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She's the master chef who has interviewed everyone from Margaret Thatcher to Madonna, journalist Kirsty Wark opens up to Sally Magnusson about her broadcasting career, motherhood, and her love of Scotland.

Nick Spencer discusses what he believes to be the continuing importance of Christianity as the foundation for many of the social and political ideas we live by today; the subject of his latest book, The Evolution of the West - How Christianity Has Shaped Our Values.

How do you feel when you hear 'oh God' on TV or radio...does it offend you, or does it even register? Sally looks at the changing attitudes towards blasphemy with Alison Phipps, Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies at the University of Glasgow, and Professor Callum Brown, a Social Historian at the University of Glasgow.

Sally looks at the role arts and language can play in helping refugees integrate into the society they arrive in, with Professor Alison Phipps who is heading up the first 'UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts', and poet and storyteller Tawona Sithole.

Alison and Tawona go on to focus on one art in particular - poetry. They discuss why poetry is special to them, and how it helps them reflect on life. Plus we hear from Lizzie MacGregor, editor of the anthology 'Whatever The Sea', which addresses from a very Scottish perspective, what it is to grow old.

And is silence something you avoid or you hanker for? Alison Phipps and theatre critic Gareth K Vile, who both have experience of building quiet times into their lives, explore our relationship with silence.