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A United Nations report looks into the impact of Covid and the war in Ukraine on food security. Show more

Bill Oddie presents the lapwing. Show more

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Nusrat Ghani, the Conservative MP for Wealden and vice-chair of The 1922 committee. Show more

Tracking-down a Chinese content maker in Malawi who sold racist content online. Plus stories from Russia, Spain, Iraq and Puerto Rico. Show more

Two years after he's arrested and charged with abducting Cheryl Grimmer, Mercury appears in court in Sydney. Show more

Is all well in the Casey household? Jazzer feels proud. Show more

The poet Shelley was last seen sailing his ship into a storm. His wife, Mary, and lover, Jane, wait for news. For the bicentenary of Shelley's death, a new drama by Hattie Naylor. Show more

Long-time climbers Iain Cameron and Andrew Cotter set off early for the peaks of the Grey Corries. They find ptarmigan and a new snow patch they name after Open Country on Radio 4. Show more

Journalist and broadcaster Sheila Dillon makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Country Trust. Show more

John Preston talks to a group of readers about his novel The Dig. Show more

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Tim Minchin and deep-sea explorers Diva Amon and Jon Copley to discover how much we really know about the mysterious depths of our oceans. Show more

This year's Summer Science Exhibition is held by London's Royal Society. PRS Sir Adrian Smith talks of reforming A-levels and a sorry international science collaboration situation. Show more

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Boris Johnson resigns as Conservative leader after losing the support of his party

Writer and producer Henry Normal uses poetry, storytelling and comedy to explore life's big questions. In this ninth instalment he's tackling 'community'. Show more

Will it be Chelsea to the rescue? Josh is in a teasing mood. Show more

The radio dramatisation of Eliot's The Waste Land and mockumentary Brian and Charles reviewed, The Story Museum Oxford, Shakespeare's Hamlet as played in Grand Theft Auto. Show more

Prison education is 'chaotic' and often 'inadequate'. Joshua Rozenberg finds out where it is failing and how it can better help prisoners gain the skills needed to cut reoffending. Show more

Why is it so hard to get in touch with a business? It's almost like they are deliberately hiding their phone numbers from us. Evan Davis speaks to people managing our calls. Show more

This year's Summer Science Exhibition is held by London's Royal Society. PRS Sir Adrian Smith talks of reforming A-levels and a sorry international science collaboration situation. Show more

What will be uncovered when a light is shone in the dark corners of Britain's most elite boarding school? Alex Renton presents a story of class, power and privilege. Show more

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A novel based on the early life of the poet Charles Causley, the mother who raised him single-handed, and the clandestine love he hid from the world. Read by Tristan Sturrock Show more

Kiri Pritchard-McLean is joined by Darren Harriott to talk cancer-curing microbubbles, life-enhancing dancing, the birth of plastic surgery in WWI and the life saving app, GoodSAM. Show more

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Geoff Dyer’s astringent ruminations on conclusions to careers, work, life and other endings. Today he reflects on that vast realm known as the unfinished, the unread. Show more

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