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Live from St Matthew's Church in Westminster on the first Sunday in Lent. The preacher is the Reverend Jeremy Davies, with reflections from Jonathan Aitken. Show more

AL Kennedy on how a famous thought experiment of the 1960s today risks being turned on its head. Show more

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Brian loses his cool, and Kirsty opens up.

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Mishal Husain with reports exploring why Britain's jails are failing and doorstep milk deliveries are rising. Plus Swansea's would-be lagoon and new and old divisions in Ireland. Show more

Eric Robson and the panel are hosted by the Newtown Linford Gardening Club in Leicestershire. Matthew Wilson, Matt Biggs and Christine Walkden answer the horticultural questions. Show more

Fi Glover introduces conversations about love in the face of difficulty, smashing the menstruation taboo, common purpose between old and young, and life as a centenarian. Show more

Margaret Atwood turns a tantalising fairy tale into a dark modern story, as three old university friends discover a secret they had hoped was buried forever resurfacing. Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to Australian crime writer Jane Harper about her thriller Force of Nature, and Penelope Lively shares her love of the little know adult novels of E Nesbit. Show more

Liz Berry joins Roger McGough to present a selection of listeners' requests. Choices include Dylan Thomas, Charlotte Mew, Kathleen Jamie and Jackie Kay. Show more

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Becky Milligan looks back at the extraordinary life of South Africa's new president. Show more

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The new education secretary, Damian Hinds, wants to see more variety when it comes the cost of university courses in England.

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Pat proves to be a friend indeed, and Joe struggles to let go. Show more

Uncle Jeff decides his nephew needs a girlfriend and Fish Shop Frank’s niece visits from down south. With Tom Palmer. From 2016. Show more

4 Extra Debut. A father yearns to hear his daughter's voice when she is in a coma. A computer finds a voice – but whose? Read by Neve McIntosh. Show more

Tim Harford investigates the numbers in the news, including the back-of-the-envelope calculations on rape and a discussion about the number of people killed by Stalin. Show more

Matthew Bannister on Zimbabwean politician Morgan Tsvangirai, explorer Douglas Botting, radiation biologist Patricia Lindop, human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir, singer Vic Damone. Show more

The latest news from the world of personal finance. British Steel pensions, child maintenance evasion, and is it time for another pension option? Show more

Naturalist and broadcaster Monty Halls makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Galapagos Conservation Trust. Show more

How we want to deploy the UK's armed forces - where, with whom, and at what cost - is once again up for debate. Caroline Wyatt explores the big questions in defence. Show more

Carolyn Quinn is joined by Labour's Lucy Powell, Conservative backbencher Bernard Jenkin, Professor of European Politics Anand Menon and Francis Elliott of The Times. Show more

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In a journey that takes him from Mozart's prodigious memory to memories and the perception of time, Mark Tully tells stories by Dostoevsky, George Eliot, John Barry and The Kinks. Show more

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