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Fi Glover presents a new and extended weekly edition of the programme with voices past and present, old and new on the shared experience of being in lockdown. In this week's edition: two Muslim men, one a healthcare assistant in Bradford, the other a renal patient currently shielding at home in Blackburn, talk about the challenges of fasting during Ramadan and of celebrating Eid this year; of working on the Covid19 frontline and of trying to raise awareness of organ donation in the Asian community. A mother and daughter separated in lockdown in Belfast talk about all manner of things – from the joys gardening and de-cluttering to career changes and playing 28 games of online Scrabble at the same time. And a married couple, both lecturers, share their take on combining life with a young family and trying to teach online, as well as dealing with students turning up to lectures in pyjamas.

The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key moments of connection between the participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in this decade of the millennium. You can learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject

Producer: Mohini Patel