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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Reverend Clair Jaquiss.

The latest about farming. English farmers still waiting for their European subsidies are to be given bridging payments to tide them over, following delays in the system. Show more

Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the osprey. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the link between the eruption of Mt Tambora in 1815, the largest and most lethal in recorded history, with famines in Europe and America in 1816. Show more

Why are so few couples filing for divorce being made to attend compulsory mediation sessions? Plus, a celebration of being 90, and a look back at the life of Victoria Wood. Show more

Soames visits his cousin George and muses on life and death. Stars Jessica Raine, Ben Lambert and Joseph Millson. Show more

Chloe Hadjimatheou tells the astonishing story of a group of young men from Raqqa in Syria who chose to resist the so-called Islamic State. Show more

Will Gompertz visits the Hole in the Wall Pottery Group in Emsworth and is joined by leading ceramicist Kate Malone and former pupil Johnny Vegas for a special one-off masterclass. Show more

On this day in 1916, a British naval patrol intercepted Sir Roger Casement bringing munitions to Ireland, and Tobias Holden tries to mend bridges. Show more

Consumer affairs programme. You and Yours is launching a new online guide to help listeners avoid fraud. Plus another All Tomorrow's Parties cancellation. Show more

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Recording daily life in his diary in 1690, Cambridge student Abraham de la Pryme's experiences are compared to those in the 2015 blog by Gloucester undergraduate Bethany Hutson. Show more

Pip has a proposition for Tom, and is Eddie raining on Lynda's parade? Show more

By Mark Lawson. In the year 2020, 120 cardinals have gathered in the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope. And for the first time since 1159 he might just be English. Show more

Helen Mark visits the Iron Age hillfort in Oswestry, Shropshire, to discover why it is the 'Stonehenge of the Iron Age' and how plans for housing might affect this landscape. Show more

Kirsten O'Brien presents an appeal on behalf of MedEquip4Kids. Show more

Deborah Levy and Daniel Hahn discuss the appeal of Cervantes, and playwright Barney Norris talks to Mariella Frostrup about his first novel Five Rivers Met On A Wooded Plain. Show more

Radio 4's weekly look at the world of film. Francine Stock visits the Flatpack Festival in Birmingham and tries out Blind Cinema. Show more

Adam Rutherford investigates the science in the news. Is Brexit is bad for science? As a House of Lords report comes out, Adam asks how leaving the EU would affect UK science. Show more

UK and Welsh governments offer to buy 25% of Tata Steel to attract potential buyers

David Baddiel hosts the panel show in which comedians must go against their natural instincts. Featuring Omid Djalili, Sara Pascoe, Russell Kane and Adam Hess. Show more

Lilian is on a spree, and the Brookfield Archers raise a glass. Show more

John Wilson assesses the legacy of the singer and songwriter Prince with Mica Paris, his biographer Matt Thorne and music journalist Kevin Le Gendre. Show more

Soames visits his cousin George and muses on life and death. Stars Jessica Raine, Ben Lambert and Joseph Millson. Show more

Is home just a story we tell ourselves? Frances Stonor Saunders follows Homer's Odysseus as he struggles to get home and asks how much home we really need. Readings by Sam West. Show more

As part of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, author and critic Andrew Dickson explores the Bard's influence on the business world. Show more

Adam Rutherford investigates the science in the news. Is Brexit is bad for science? As a House of Lords report comes out, Adam asks how leaving the EU would affect UK science. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the link between the eruption of Mt Tambora in 1815, the largest and most lethal in recorded history, with famines in Europe and America in 1816. Show more

The American pop star and musical innovator Prince has died at the age of 57. We reflect on his career with Susan Rogers - a sound engineer who worked on his best-known albums. Show more

While the prime minister is away at a trade conference, the new police commissioner is focused on finding the Molotov Man who has become the tabloid face of the London riots. Show more

The ground-breaking Radio 4 phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy and brought to you by the creators of The Fast Show. With Rhys Thomas. Show more

Sean Curran reports from Westminster where MPs and peers pay tribute to the Queen on her 90th birthday, and the culture secretary says his faith in press freedom has been "tested". Show more

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Juliet Stevenson reads Juliet Nicolson's memoir of seven generations of women in her family, including her great-great-grandmother Pepita and her grandmother Vita Sackville West. Show more

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