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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Harry Baker. Show more

Global vegetable oil supply is facing a perfect storm: not least the war in Ukraine which is disrupting exports of sunflower oil. Show more

David Attenborough presents the song thrush. Show more

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the lives of martyrs in the first three centuries of Christianity and how Eusebius presented their stories once the Roman Empire became Christian. Show more

Julia Bradbury joins Emma to discuss her documentary Breast Cancer and Me. Show more

Rivalry between stars of a unique form of accordion music, Famo, has sparked gang warfare that’s terrorising communities in the southern African kingdom of Lesotho Show more

Looking for Jack Kerouac in his hometown on his 100th birthday. With Geoff Dyer, AM Homes and Holly George-Warren. Show more

Gap Finders: We explore how Greg Jackson, founder and CEO of Octopus Energy, found a gap in the market to form a company that has more than two million direct customers. Show more

They’re promoted as a greener and cheaper alternative to gas boilers, but are air source heat pumps suitable for every home? We take the temperature to help a listener decide. Show more

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Five cultural figures from the front line of Russia's border with Europe - Lithuania, Finland, Moldova, Latvia and Estonia - explore their national psyche in uncertain times. Show more

There’s a difficult question for Susan, and Clarrie is feeling left out. Show more

In San Francisco Jean and McLevy are thrown closer together – an intimacy which doesn’t always suit either of them! And McLevy becomes chief suspect in a murder. Show more

Helen Mark visits a field on the edge of Bath, used as the burial ground for a 19th-century workhouse. She hears how people are now commemorating those who were buried anonymously. Show more

Singer-songwriter KT Tunstall presents the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Hope and Homes for Children Show more

Julian Barnes on his new novel Elizabeth Finch and editorial manager Rebecca Lee on her book How Words Get Good. Show more

Jill Lepore untangles the strange sci-fi roots of Silicon Valley's extreme capitalism. Show more

What do we know about the mysterious cases of hepatitis in children? Also, is the tidal revolution final happening, the future of lab-grown meats, and finding hope amid extinction. Show more

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines

A British man believed to have been fighting for Ukrainian forces has been killed; another British national is missing.

Quizzer and comedian Paul Sinha and his audience join together to compile a perfect pub quiz, this week on the theme of The World. Show more

Jazzer makes a big gesture and Adam puts his plan into action. Show more

The Corn is Green at the National Theatre and Tate Britain's Walter Sickert exhibition reviewed, plus actor Cherylee Houston founder of disability access organization TripleC Show more

What will the social and economic costs be of China's full-scale lockdown of Shanghai? David Aaronovitch examines the problems with the country's vaccination programme. Show more

It’s 1996 and like for most young people, looks are important to Jill Clark. Her journey home from the pub is about to make her question the importance of the human face. Show more

What do we know about the mysterious cases of hepatitis in children? Also, is the tidal revolution final happening, the future of lab-grown meats, and finding hope amid extinction. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the lives of martyrs in the first three centuries of Christianity and how Eusebius presented their stories once the Roman Empire became Christian. Show more

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Doreen finally confides her secret and Florence says goodbye to an old friend. Tale of two sisters read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg. Show more

Tim Vincent, Mick Ferry and Russell Kane return to discuss names and labels and are joined by Yorkshire comedian Pete Selwood and trans journalist Freddy McConnell. Show more

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A revealing memoir by an anonymous bestselling criminal barrister of their journey towards the Bar, and their perception of the failures at the heart of the British justice system. Show more

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