More From Our Own Correspondent: With dispatches from Misha Glenny, John Simpson, Caroline Wyatt, and many more

1955, From Our Own Correspondent has been one of BBC Radio 4's flagship programs. Every week correspondents from around the world report on stories behind the headlines. After the huge success of From Our Own Correspondent, this new companion volume brings more exhilarating dispatches to armchair travellers everywhere.These dispatches take the reader to the four corners of the earth, from a Maoist wedding to the most dangerous road in the world. Follow the last hitch-hiker in northern France, discover the buffalo mounted police in Brazil, celebrate a home birth in Hungary and get absorbed by saffron in Kashmir. From the boy who lived in a tire to the British troops in Iraq, meet the real people behind the news on this breathtaking journey through the world we live in.Some of Britain's most celebrated reporters get the opportunity to describe much more than would normally come into a news story: their stories offer a context and a unique insight into history as it unfolds. They have a unique perspective - sometimes transmitted live to the sound of gunfire - and offer an important background to world events. Blood On The Streets (uzbekistan) -- Monks Protest (burma) -- Emergency Rule (pakistan) -- A Railway Town (russia) -- The Passionate Gardener (germany) -- A Bubble Of Fear (russia) -- The Foreign Enemy (iran) -- Time To Go (congo-brazzaville) -- Barrow, Bucket And Bag (zimbabwe) -- Gordon Of Africa (mozambique) -- The Senator From Nimba County (liberia) -- The School At Chocolate City (liberia) -- A Modern Aesop's Fable (zambia) -- The Last Storyteller (morocco) -- Leaving For Good (morocco) -- The Long Walk Home (sudan) -- The Last Hitchhiker (france) -- The Most Dangerous Road In The World (bolivia) -- The Golden Railway (syria) -- Adventures In Flight (france) -- A Parrot Amnesty (uganda) -- Four-legged Library (venezuela) -- The Mounted Police (brazil) -- The Last Of The Jewish Gauchos (argentina) -- Talking To Ghosts (france) -- A Living News Story (france) -- Life And Death In Davos (switzerland) -- The Last Baby Boom (eastern Europe) -- Precious Life (afghanistan) --^ Lessons In Love (japan) -- Too Big For Paris (france) -- Back To Chernobyl (ukraine) -- Return Visit (vietnam) -- A Maoist Wedding (nepal) -- The Penis Restaurant (china) -- Please Speak English (usa) -- A View From Burgundy (france) -- Education And Stress (china) -- The Louche Allure Of Macau (china) -- Remember Mr. And Mrs. Nie (china) -- An Explosion In Lhasa (tibet) -- Sixty Years On (india) -- The Wisdom Of The Poor (india) -- The Yellow Death (russia) -- A Country With Two Faces (russia) -- A New Life For Little Star (latvia) -- The Trafficker (lithuania) -- Lonely Mountains (romania) -- The Honey Hunters (bangladesh) -- Absorbed By Saffron (kashmir) -- Renaissance In The Cinque Terre (italy) -- A Hygiene Inspector Calls (switzerland) -- The Boy Who Sleeps In A Tire (morocco) -- A Minor Modern Miracle (morocco) -- A Nation Brought To Its Knees (lesotho) -- An African Crisis (guinea) -- The Snake's Gaze (democratic Republic Of Congo) --^ Meeting A President (democratic Republic Of Congo) -- The Beloved Colonialist (congo-brazzaville) -- King Of The Cocos (australia) -- Ocean's Thirteen Plus One (usa) -- Under Fire (lebanon) -- Kidnapped (gaza) -- Room At The Inn (israel) -- A Furious Vitality (israel) -- José Antonio Goes To War (guatemala) -- A Long Nightmare (iraq) -- A Stolen Dream (iraq) -- A Baker And A Barber In Baghdad (iraq) -- Don't Take Us For Granted (iraq) -- Baghdad Is Gone (syria) -- The Sacrifice Of Small-town America (usa) -- No More Heroes (usa) -- Why Live Here? (usa) -- Dancing With Martha (usa) -- Pole To Pole (antarctica) -- Massacre At Baramulla (kashmir) -- Face To Face With Benazir (pakistan) -- Dolly Makes Changes (bangladesh) -- Guns, Goons And Gold (philippines) -- A President Calls (georgia) -- A Murder In Osh (kyrgyzstan) -- My Secret Police File (romania) -- Return To St Kilda (united Kingdom) -- Sunday On The Isle Of Lewis (united Kingdom) -- The Power Of Evangelism (usa) --^ The Jungarian Gate (kazakhstan) -- From Sussex To The Wakhan (afghanistan) -- Rescued In The Caucasus (armenia) -- Kabul Hospital (afghanistan) -- American Healthcare (usa) -- A Desert Exorcism (oman) -- Starting From Scratch Again (somalia) -- We Too Lived Here (uzbekistan). Edited By Tony Grant. 1955, From Our Own Correspondent has been one of BBC Radio 4's flagship programs. Every week correspondents from around the world report on stories behind the headlines. After the huge success of From Our Own Correspondent, this new companion volume brings more exhilarating dispatches to armchair travellers everywhere. These dispatches take the reader to the four corners of the earth, from a Maoist wedding to the most dangerous road in the world. Follow the last hitch-hiker in northern France, discover the buffalo mounted police in Brazil, celebrate a home birth in Hungary and get absorbed by saffron in Kashmir. From the boy who lived in a tire to the British troops in Iraq, meet the real people behind the news on this breathtaking journey through the world we live in. Some of Britain's most celebrated reporters get the opportunity to describe much more than would normally come into a news their stories offer a context and a unique insight into history as it unfolds. They have a unique perspective - sometimes transmitted live to the sound of gunfire - and offer an important background to world events. Since 1955, "From Our Own Correspondent" has been one of BBC Radio 4's flagship programs. Every week correspondents from around the world report on the stories behind the headlines. After the huge success of "From our Own Correspondent", this new companion volume brings more exhilarating dispatches to armchair travellers everywhere. There are few countries and subjects which have not featured on the program. It has covered things as diverse as a Maoist wedding, the German constant gardener and takes the reader to the four corners of the Earth, from the most dangerous road in the world to the Russian Garden of Eden. In this book, some of Britain's most celebrated reporters get the opportunity to describe much more than would normally come into a news story: their stories offer a context, a history, real characters and surprises. The correspondents have a unique perspective - sometimes transmitted live to the sound of gunfire - and an important background to world events as they happen