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Lily's past comes back to haunt her and will Helen get to the truth? Show more

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The horticultural panel answer questions in Essex. Show more

Birth, growth and magic in an original short work by Kirsty Logan, read by Nicola Ferguson. Show more

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Malian singer Rokia Traoré on guest directing this year’s Brighton Festival and 40 years of Granta literary magazine. Show more

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Ritula Shah presents topical debate from St Peter's Church Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, with Jonathan Bartley, Baroness Chakrabarti, Fraser Nelson and Helen Whately MP. Show more

Rebecca Stott imagines a conversation with Darwin about our current environmental concerns. Show more

In the US, Civil War statues are under attack, but is it ever right to destroy the past? Lawrence Pollard and guests look back at the history of iconoclasm. Show more

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Pianist Kirill Gerstein chooses the conductor, teacher and composer Ferruccio Busoni, who died in 1924. With Matthew Parris. From 2019. Show more

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