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HOW do we define rest? In the new, three-part series THE ANATOMY OF REST (RADIO 4, 9AM, 9.30PM) Claudia Hammond hears experts’ thoughts on the difference — if there is one — between resting and loafing about.

JOHN LE CARRE met the French humanitarian Yvette Pierpaoli in 1974 and was mightily impressed. Yvette’s childhood nickname had been ‘the pest’, as nothing would stop her from getting what she wanted. As he continues to read extracts from his memoir, THE PIGEON TUNNEL (RADIO 4, 9.45AM (FM), 12.30AM), Le Carre (pictured) recalls his meetings with this indefatigable woman.

THE wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any bird. These magnificent white birds circumnavigate the Southern Ocean many times in their lives, and