Start The Week

Radio 4, 9am

Alison Richard (right),

Tim Birkhead and

Mark Glancy discuss the depiction of birds in art. Among the topics covered is

James Audubon’s decision in 1820 to depict every species native to the US, culminating in a beautiful, if somewhat controversial, book.

Drama: From Fact to Fiction (Radio 4, 2.15pm) is Mark Lawson’s Jabber Jabber, which focuses on NHS staff who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Julian Rhind-Tutt stars.

In Northern Drift (Radio 3, 9.30pm) Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and Liverpool-based saxophonist Daniel Thorne discuss their lives and careers with Elizabeth Alker.