Sunday Folgen

The Queen hailed Captain Tom Moore, the 100-year-old who raised millions for NHS charities by walking laps of his garden, as an "inspiration" this week after he died of coronavirus. We talk to 73 year old Rajinder Singh who was inspired by Captain Tom to become the "Skipping Sikh" - he gained worldwide acclaim for the exercise videos he made to cheer up his community in isolation and ended up raising money for the NHS as well. Maybe more than at any other point in history, we are talking now about race, ethnicity and equality. But how do we define who belongs to an ethnic minority and who is a target of racism? In his new book, Jews Don't Count, the comedian and writer David Baddiel argues that anti-Semitism is being left out of the public conversation about racism. And is Gospel Music in crisis? A meeting held this week discussed just that. After the high of The Kingdom Choir singing at the Royal Wedding in 2018, how is the music developing to attract younger singers whose musical interests lie outside gospel? Producers: Olive Clancy David CookEditor: Tim Pemberton

After the devastating news this week that 100,000 people have died in the UK after contracting Covid-19, the Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell tells Ed Stourton why he and the Archbishop of Canterbury are inviting the nation to join them in prayer every day at 6pm during the month of February. Nazir Afzal was Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England from 2011 to 2015. He built his career on bringing people to justice. This week he called for a public inquiry into the Government's handling of the Covid pandemic. He tells Ed Stourton why.Islamic Relief Worldwide has been cleared of institutional anti-Semitism in an independent report after two trustees and a member of staff were found to have posted offensive social media comments. The report's author Dominic Grieve explains its findings and recommendations and Martin Cottingham, Islamic Relief Worldwide's Director of External Affairs, responds. Producer:Catherine Earlam Carmel LonerganPhoto credit:Office of the Archbishop of York

When Kamala Harris was sworn in as the US vice-president this week, Hindus gathered in her family's ancestral home town in India to pray for her success. Much is said about her status as the first woman and first African American to hold her post, but less about her South Asian heritage. In this week's programme William Crawley asks how important her Hindu background is to her and to Americans.One of the final acts of the Trump administration this week was to declare that China's treatment of the Muslim minority Uighar people amounts to genocide. This happens to be one of the few things President Biden's government agrees with him about. Here, MPs debated but failed to implement a bill that would make it illegal to trade with a country guilty of genocide this week. Who are the Uighar people and what exactly is happening to them? We find out from an Uighar activist and refugee in the UK, Rahima Mahommad. This Wednesday, on Holocaust Memorial Day, we are asked to place a candle in the window to remember those murdered for who they are. But we should also remember those who escaped at a cost. The philosopher and writer Simon May was brought up a Catholic, by parents who came to the UK as Hitler rose to power. His mother, the acclaimed violinist Marianne Liedtke, converted to hide her background and refused to consider herself Jewish. William talks to Simon May about his new book - How to be a Refugee - about his quest to uncover his Jewish heritage. Producers: Olive Clancy David CookEditor: Tim Pemberton