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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Archbishop Angaelos, Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London. Show more

Three conservation organisations say £2.9bn will be needed for farmers to deliver the government's existing environmental plans after Brexit. Charlotte Smith finds out more. Show more

Ecologist Penny Anderson had to stop pointing work on her house when a pair of Spotted flycatchers moved into the gap in the wall and built a nest. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812, thought he was victorious yet had to retreat, losing most of his army and, soon after, his empire. Show more

Chinese whistleblower, Shuping Wang; Cecelia Ahern's sequel to PS. I Love You; Selina Periampillai on cooking Mauritian food; and, the stigma of sexual abuse Show more

Danny’s truth leads Zoe to remember what happened on the night she disappeared. Read by Richard Clements and Roisin Gallagher. Show more

Nutella is the world's favourite spread, but how much does its maker, Ferrero, know about how the hazelnuts are picked? Show more

Young Bangladeshi artist Dibarah Mahboob explores the flourishing youth activist art scene that is revalidating traditional culture and inspiring student movements in her country. Show more

Margaret Atwood's powerful and hugely anticipated sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, now shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Today: Agnes gets an unwelcome lesson in sex and death. Show more

The cuts to school transport affecting disabled children. The health impacts of energy-saving lightbulbs. The imminent end of the BBC's iPlayer Radio app. Show more

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At the beginning of the Cold War, musical inventor Leon Theremin managed to bug the US embassy in Moscow. His device is a predecessor of a technology that surrounds us every day. Show more

Brian has bad news to impart and Ed holds out an olive branch. Show more

4 Extra Debut. From 1425 to 2019, two ill-starred love triangles, set at the oldest horse race in Italy. Stars Peter Wright and Rebecca Lee. Show more

Clare Balding is with a group of young LGBT+ ramblers who meet once a month to explore the green spaces close to Manchester. Show more

Kate Stallard, who was very ill with leukaemia, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Leukaemia Care. Show more

In a special edition of Open Book, Robert Harris talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel, The Second Sleep, and reflects on 30 years of writing fiction. Show more

On the anniversary of his birthday, Kenneth More is remembered by his wife Angela Douglas and Nick Pourougides, founder of the official website dedicated to the actor's movies. Show more

MOSAiC Arctic super-expedition, likely extinction of the Bahama nuthatch, and Tim Smedley's book on air pollution. Show more

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Ex-PM says he asked the Queen for help in 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign.

Alexei Sayle tells the story of a long lost tin of pâté and offers his thoughts on the gig economy. From September 2019. Show more

Freddie offers a solution and Pip turns on the charm. Show more

Favourite rotters in fiction - why are so few of them women? And we celebrate 200 years of john Keats' poem To Autumn Show more

Novelist Tahmima Anam's letter to her unborn child. Inspired by Oscar Wilde's De Profundis written in Reading Prison in 1897. Show more

Recent deaths in America have been linked to the use of e-cigarettes - so what are the risks and benefits of using them? Show more

Can aviation become sustainable? Katie Prescott explores whether technological advances in powering green flight can keep us airborne with a clear conscience. Show more

MOSAiC Arctic super-expedition, likely extinction of the Bahama nuthatch, and Tim Smedley's book on air pollution. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812, thought he was victorious yet had to retreat, losing most of his army and, soon after, his empire. Show more

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Margaret Atwood's powerful and hugely anticipated sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, now shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Today: Agnes gets an unwelcome lesson in sex and death. Show more

Kevin Eldon and his all-important cast bring you the sound of multiple flamethrowers, God and an archivist being flung onto a lorry. Show more

Aleks Krotoski finds out if how we treat our subservient robots impacts how we treat one another. Show more

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Hugh Bonneville reads Orlando Figes' account of a love triangle that plays out amid cultural changes in 19th-century Europe. There's money to be made from this new cosmopolitan age. Show more

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