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On the programme, media executive and diversity advocate Marcus Ryder joins us to discuss The Big Payback - his new book with Sir Lenny Henry exploring how the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade still shapes racism today, and why a national conversation on justice and reparations is overdue. In Dundee, the Cooper Gallery presents Compassionate Rebels in Action by British-Kenyan artist Grace Ndiritu - a call for empathy, healing, and connection through shared meals, art, and activism. Grace joins to tell us all about it. And our This Spiritual Life guest is award winning, beloved crime writer Ann Cleeves - creator of Vera and Shetland’s Jimmy Perez. She reflects on her extraordinary journey, from church-going childhood to island life and social care work, and tells us about her new novel The Killing Stones. On our Faith and Ethics Forum, we’re joined by Dr David Goodman from Scotland’s Progressive Jewish community, Christian writer and broadcaster Fiona Stewart, and Dr Aman de Sondy, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Islam at University College Cork. On the agenda: Possible signs of hope in the Middle East, as a long-awaited deal raises the possibility of a ceasefire and prisoner release. What role can faith communities play in peace-building? They reflect on flags and national identity - in a time of polarised politics, how has patriotism become so personal? And as a new podcast lifts the lid on what therapists really think, we ask: can faith, confession and counselling go hand in hand?