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Elizabeth McGovern interviewed live. And from President Trump’s state visit to D-Day celebrations, we reflect on a week of ceremony. Show more

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Professor David Runciman asks if the long relationship between our government and the voters has irrevocably broken down. Show more

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Allan Little examines how the apartheid ideology was forged in South Africa. We also hear how apartheid was courageously dismantled, giving birth to a non-racial 'rainbow nation'. Show more

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Tragi-comic drama based on accounts of the life and career of Andrea Dunbar, the schoolgirl playwright from Bradford whose Rita, Sue and Bob Too took 1980s Britain by storm. Show more

Kathy Clugston and the gardening experts are in Huntingdonshire. Show more

“Compact….a rare and lovely find". But is there a lingering presence in this house for sale? Read by Caroline Lennon. Show more

Julian Worricker on the Jamaican politician Edward Seaga, Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina, archivist Mary Stopes-Roe, fashion editor Gloria Schiff, award-winning singer Dr John. Show more

Measuring happiness, university access in Scotland, plus will one in two people get cancer? Show more

Mother and son talk about their shared love of sewing and of the costumes they have made. Fi Glover presents. Show more

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A woman who killed her husband with a hammer will not face a retrial after prosecutors accepted her manslaughter plea.

Find out the real reason Trump came to Britain, exactly how many Boris Johnsons there really are and hear Theresa May's last ever speech as PM. Show more

Excitement builds for Jim's tribute night and things go from bad to worse for Ed. Show more

Julianne Moore talks about her new film Gloria Bell. Plus a review of the return of TV shows Big Little Lies and Tales of the City. Show more

The Home Office has recognised Valdas as the victim of slavery, but he is desperate to find Mirela, who has been forced to leave her safe house. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Heathfield School in Ascot, Berkshire, with Joanna Cherry MP, Max Hastings, Lord Howard, and Keir Starmer MP. Show more

Monica Ali explores the challenges faced by writers of colour. Show more

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

Conservatives say it shows they must deliver Brexit by October 31 headline Show more

After a failed escape comes Bird Cage hell. 100 years of South Africa's troubled past and present. Concluded by Tracy Ann Oberman. Show more

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