Among the commercial victims of the awful events of September 11th have been airlines. Swissair and Sabena have both gone bust, BA has shed masses of jobs. But cheap and cheerful airlines seem to go from strength to strength.

Jeremy Vine spoke to Barbara Cassani, boss of Go, about being one of the few women at the top in British business

Sharon Storer metaphorically swung for Tony Blair over the state of the health service when he was visiting the hospital in which her partner was being treated in Birmingham.

Jeremy Paxman went to meet Sharron Storer.

A few years ago Jonathan Franzen claimed television had killed off the serious novel. He then disappeared before re-emerging recently with his book, "The Corrections".

It is top of the best seller lists, expected to win the Pulitzer, and has already picked up America's other big prize, the National Book Award.

But, in an irony its author should appreciate, much of his notoriety stems from a row with the most powerful woman in US television: Oprah Winfrey.

Franzen was accused of snobbery, and his invite to be on her book club show was withdrawn, after he said he was worried about mixing 'high art' and middlebrow entertainment.

Kirsty Wark met him in Santa Cruz.

The objective of the American campaign in Afghanistan, has still not been realised: Osama bin Laden is still at large.

If he stays at large, it's a fair bet that if he pops up anywhere, he'll pop up on his television station of choice, Al Jazeera.

This hitherto obscure outfit, based in the Gulf State of Qatar, was tagged 'Taleban TV' by some Americans, when it ran tapes of bin Laden.

Jeremy Paxman spoke to Al Jazeera's Editor in Chief.