Newsnight Podcast for 22nd December 2006

Welcome to the final Classic Newsnight podcast of 2006. And please forgive me for mentioning exercise at this time of year, but whether we like it or not, researchers keep finding new reasons why we should al become more active, and our resident doctor, Rob Hicks, is about to add his ten penneth. If you have a book token burning a hole in your pocket, you'll need some advice on what to buy with it, and who better to ask than Classic FM's resident literary aficionado, Chris Powling? And if opera is your thing, you might like to invest in a copy of Caroline Leach's pictorial history of Welsh National Opera: Caroline will be telling us about the first sixty years of this now internationally acclaimed company. And finally, as those irritating TV news-reading types are wont to say, Classic FM's resident composer, Patrick Hawes, tells us about his latest piece: Stargazer. All of which, in my opinion, adds up to a great listen; but as always, you must be the judge of that. I hope you enjoy it.