To listen to Tobias Jones discussing his latest book, Blood on the Altar, a true crime book in which he investigates the disappearance of a sixteen-year-old girl in an Italian town in 1993, click here. As you’ll hear, nearly a decade after Elisa Claps’ disappearance, the case took a bizarre twist which no novelist would have dared invent.

To listen to Robin Dunbar talking about The Science of Love and Betrayal, click here. The book tackles some of the most fundamental questions of human behavior, including – why do we as a species pairbond when few other mammals do? What are the evolutionary advantages of monogamy over promiscuity? How do we pairbond? What cues and clues do we respond to when we’re on the lookout for a mate? And why is a good sense of humour so often mentioned in personal ads? And what’s kissing all about?

To hear a reading from Robin Dunbar’s book, in which he talks about the six key things that those who write personal ads are either seeking or offering, click here.