks or out in the open countryside seemed to make us feel better. In this report, we hear from Italy, where, in Milan, they are steaming ahead on a project to plant three million trees, create 20 new parks and grow a forest up the side of an apartment block in the hopes of improving residents’ physical and mental health

The Classic Fm Concert

8PM, CLASSIC FM ★★★

John Suchet concludes the first week of his Great Composers Month with a selection of music by Robert Schumann, including his First Symphony, which Schumann asked the orchestra to play, on its debut, as if they were ‘longing for spring’. SJ