Hi, it's Nicola Cochlin. Young people have been making history for years, but we don't often hear about them. My brand new series on BBC Sounds sets out to put this right. In history's youngest heroes, I'll be revealing the fascinating stories of 12 young people who've played a major role in history and who've helped shape our world. Like Audrey Hepburn, Nelson Mandela,

Louis Braille and Lady Jane Grey, history's youngest heroes with me, Nicola Cochlin. Listen on BBC Sounds.

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Hello, welcome to a new season of a good read. With me to launch it are the actor and comedian Miles Jupp and the singer-songwriter Barb Younger.

When Jeremy Irons chose Barb's version of D's I Want You with the Desert Island disc,

he said he was just amazed by her voice.

And critics here and in the US agree.

Besides Dylan, Barb sings Jacques Brel, Joni Mitchell, Neil Diamond, a name but three.

But she also writes her own numbers, including the title track of her

most recent album, Stockport to Memphis. Her reading tastes have evolved slightly from her childhood

love of adventure books where children solve crimes. These days it's more Henning Mankell and P.D. James,

although she does try to read one proper novel in quotes for every two crime shenanigans.

Barb, good to have you on the programme.

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