"I'm talking about love here. That's the word, love." TV writer Russell T Davies, whose new drama It's a Sin is on Channel 4 now, talks about the years he spent caring for his partner Andrew, who died from brain cancer. Listen to his Desert Island Discs on BBC Sounds https://bbc.in/3iX8VjM | BBC Radio 4

Glorious strings from Curtis. 🎻 🥰 Radio 3’s American Roadtrip took us to the Curtis Institute, where we heard former resident string quartet, the Viano Quartet. You can listen back to the full Roadtrip on BBC Sounds | BBC Radio 3

Rewinder is back on Radio 4 and have you caught up yet? Greg James digs into the BBC’s archives, using current stories as a portal to the past. Rewinder | Listen on BBC Sounds | BBC Radio 4

“In the majority of cases they think they’re taking heroine or valium.” Research shows that deaths in the UK caused by the synthetic opioid Nitazene may have been underestimated by up to a third. Dr Caroline Copeland is Director of the National Programme on Susbtance Use Mortality - she explains to Today why Nitazenes are so dangerous. Today Programme | Listen on BBC Sounds | BBC Radio 4