Making Things Again

Alice Irizarry and Andrew Devis present the story of author J. K. Rowling whose storytelling began with an idea on a train ride and months of writing in her notebooks in a small Scottish coffee shop. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/the-birth-of-harry-potter/Download our ...  Show more

What hope for healing do people with life-threatening diseases have? Patrick and Gillian Woodward share the story of Doctors Sujai and Lavanya Suneetha and their clinic in India. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/nireekshana-acet-a-place-of-confident-hope/Download our app ...  Show more

Shouldn't we stop throwing things away and start fixing them? 

The EU wants to make items durable and repairable. Neil and Catherine discuss this story. 

Mark Miodownik, explores the environmental consequences of the throwaway society we have become and reveals that recycling electronic waste comes second to repairing broken electronics. He asks what we can learn from repair cultures around the world , he looks at manufacturers wh ...  Show more

With the cost of living crisis forcing many of us to try and limit what we spend, more and more people are looking to repair the things they own. It’s giving momentum to an international network of ‘repair cafes’ and a global campaign for manufacturers to make products fixable.In ...  Show more