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Starring James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan, Together is a new BBC2 drama following a couple forced to re-evaluate their relationship during lockdown. Polar opposites in personality and political opinion, the unnamed characters \u201che\u201d and \u201cshe\u201d are only together for the sake of their young son. Can physical proximity create a new emotional connection? Critic Hanna Flint reviews.

The winner of the 2021 CILIP Carnegie Medal for outstanding achievement in children\u2019s writing was today announced as Jason Reynolds for his book Look Both Ways. It\u2019s a series of intertwined stories that focuses on the unsupervised 15 minutes when children walk home from school and includes children dealing with bullying, homophobia, sick parents and anxiety. We speak to Jason about the stories and his work as US National Ambassador of Young People\u2019s Literature.

Colin Macleod\u2019s home is on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, leading an outdoor life as a crofter and fisherman, accompanied by his two sheepdogs. But he\u2019s also an acclaimed singer-songwriter who\u2019s performed with Sheryl Crow, Van Morrison and Robert Plant. His new album Hold Fast is out this week \u2013 and he\u2019ll be performing live especially for Front Row.

Main image: Colin Macleod\nImage credit: Jack Johns