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Mark Coles looks at the life of Leo Varadkar head of Fine Gail, the country's governing centre-right party, and the newly appointed taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland. Show more

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Mark Tully, with help from Lord Stephen Green, trade minister in the recent coalition government, considers how the UK might continue to share a European identity post-Brexit. Show more

Brett Westwood relives programmes from The Living World archives. In this programme from 2014, Trai Anfield joins Chris McInerny adder spotting on the eastern edges of Loch Lomond. Show more

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William Crawley speaks to Rev Alan Everett and Lotifa Begum about their work with the local community since the Grenfell Tower fire. Show more

Emma Thompson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Helen Bamber Foundation. Show more

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On the Feast of Corpus Christi, the Most Rev George Stack, archbishop of Cardiff, celebrates Mass live from the Metropolitan Cathedral of St David. Show more

A reflection on a topical issue. Howard Jacobson on the political ironies that are emerging following the election. Show more

Cameraman Mark Smith on an unusual encounter with a corncrake. Show more

Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.

Jed Mercurio, writer, director, novelist and creator of the TV dramas Line of Duty, Bodies and Cardiac Arrest, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. Show more

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As he prepares to move to Australia, leaving a lasting culinary legacy here in the UK, chef and food writer Alastair Little shares his life in food with Sheila Dillon. Show more

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The results of the general election are in - but what do they mean? Did more young people vote than expected? Has the UK now got a more diverse parliament? Tim Harford investigates. Show more

Peter Gibbs and his panel of horticultural experts are in the Scottish Borders, while Matthew Wilson meets Academy Award-winning actor Jeremy Irons at his garden in Oxfordshire. Show more

Fi Glover introduces conversations about the freedom of bus travel, correcting misperceptions about love, and learning to live with anosmia. Show more

Lena and Lila are now young women. Lila married at 16 and has a young son. Lena has escaped Naples, earned her college degree and published a successful novel. Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to Thomas Keneally about his new novel, Crimes of the Father. Show more

Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' poetry requests on the theme of secrets, partly inspired by Helen Dunmore's 1995 collection of the same name. Show more

File on 4 reveals the true scale of child sexual grooming and abuse online and asks if social media companies are doing enough to prevent paedophiles from targeting children. Show more

Mark Coles looks at the life of Leo Varadkar head of Fine Gail, the country's governing centre-right party, and the newly appointed taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland. Show more

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A day before Brexit talks, Philip Hammond says no deal would be very bad for Britain

Council chief admits initial response to Grenfell Tower fire wasn't good enough

Sheila McClennon chooses her BBC Radio highlights.

Pip insists she is fine, and Tracy makes her mark. Show more

The world premiere of an incredible lost Jane Austen novel, full of wit, flirtation and dastardly behaviour - and cooked up completely on the spot by the UK's finest improv troupe. Show more

After working on a college podcast, student Natalie Driver fears for her safety and is forced into hiding. Show more

Roger Bolton asks whether the BBC's coverage of recent terror attacks has been too graphic and intrusive, and also goes behind the scenes at Dame Hilary Mantel's Reith Lectures. Show more

Matthew Bannister on arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, actor Adam West, agony aunt Kailash Puri, folk singer Vin Garbutt. Show more

Guarantor loan complaints rise, Grenfell Tower, and a major teaching agency stops using umbrella companies. Show more

Emma Thompson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Helen Bamber Foundation. Show more

With angst over European security growing, why is Germany such a reluctant military power? Chris Bowlby discovers how German pacifism has grown since World War II. Show more

Carolyn Quinn is joined by Labour's Stephen Kinnock, Conservative George Freeman and the economist Ruth Lea, to discuss the Grenfell tower disaster and preview the Brexit talks. Show more

It's almost impossible to imagine a world without words. Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich explore the possibility in Radiolab. Show more

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David Papineau tells Laurie Taylor what sport can teach us about philosophy and Dr Paul Campbell on his ethnography of an African-Caribbean football club. Show more

Church bells from St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol. Show more

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