The best of Takeover week

Published: July 27, 2019, 4 p.m.

Dany Cotton the Commissioner of the London Fire Brigade talks about how she dealt with trauma in her years as a firefighter. Dr John Green Chief Psychologist for Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust and Gill Scott-Moore CEO of Police Care UK discuss how best to help first responders with their mental health.

We discuss the power of grime music to politically engage young people with the campaigner Amika George, Dr Joy White who has a Phd in Grime and the author and performer Debris Stevenson.

The Great British Bake off winner from 2015 Nadiya Hussain talks to us about how her pets help her relax. Dr Katherine Garzonis a psychologist, the author of gardening books Hollie Newton and the food writer Bea Wilson tell us how they switch off.

Children\u2019s Laureate Cressida Cowell tells us why we all need to find someone like us in literature and why more diversity is needed in books - especially for children. We also hear from Aimee Felone a publisher and the author Patrice Lawrence.

Harriet Wistrich, the lawyer and founder of the Centre for Justice for Women tells us about growing up and losing her disabled brother Matthew. We also hear from the Playwright Atiha Sen Gupta who\u2019s disabled brother Nihal died when he was 17 year old and she was just thirteen.

Presented by Jane Garvey\nProduced by Rabeka Nurmahomed\nEdited by Jane Thurlow

Interviewed guest: Dany Cotton\nInterviewed guest: John Green\nInterviewed guest: Gill Scott-Moore\nInterviewed guest: Amika George\nInterviewed guest: Joy White\nInterviewed guest: Debris Stevenson\nInterviewed guest: Nadiya Hussain\nInterviewed guest: Katherine Garzonis\nInterviewed guest: Hollie Newton\nInterviewed guest: Bea Wilson\nInterviewed guest: Cressida Cowell\nInterviewed guest: Aimee Felone\nInterviewed guest: Patrice Lawrence\nInterviewed guest: Harriet Wistrich\nInterviewed guest: Atiha Sen Gupta