The latest shipping forecast.

The latest news from BBC Radio 4.

A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shaunaka Rishi Das, director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. Show more

The US secretary of agriculture Sonny Perdue shares his vision for ensuring global farming has a sustainable future and says whatever the cause, climate change is being addressed. Show more

Birdwatching's irreverent Tweeter YOLOBirder tells how a kindly hotel owner took him to see peregrine falcons and got him hooked on watching these magnificent flyers for life. Show more

For Lucian Freud, every brushstroke was a risk. How did his dangerous and precarious existence contribute to the production of some of the greatest 20th-century figurative art? Show more

Trotsky claims victory over the Cossacks. On the front line, Reed faces the brutality of the Red Guard. Stars Richard Laing. Show more

Aldous Harding sings gothic-folk music, listing victims, June Sarpong discusses marginalised groups, and how to create a fairer society. Show more

Sarah Millican delivers a love letter to her knockers, describes the impact of wearing glasses from a young age and how she came around to getting married a second time. Show more

Friends who live at opposite ends of Dartmoor don't let distance keep them apart. Fi Glover presents. Show more

Martin Rosenbaum explores how events in London played a role in leading up to the Russian Revolution. Show more

The Indian aunty detective begins to suspect the staff at Lapsley Hall, in particular the butler. Stars Meera Syal. From 2017. Show more

Do welfare states boost economic growth, or stunt it? It is not an easy question to answer. The evidence suggests it is a wash - the positive and negative effects balance out. Show more

Tourists threaten to sue the government over advice on Dubai. Also charging your electric car at a petrol station and the artists going online to improve their sales. Show more

The latest weather forecast.

Analysis of news and current affairs.

How to have a better brain through mental stimulation. Sian Williams meets the neuroscientists with the latest research on how your friends can boost your brain power. Show more

Tony is put in an awkward position, and Emma is suspicious. Show more

By Jeremy Hylton Davies. Gwyn runs the epic Marathon des Sables - 150 miles across the Sahara. Starring Mark Lewis Jones and Richard Harrington, who ran the race for real in 2014. Show more

Louise Cooper asks how Universal Credit is affecting the lives of those who claim it. Show more

Dr Mark Porter on Dr Google, NHS plans for GPs to ask patients about their sexual orientation, hypermobility - missed and mismanaged, and surgery for people with COPD. Show more

Laurie Taylor explores the origins and meaning of the welfare state and examines the outcome of current benefit reforms. Show more

The murder of Maltese reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia, plus Which? magazine's 60th birthday and the evolution of consumer reviews, Tinder journalism and the end of Crimewatch. Show more

Theresa May has rejected calls to stop the roll-out of the government's welfare reforms -- but she's scrapping charges for a claimants' telephone helpline.

Andy remembers his favourite childhood sounds, including the ice-cream van and the roar of Stamford Bridge. From 2017. Show more

Robert has victory in mind, and Kate tries to do the right thing. Show more

Ex Gossip frontwoman Beth Ditto on her debut solo album, poet Jackie Kay reads from her first collection as Scots makar, and there is a discussion on domestic noir crime fiction. Show more

Trotsky claims victory over the Cossacks. On the front line, Reed faces the brutality of the Red Guard. Stars Richard Laing. Show more

Michael Buerk discusses the moral issues arising from the revelations about Harvey Weinstein's behaviour. Show more

Dominic Lawson asks former archbishop of Canterbury George Carey why he changed his mind from opposition to any euthanasia to support for assisted dying to be made legal in the UK. Show more

Where do the contents of our bins end up? Tom Heap lifts the lid on the recycling industry to find out what happens to our waste beyond the kerbside collection. Show more

For Lucian Freud, every brushstroke was a risk. How did his dangerous and precarious existence contribute to the production of some of the greatest 20th-century figurative art? Show more

President Xi Jinping says it is time for China to take centre stage in world affairs. Show more

Scott discovers Telfer's wife was having an affair - could this have been a motive for murder? Read by Jimmy Chisholm. Show more

Vicki Pepperdine stars as a teacher unleashing some pent-up fury on her last day at school. Comic monologue from 2017. Show more

Tech blogger Tom has acquired a healthy new lifestyle, a shiny new fridge and a terrifying new problem. Modern horror from 2017. Show more

Susan Hulme reports from Westminster on MPs backing Labour calls to 'pause' the roll-out of universal credit. Conservatives abstained from the vote.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.

Sarah Millican delivers a love letter to her knockers, describes the impact of wearing glasses from a young age and how she came around to getting married a second time. Show more

The latest shipping forecast.

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.