Short Cuts

Josie Long hears stories of adaptation. A former ghost writer describes adapting someone else's life for the page, a woman who left Damascus considers how her city has changed in the last few years and we hear two stories of adapting to extraordinary circumstances - members of the Arctic 30 adjust to their new life inside a Russian prison, and a researcher perched on top of a Hawaiian volcano tests her psychological capacity to live on another planet. Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 The items featured in the programme are: Invisible Ink Feat. Mark McCrum Produced by Olivia Humphreys Martha's Mars Feat. Martha Lenio Produced by Tim Hinman The Sound of Damascus Feat. Sarah Dadouch Produced by Fiona Clampin Patience Feat. Frank Hewetson and Dima Litvinov.