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The new Mayor of Liverpool making history as the first black woman to lead a major UK city. She's promising change in the Labour council at the centre of corruption allegations. Show more

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Following the Archbishop of Canterbury’s recent remarks about the problem of hunger in the UK, Mark Tully considers social and personal attitudes towards poverty. Show more

Brett Westwood explores how oak tree has influenced society, art and druidism. From 2015 Show more

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A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week

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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.

Mattins from St George's Chapel, Windsor, marking the centenary of the birth of the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh this week. Show more

Sara Wheeler ponders how diaries might enable us to reshape the present as we’re living it. Show more

Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Galapagos Islands' blue-footed booby. Show more

The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell

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An extended version of Tweet of the Day on the colonisation of Britain by three egret species, with Miranda Krestovnikoff, Sir David Attenborough and Chris Watson. Show more

Heather Hallett, crossbench peer Baroness Hallett of Rye, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

Surprisingly simple ways to boost your health and wellbeing - in one easy step.

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Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with Martin Hughes-Games, Dr. Chris Thorogood and Felicity Ward. From May 2021. Show more

Chef Tom Kerridge talks pubs, pirate ships and being a 'people person' as he shares his Life Through Food with Sheila Dillon. Show more

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Jonny Dymond looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world.

Second homes and holiday lets and the growing impact on Welsh communities, plus what makes an authentic Elvis tribute act. Show more

Peter Gibbs hosts the show with a group of gardening experts. Show more

Rory Sutherland unravels conventional ideas. Today: why the market research industry tells us very little – because people don’t know (or won’t admit) what matters to them. Show more

Now Jude has revealed that he's still married to Arabella, Sue determines to marry Phillotson. But true feelings can't be concealed for long. Stars Robert Emms and Kirsty Oswald. Show more

James Naughtie talks to acclaimed nature writer and novelist Melissa Harrison about her novel All Among the Barley; plus questions from this month’s reading group. Show more

Andrew McMillan explores the recent resurgence in formal poetry. This week: the villanelle - its history and how to write a modern one. With poet and academic, Aviva Dautch. Show more

Leaseholders are demanding more rights in the wake of the cladding scandal. As Felicity Hannah discovers , they have very little say in what happens to the buildings they live in. Show more

The new Mayor of Liverpool making history as the first black woman to lead a major UK city. She's promising change in the Labour council at the centre of corruption allegations. Show more

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Matt Hancock says the final lifting of Covid restrictions in England may be pushed back

Gillian Reynolds chooses the best of BBC audio this week. Show more

One of five stories originally commissioned to celebrate the 2016 BBC National Short Story Awards. In Give Me A Buzz by Emma Healey, art history and the art of telephoning connect. Show more

Stephen Mangan asks his guest Lucy Porter to reveal three guilty secrets inside his virtual confessional box. From 2021. Show more

In this five-part series specially written for Radio 4, Mary Paulson-Ellis tells the story of a life in five objects. Read by Alexandra Mathie. Show more

Were tens of thousands of people getting their jab in Bolton every single day? Show more

Matthew Bannister on author Eric Carle, chemist Helen Murray Free, engineer Michael Parsons, mountaineer Evelyn McNicol. Show more

Calls to scrap the Universal Credit child cap, mysterious random cheques, the EU settlement application deadline looms and rental housing reforms Show more

TV presenter and adventurer Simon Reeve makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Marine Conservation Society Show more

Remote working and online shopping have left towns and cities facing an existential crisis. But can we seize this moment as an opportunity to reinvent them? Show more

Alex Forsyth is joined by former Health Minister Steve Brine, Labour frontbencher Cat Smith, New Statesman political editor Stephen Bush and Caroline Wheeler from the Sunday Times. Show more

Ben Whishaw on Surge. Show more

Following the Archbishop of Canterbury’s recent remarks about the problem of hunger in the UK, Mark Tully considers social and personal attitudes towards poverty. Show more

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Coalmining & Luddism: Laurie Taylor explores the meaning of progress in a post industrial era. Show more

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