On air: Does fame come with responsibility?

Steve in Virginia was Night Editing the Talking Points page on the blog after the show, and while he was doing it news came through that Amy Winehouse had once again been taken to hospital (she’s back home now). It started a far broader discussion about role models who never asked to be one.

Blank Page No. 17

ZK in Singapore and Katharina in Belgium form a classic line-up for this weekend’s Blank Page. Behave yourselves…

On air: Would you stop having kids to help the environment?

An editorial in the British Medical Journal argues that if you live in the developed world you should stick to two children for the sake of the environment.

On air: The arrest of Radovan Karadzic

He had a long white beard, called himself Dragan and practised alternative medicine. He also knew that the hunt for him was still on. And yesterday, just after we came off air, we got the news that Radovan Karadzic’s 13 years on the run had ended with arrest in Belgrade. How did you feel when you heard the news?

The BBC live in Cuba

Our colleagues Claire Bolderson and Piers Scholfield are in Cuba, and on Wednesday will broadcast the 1300GMT edition of Newshour live from Havana. It’ll be an extraordinary moment and one it was difficult to imagine while Fidel Castro was in power. Below is the daily diary that they have been writing, you’re very welcome to post questions or comments here for them to respond to and here is their photostream. How are things changing with younger brother Raul in charge?

On air: Should athletes be allowed to take drugs?

A number of stories have got you talking about this. Links are below, and here are some questions that are being raised.

On air: The key questions for Zimbabweans

As Simon’s written, we’re broadcasting from a Methodist Church in downtown Johannesburg where hundreds of people have been taking refuge since the xenophohic attacks in South Africa earlier this year. But is time for them to go home and fight the government they say they hate?  

On air: When is a child old enough to work?

The short answer if you look at the law in Tanzania is 18. But the reality is very different. Since we’ve been here we’ve heard many anecdotes about street children being employed by local businesses, of families being so poor they have to take their children out of school so they can earn, and of teenagers wanting to earn some cash to get the music and clothes they aspire to.

Welcome to St Mary’s International School in Mwanza

We had a pleasant surprise yesterday morning. The manager of a local boarding school here in Mwanza heard our broadcast from Judith’s house on Wednesday, liked it and called Kiss FM to see if they could host the show. Yes was the short answer. You can see lots of snaps of life at the school here. The kids are very keen to speak to you later. Here’s more about St. Mary’s…

On air: Is being HIV positive a stigma in your country?

Ask anyone here in Mwanza and they’ll tell you that HIV AIDS has changed their city. Judith is a single woman has two children (15 and 21) and she is HIV+, and today we’ll be in her backyard from where she’d like to talk to you about attitudes towards people with the virus in your country.