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A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner, a tutor at South Wales Baptist College. Show more

The number of intensive farms is growing. Animal welfare groups criticise their existence - but are they right? The director of the National Trust, Helen Ghosh, is stepping down. Show more

RSPB warden Heather Bennett recalls how the lapwing began her love affair with nature. Show more

Two artists discuss creative questions. The designer Steven Thomas meets surrealist Nancy Fouts who takes everyday objects and transforms them to create disconcerting artworks. Show more

Soldiers, officers and military policemen give their perspective on how events unfolded during the mutiny in the British Army at Etaples in September 1917. Show more

Naoki Higashida reveals a unique insight into his world as a teenager with severe autism. Read by Matthew Beard. Show more

Women forcibly sterilised in Peru in the 1990s; social media and agoraphobia and anorexia; is it a good idea to go on holiday with another family? Gender pay gap at BBC. Show more

debbie tucker green's dramatisation of political activist Assata Shakur's autobiography. Shakur has become a member of the Black Panther party. Show more

An examination of certain expectations of class and colour that go with veganism, and an admission of certain slip-ups. Fi Glover presents. Show more

Geoff Boycott and New York cricketer Clarence Modeste recall the Yorkshire cricket team playing at Staten Island in 1964 in the midst of social unrest and The Beatles' US debut. Show more

After treatment for ovarian and breast cancer, Chippy is mad, Jill is sad and Terri is definitely dangerous to know. From 2014. Show more

Becky Milligan explores why people suffer from hypochondria and why they attract so little sympathy. Show more

How Valspar paint from B&Q is making newly decorated homes smell like cat urine and dead animals; plus how glitter has become the big summer beauty trend. Show more

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Bridget Kendall hears how East and West Germans experienced the reunification of their country and how it had changed their lives for better or worse. Show more

Fallon's options are limited, and Justin has had enough. Show more

Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi help a Canadian lady to face the truth about the past and save Mr Polopetsi from involvement in some dangerous dealings. Show more

Money Box listeners set the agenda in this edition as Louise Cooper and guests tackle some of the money problems that listeners have raised in recent weeks. Show more

Why the hepatitis B vaccine has been added to the childhood programme; benefits to physical and mental health of community sheds; obesity paradox; taking part in clinical trials. Show more

Sociological discussion programme, presented by Laurie Taylor. Laurie presents a special programme which takes us underground from New York to Delhi and London. Show more

The BBC has published its annual report and a list of stars earning over £150k. John Humphrys is one of them. Plus Adam Boulton of Sky News and the latest on Al Jazeera. Show more

Chris Evans - who earned more than two million pounds last year - is top of the list. The highest earning woman, Claudia Winkleman, received about half a million pounds.

Comedian Adam Buxton chats to The League of Gentleman’s Reece Shearsmith in the talk tag show. From February 2015. Show more

Ruth makes her position known, and Rex gets an invitation. Show more

Mark Rylance on his role in the new film Dunkirk; Alex Clark and Rosie Goldsmith give us their pick of the summer reads; Sarah Hughes on the latest Game of Thrones series. Show more

debbie tucker green's dramatisation of political activist Assata Shakur's autobiography. Shakur has become a member of the Black Panther party. Show more

Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Michael Portillo, Melanie Phillips, Matthew Taylor and Anne McElvoy. Show more

Andrew Martin explains his passion for using cash in the face of the advancing tide of electronic payments. Show more

AL Kennedy talks to migraineurs and neurologists to explore the history and experience of a serious though often misunderstood condition which affects a billion people worldwide. Show more

Two artists discuss creative questions. The designer Steven Thomas meets surrealist Nancy Fouts who takes everyday objects and transforms them to create disconcerting artworks. Show more

The Work and Pensions Secretary says he can't rule out further changes. Plus, the BBC publishes details of how much it pays its top stars. Show more

As another business on Unity Street closes, Ilse Brauchmann makes a surprising request of the music shop's owner, Frank. Show more

Julie's husband comes back after six years for the rest of the group to pick up the pieces. Stars Sue Johnston. From 2015. Show more

A lonely woman uses houses to compare other’s lives to her own - but is she too quick to judge? With Annette Badland. From 2014. Show more

MPs are told about a rise in the state pension age from 67 to 68. And it's the final PMQs of the summer term. Sean Curran reports on the best of Wednesday's debates in parliament. Show more

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