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Rebecca Mott says we should come to see prostitution exactly as we now see slavery - as an abuse of human rights - and therefore only total abolition is acceptable. Show more

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A service of Holy Communion from Down Cathedral, Downpatrick, with preacher the Right Rev Harold Miller, Bishop of Down and Dromore. Show more

Mary Beard argues that in years to come, our treatment of old people will be as much of a blot on our culture as Bedlam and the madhouses were on the culture of the 18th century. Show more

David Attenborough presents the third of four recordings marking Dawn Chorus Day: a dawn chorus from the marshes of North Warren in Suffolk. Show more

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Kirsty Young talks to comedian, actor and writer Jack Dee. Show more

David Mitchell hosts, as panellists Tony Hawks, Susan Calman, Phill Jupitus and Miles Jupp talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as the brain, Victorians and toads. Show more

Over two special programmes from the Food Connections festival in Bristol, Sheila Dillon talks to Ken Hom about his life through food. 1/2. Ken's upbringing and early career. Show more

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Misha Glenny describes how, in 1808, the entire Portuguese court moved across the Atlantic to escape Napoleon, and stayed on for 13 years. Show more

Eric Robson chairs, as the team tackle questions sent in by post, email and Twitter. Show more

Fi Glover with conversations from Middlesbrough, Llandudno and Leeds Chapeltown, about a widow's loneliness, a long-lasting theatrical romance, and how not to be an absent father. Show more

Frank is more determined than ever to win Mary’s hand, but his mother is equally determined he won’t. Stars Pippa Haywood. Show more

Tony Parsons on his first novel The Murder Bag, and why he and Henry Sutton find crime appeals. Plus, Alice Greenway goes ornithological, and why literature matters in Kurdistan. Show more

Roger McGough introduces poems to make the mouth water from the Bristol Food Connections Festival, with readers John Telfer, Katy Sobey and James Fleet. Show more

As Cypriot leaders attempt to negotiate a new settlement, writer Maria Margaronis travels through the island's divided memory and history. Show more

Speculation abounded this week as to whether the Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren hopes to be the Democratic candidate in the next US election. With Chris Bowlby. Show more

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Pat and Tony are struggling, and Brian escapes the kitchen. Show more

Testing a coat for Antarctica is logged in scientist Ben’s audio diary. Stars Reece Shearsmith and Julian Rhind-Tutt. From 2014. Show more

Neil's attempts at recycling strike Kim as an unhealthy obsession with death. Starring Frank Skinner and Katherine Parkinson. From September 2012. Show more

The singer-songwriter, also known as Kerry Andrew, interweaves song and story to create a tale of longing. From May 2014. Episode 2 of 3. Show more

Are one million people really using food banks in Britain? Do food bank statistics tell us anything about how many people are struggling to get enough to eat? With Tim Harford. Show more

Obituary. Matthew Bannister remembers Glyndebourne owner Sir George Christie, Virgin Soldiers author Leslie Thomas, literary agent Deborah Rogers and tennis player Elena Baltacha. Show more

Paul Lewis looks at the best way to get action on your customer complaints. Plus, are new tax powers fair? And could it be illegal for banks to take charges from benefits? Show more

Shappi Khorsandi presents an appeal for Asylum Aid. Show more

Sharing your neighbour's car, tools and clothes: the sharing economy. But existing regulations and laws are set up for hotels and car hire companies, and that is causing problems. Show more

Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.

George Parker of the Financial Times looks at how papers covered the week's big stories.

Frank, the story of a singer with a papier mache head. A guide to the cinema of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. Stacie Passon on her drama of a gay mum who becomes a call girl. Show more

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Laurie Taylor explores a hidden history of the British working class. Also, a US study of 'baristas' - how do some jobs with poor wages acquire a 'cool' image? Show more

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