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A spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Simon Doogan.

A new report suggests the number of dolphins dying from fishing is higher than estimated. Anna Hill speaks to Helene Peltier from La Rochelle University about her research. Show more

Musician Jimi Goodwin of Doves on an extraordinary encounter with a mallard, a kestrel, plus many chicks ... up a tree, in this Tweet of the Day. Show more

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How do we construct our pictures of the past, including both truth and myth, asks best-selling author Hilary Mantel. Show more

An exploration of the colour palette continues with surprising stories behind shades of yellow. Written by Kassia St Clair. Read by Francesca Dymond. Show more

We speak to willow-weaver Laura Ellen Bacon, one of our 12 Craft Finalists. We discuss time and why it goes too fast. And it's hot, so how do you get your baby off to sleep? Show more

Louai tries to re-establish the counterfeit medicines business. Syrian writers and actors provide a rare glimpse of how life is lived in contemporary Damascus. Show more

The Celts believed the hare had supernatural powers. They were rumoured to shape-shift and even change sex. Brett Westwood goes in search of the Mad March Hare. Show more

Laura is in east Kent talking to musicians - both incomers and locals - drawn to the attractions of the coast around Ramsgate and Margate. Show more

Tim Harford introduces inventions, ideas and innovations that have helped to create the modern economic world. King Camp Gillette invented the disposable razor and two-part pricing. Show more

When lives were on the line - how did you get your voice heard? Last week's tragic fire at Grenfell Tower showed how a community tried - but failed - to get its voice heard. Show more

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Jeremy Bowen's personal history of the Middle East. Reflections on Iran and its place in the Middle East. Show more

Justin's hackles are raised, and Kirsty feels she has lost a friend. Show more

Witty and intense drama by Colin Bytheway combining a quirk of Dutch law with a searing examination of lost youth. Starring James D'Arcy, Tara Fitzgerald and Nicholas Farrell. Show more

Josie Long presents stories about bearing witness, from seeing the moment a parent changes to escaping a storm. From 2017. Show more

Helen Castor hears why archaeologists do not want a dig at Stonehenge, and Tom Holland meets the 19th-century pioneer of China's Belt and Road. Show more

Joshua Rozenberg asks which is better after the Grenfell House fire: coroner's inquest or a public inquiry? And why must women from Northern Ireland pay for abortions in England? Show more

Harriett Gilbert talks favourite books with presenter Verity Sharp and author Matthew Syed, including the influential The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono. Show more

Philip Hammond says the economy and jobs must be the priorities during the Brexit talks.

Alexei on the surprising reason he vanished from our TV screens in the 90s, capitalism and all-you-can-eat buffets. From 2016. Show more

Freddie finds a new vocation, and Anisha sets a challenge. Show more

Broadway star Audra McDonald on Billie Holiday; novelist Paula McGrath; the watercolours of John Singer Sargent. Show more

Louai tries to re-establish the counterfeit medicines business. Syrian writers and actors provide a rare glimpse of how life is lived in contemporary Damascus. Show more

More than 20,000 former landfill sites lie below the ground, but with the government ending grants to clean them up and developers moving in to build houses, how safe are they? Show more

Listener Mike Kelly talks of his worries about retiring. Emma Tracey learns how to defend herself and use her cane as an improvised weapon. Show more

Could a failure to generate new brain cells be a root cause of depression? Claudia Hammond examines this controversial idea that could lead to new drug therapies for depression. Show more

Jolyon Jenkins investigates the world of mousetrap inventors. With over 4,500 patents issued, can there be a better mousetrap? And will his own trap impress the professionals? Show more

UK chancellor Philip Hammond has put forward his vision for a Brexit deal which prioritises the economy. We speak to Bernard Jenkins MP and Seema Malhotra MP. Show more

In Arundhati Roy's arresting novel, it is autumn in Srinigar and on a lakeside houseboat there is love and lament. Indira Varma is the reader. Show more

Teenage misadventures in the Yorkshire suburbs evoking memories of fights, virginity loss, house parties and school. From 2015. Show more

Author Nicholas Royle visits libraries in Manchester, London and Paris to salve his literary conscience by returning books he borrowed from the libraries in the last century. Show more

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An exploration of the colour palette continues with surprising stories behind shades of yellow. Written by Kassia St Clair. Read by Francesca Dymond. Show more

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