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Shepherdess, writer, business woman and mother of nine, Amanda Owen鈥檚 life is never dull. In a special interview recorded at this year鈥檚 Borders Book Festival, she joins Sally Magnusson to discuss balancing family life with sheep-herding on her farm in the Yorkshire Dales.

Historian Alistair Moffatt鈥檚 latest book is a form of secular pilgrimage to the holy isle of Lindisfarne, walking in the footsteps of the seventh century monk St Cuthbert. Sally talks to him about using the solitude to meditate on his own life, allowing the famous 鈥渋sle of healing鈥� to heal him.

Are we learning the necessary skills to recognise fake news? Rosa Murray, co-director of Teacher Education partnerships at the University of Edinburgh, and Dr Jennifer Jones, who writes about Media, Citizen Journalism and the Internet on mapping a way through what鈥檚 true and what鈥檚 not.

In our occasional series of Inspirations, children鈥檚 author Vivian French describes why her father鈥檚 joie de vivre and insatiable imagination sparked her creativity and set her on her own career path as a writer.

Bruxy Cavey is an inspirational Canadian pastor who runs a 鈥榗hurch for people who don鈥檛 like church鈥�. He explains his unconventional approach to ministry and why he鈥檚 attending a Christian festival on the banks of the River Spey this week.

The world is heading for a frankincense shortage due to drought, habitat loss and overproduction. The Very Reverend Kelvin Holdsworth, the Provost of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow, describes what frankincense is, its history and why it plays such a significant role in religious practice.