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With the Chaplain to the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in Kabul, Padre David Anderson. Show more

'The inequality has just grown and grown and grown' - LibDem MP Sir Nick Harvey on rural/urban school funding. Plus Scottish farmers say they're missing out on EU subsidy. Show more

Martin Hughes-Games presents the black-headed gull. Show more

Susan Hulme with all the news from Westminster, where ministers hope for a nuclear deal with Iran, and MPs ask if our transport system can cope with any extreme winter weather. Show more

Two literary giants died on the same day - CS Lewis and Aldous Huxley. Two biographers explore their influence. From 2013. Show more

Hardeep Singh Kohli explores the word 'box', which leads him to joining a boxing coach in the ring, meeting a topiary expert and visiting a gigantic storage facility. Show more

Jane Garvey on negative stereotypes of nuns on TV and film. Plus Cecelia Ahern on her latest book How to Fall in Love, and WH power-lister Mary Curnock Cook, chief exec of UCAS. Show more

When 14-year-old Holly goes missing, her desperate parents call the police. Holly is facing danger. With Dolly Rose Campbell. Show more

Climate change is forcing some national parks in America to rethink their boundaries. In a crowded world will they have room to move? Show more

4 Extra Debut. Tim Key explores the sounds that became the soundtrack to the Soviet space race - the music of Vyacheslav Mescherin. From November 2013. Show more

Winifred Robinson considers claims that Remembrance Sunday has been hijacked by politicians, to help them justify modern controversial conflicts around the world. Show more

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Robert and Isabelle Tombs present the gripping story of a battle of two cities, London and Paris, and a battle of two competing cultures. Show more

Kirsty faces a dilemma. Meanwhile Darrell struggles to understand. Show more

Crocodiles, hippos and canoeing are among the dangers facing the ladies as they trace a safari guide. Stars Nadine Marshall. Show more

Jay Rayner chairs this edition of Radio 4's culinary panel programme from Oxford. Joining him on the panel are Rachel McCormack, Angela Malik, Tim Anderson and Peter Barham. Show more

Audience questions for Robbie Williams about his 1997 album, 'Life Thru a Lens'. With John Wilson From. November 2013. Show more

The gunpowder plot and its impact on the status of Catholics is kept alive to this day, but 1605 was also the year that the world's first newspaper was published, in Strasbourg. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Johnnie Walker, Kate Silverton and Harriett Gilbert on books by Robert M Pirsig, Georgina Howell and Barbara Pym. From 2013. Show more

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Kirsty Young presents the DEC Philippines Typhoon Appeal on behalf of the Disasters Emergency Committee. Show more

Angus Deayton lets Tom Wrigglesworth, Lloyd Langford, Lucy Porter and Robert Popper devise four panel games. From January 2012. Show more

David is making plans, and Josh tries to pick a winner. Show more

Arts news. Mark Lawson discusses the music of John Tavener, the final Poirot episode and Georges Simenon's first Maigret novel. Plus Bel Mooney reviews the film Don Jon. Show more

When 14-year-old Holly goes missing, her desperate parents call the police. Holly is facing danger. With Dolly Rose Campbell. Show more

What do we know about the billions in deals being struck with private companies to run parts of the NHS? Does commercial confidentiality make public accountability impossible? Show more

Peter White talks to Hetal Bapodra about her experience of using the Motability Scheme, and Tony Shearman reports on Action for Blind People rehab course for newly blind people. Show more

The first ever edition of All in the Mind was broadcast in 1988. For its 25th anniversary, Claudia looks at how attitudes to mental health have changed over the last 25 years. Show more

Two literary giants died on the same day - CS Lewis and Aldous Huxley. Two biographers explore their influence. From 2013. Show more

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The UN starts a huge Philippine rescue effort, China's leaders decide the country's future direction, and is French racism on the rise? News round-up with Ritula Shah. Show more

As Subhash tries to make a new life in the US, a letter from his rebellious brother still has the power to shock. Show more

Symphonius sketches: the funniest (and unhappiest) man in the world and life for two lorry drivers. With Henry Paker. From 2013. Show more

Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as MPs and peers begin a half term break.

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At the time of his inauguration, JFK was lauded by a famous poet. Read by Colin Stinton and Richard Laing. Show more

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