creation podcasts: newsnight Classic FM

The latest edition of the podcast has the usual suspects: resident bookworm, Chris Powling, with three superb books for us to enjoy; alongside the Classic FM doctor, Rob Hicks, who'll be telling us how our genes influence the types of food we reach for - which means I must have the cream bun gene! As well as that, we'll meet the best-travelled busker in the world: violinist David Juritz.Find out which are the most generous, as well as the meanest, cities he visited.

In this edition of the Classic Newsnight podcast, the tenor, James Gilchrist, talks about his acclaimed recording of "On Wenlock Edge", by Vaughan Williams; Classic FM's resident bookworm, Chris Powling, recommends three thrillers for us to enjoy; And the Classic FM doctor, Rob Hicks, tells us why we should all be eating a lot more garlic.

In this week's podcast, we learn about the so-called "silver surfers", the over fifties who are becoming increasingly voracious consumers of everything the internet has to offer. Doctor Rob Hicks tells us about World Arthritis Day; Chris Powling choses three children's books for us to enjoy; and Bob Jones heads to Exmoor, to preview this year's Two Moors Festival.

Classic FMs resident GP, Rob Hicks, opens this edition of the podcast. Yes, the days are getting shorter and its turning decidedly autumnal, so any day now, we can expect to be hear commercials for flu jabs. But Dr. Rob tells us researchers in the US have conducted a study which casts doubt on the benefits of immunising older people against the disease.
After that, we turn our attention to books with Chris Powling, whos been furiously reading paperbacks in order to choose three unmissable ones for us to enjoy. Then, its violins all the way: Madeleine Mitchell tells us about the Red Violin festival, which is an annual fixture in South Wales, while the young Scottish soloist, Nicola Benedetti, discusses her new recording of The Lark Ascending, by Vaughan Williams.

In this week's podcast, we find out how the Conferation of British Industry has picked itself a fight with family doctors - Classic FM's resident GP, Rob Hicks will explain all; Germaine Greer will tell us about her new biography of Anne Hathaway, entitled "Shakespeare's Wife"; Classic Nesnight's roving reporter, Bob Jones, updates us on the work of "Live Music Now"; and Felicity Lott discusses her love of French song.

This week, John Brunning speaks to the author Conn Iggulden about his latest creation: "The Dangerous Book For Boys Yearbook". Classic FM's resident GP, Rob Hicks, gives us his opinion on research linking antiperspirants to breast cancer; and we discover how classical music is helping children undergoing investigation for neurological disorders at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.