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Spiritual reflection to start the day, with the Rev Laurence Twaddle. Show more

Beef farmers in Ireland are to stage a blockade of abattoirs in protest at what they say are the unfair prices they are getting for their meat. Plus a look at our woodlands. Show more

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Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Galapagos Islands' blue-footed booby. Show more

Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Tom Sutcliffe with Russell Brand on revolution, David Babbs on campaigning, philosopher Susan Neiman on redefining maturity and Juliet Barker on the Great Revolt of 1381. Show more

Miranda Hart talks to some Woman's Hour listeners; Susie Orbach and Sali Hughes explore reactions to Renee Zellweger's changed appearance; Fleet Street legend Felicity Green. Show more

January 1969: Jill and David's fledgling union is tested when he contracts a new strain of Hong Kong flu. Stars Ronan Summers. Show more

According to a recent census, Myanmar is home to 135 distinct ethnic groups. Mark Turin asks if the many indigenous languages can survive in a rapidly changing 21st-century Myanmar. Show more

Ben wages war on his street's speed bumps with unexpected results, while Kerry Godliman has a smoke alarm and eyebrows to see to. Sketches from 2014. Show more

Dominic Lawson takes on the world's greatest chess player, Magnus Carlsen, and asks if it would not be better for Magnus to put his extraordinary intelligence to another use. Show more

Consumer news with Shari Vahl.

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The war gets underway. Speakers recollect the day war broke out, their journey to France and their first experiences of the front. Dan Snow also explores oral history as evidence. Show more

Elizabeth speaks from the heart, and Johnny leads Tony astray. Show more

A play by poet and writer Glyn Maxwell about the 100-year history of a garden city. Made in collaboration with the British Academy and performed in front of an audience there. Show more

Russell Davies asks questions on a wide range of musical genres in the latest heat of the music quiz. Show more

Sheila Dillon looks at the state of play for female chefs in the professional kitchen. With Alice Waters, Sally Clarke, Margot Henderson, Mary-Ellen McTague and Joyce Molyneux. Show more

Paul Evans narrates a ghostly tale inspired by the true story of Alice Glaston who was the youngest person to be hung in Tudor England. Starring Bettrys Jones. Show more

What happens when we abandon a place? And why is it so difficult for us to leave these places behind? Aleks Krotoski explores abandon both on and offline. Show more

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John Lloyd and Phill Jupitus are joined by comedian Rich Hall, conservator Anna Keay and brain surgeon Henry Marsh. From 2014. Show more

Jennifer has got surprising plans, and David confides in Adam. Show more

Arts news with John Wilson, including Daniel Radcliffe reviewed in Horns, Edwyn Collins on the documentary about his recovery from strokes, and Stephen Daldry on his film Trash. Show more

Neil MacGregor charts the career of Otto von Bismarck (1815-98), known as the Iron Chancellor, who argued that the great questions of the day should be decided by 'iron and blood'. Show more

Rajini Vaidyanathan travels to North Carolina to examine whether the current bitter controversy over voting rights means the United States is in the midst of a crisis of democracy. Show more

How well has the government implemented its controversial welfare reforms? Have they been a vital check to a system spiralling out of control or, as some say, close to a fiasco? Show more

Hen harriers eat grouse, and conservationists are up in arms. Monty Don asks if all sides can be brought together to find a solution. Show more

Tom Sutcliffe with Russell Brand on revolution, David Babbs on campaigning, philosopher Susan Neiman on redefining maturity and Juliet Barker on the Great Revolt of 1381. Show more

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Otto's mood darkens after he reads a disturbing article in the Architectural Review. Show more

In the first of a double bill, Jarvis Cocker wanders the lava fields of Iceland in search of the unseen forces of night. He meets sheep, enters a volcano and stumbles upon a wake. Show more

Sean Curran reports from Westminster.

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Neil MacGregor charts the career of Otto von Bismarck (1815-98), known as the Iron Chancellor, who argued that the great questions of the day should be decided by 'iron and blood'. Show more

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