But I can honestly say that this book is the first to make me feel I was there through it all, with Mishal Husain’s extended ... a present given to her on her wedding day: a shawl with an ...

Mishal Husain unexpectedly left BBC 4 in December. Mishal was on of the Today programme's main presenters but concluded her 26-year career with the organisation before the turn of the year.

Mishal Husain's Broken Threads begins with the actual frayed threads of a sari from her grandparents' wedding. A cousin uses its brocade border on a shawl, and gives it to Husain as a wedding present.

Anna Foster is set to be named as the new host of BBC Radio 4's Today programme, replacing Mishal Husain, who left the broadcaster in December. The journalist, 45, currently fronts the BBC's News ...