In Radio 4's Lost for Words, David Shariatmadari explores the science of language, dementia and ageing ... and kept up his Farsi, also known as Persian, with regular phone calls and letters ...

Ed Sheeran might be English, but the Grammy-winning singer’s first taste of his new album has arrived with a nod to the Farsi language. “Azizam,” the lead single from Sheeran’s forthcoming eighth ...