Novelist Emma Jane Unsworth delves into the perils of modern communication and its scope for fuelling persistent and repeated personal anxiety. Show more

Francis O'Gorman examines rituals and ceremonies that often accompany worry. He explores how these are a signal of an ancient human need to care for those who are precious to us. Show more

Classical guitarist Tom McKinney explores how his own worry runs much deeper than that of stage fright and leads him to question the validity of being a musician. Show more

Historian Professor Emma Griffin explores how parental worries have changed throughout the centuries and asks whether worry has always been a part of raising children. Show more

Comedian Steve Punt explores how worry has always been a bedfellow of comedy. He explains how our worries can be a source of shared observational humour. Show more