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Serbian writer Vesna Goldsworthy asks how emigres and exiles find their voices in a foreign country and explores the difference between speaking a language and truly inhabiting it. Show more

Alex James visits a salmon farmer in the Isle of Mull. Geoff Kidd, the Marine Farm Manager at Loch Spelve, tries to mass produce salmon in an environmentally sensitive way. Show more

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Religious and ethical news. Edward Stourton on the multi-million dollar deal that will soon put one of the most important archaeological discoveries, the Dead Sea Scrolls, online. Show more

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The Rev Dr Ian Bradley and the Rev John Barr reflect on the spiritual significance of water in a service from the Priory Church in Great Malvern, famous for its springs. Show more

Sarah Dunant reflects on public attitudes to conspicuous consumption and looks back at attempts to police it in previous centuries by means of 'sumptuary laws'. Show more

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Things get heated at Grange Farm and Kenton thinks he's blown it. Show more

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs. Show more

David Mitchell asks Chris Addison, Susan Calman, Rufus Hound and Armando Iannucci to hide truths in lies. From Ocotober 2010. Show more

What food do students have access to, what do they eat? Sheila Dillon looks at the catering provided for students across the country in these financially straightened times. Show more

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Colin Blane returns to Cumbria to assess how the region is recovering from 2009's devastating floods. Show more

Gardening experts Bunny Guinness, Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood answer questions in Fakenham, Norfolk. Eric Robson is the chairman. Show more

Dr Hilary Jones examines the ways in which corpulence has been portrayed over the millennia in art, literature and music. Show more

Fedullah's enigmatic prophecy is revealed, as Captain Ahab's obsessive pursuit of the white whale reaches its terrifying climax. Stars Garrick Hagon. Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Paul Auster about his new book Sunset Park, set in the wake of the 2008 economic collapse. Plus, Richard Mabey on the literary allure of weeds. Show more

Roger McGough introduces poems about Scotland to mark the death of poet Edwin Morgan. Includes Scotland small? by Hugh MacDiarmid. The readers are Stella Gonet and Jimmy Yuill. Show more

The NHS is meant to be shielded from the cuts that threaten huge areas of public spending. But even elite foundation hospitals are already in the red. Julian O'Halloran reports. Show more

Ahead of the US mid-term elections, Mary Ann Sieghart profiles provocative talk show host and one of the spiritual leaders of the Tea Party movement, Glenn Beck. Show more

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Christopher Douglas makes his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio. Show more

Harry's new flatmate is causing problems and Kenton's at a loose end. Show more

Michelle Malkin, one of America's most prolific right-wing blogger journalists talks about the conservative movement today; and fly fisherman Lefty Kreh gives Matt Frei a few tips. Show more

Tales inspired by Peter Pan chapter titles. A cello and her owner go on adventures. Read by Melody Grove. Show more

Roger Bolton challenges the Chairman of the BBC Trust over the new licence fee deal. And A History of the World in 100 objects - it's all over but was it worth it? Show more

Matthew Bannister on the unconventional mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot, the teacher of many great opera singers Vera Rozsa and the publisher of Penthouse magazine Bob Guccione. Show more

Paul Lewis brings the latest stories from the world of personal finance. Show more

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Turkey is on the rise, economically and politically. Edward Stourton examines the apparent contradiction of its secular constitution and its government's Islamist roots. Show more

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George Parker of The Financial Times takes a look at how the broadsheets and red tops treat the week's news. Show more

Screenwriting secrets from Simon Beaufoy, Frank Cottrell Boyce and Moira Buffini. Show more

Serbian writer Vesna Goldsworthy asks how emigres and exiles find their voices in a foreign country and explores the difference between speaking a language and truly inhabiting it. Show more

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Laurie Taylor looks at new research examining homophobia and football and discusses the ever expanding world of global higher education. Show more

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