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Writer Tomiwa Folorunso explores the experience of being a black female artist in Scotland. Show more

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Ann Petry’s ground breaking novel set in 1940s Harlem tells the story of a single mother’s determination to make a better life for her son. Read by Adjoa Andoh. Show more

Winifred Robinson asks: How will the latest lockdown changes affect you? Email youandyours@bbc.co.uk and don't forget to add your phone number so we can call you back. Show more

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Four hundred years ago, Robert Burton wrote an epic attempt to understand the universal experience of melancholy. What can it teach us today? Show more

We delve into The Archers’ archive and revisit the day Brian finally admits to Jennifer about his affair with Siobhan, confessing that he is the father of Siobhan’s baby, Ruairi. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. Sally Phillips chooses the comedy actress, Myrna Loy, star of The Best Years of Our Lives. With Matthew Parris. From 2020. Show more

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The Chancellor has announced a significant extension to the Government's job retention scheme, which subsidises the wages of employees who can't work because of the lockdown.

Rufus Hound hears from the diaries of Dame Jenni Murray describing her years as a teenage rebel in 1960s Barnsley. From 2020. Show more

We delve into The Archers’ archive and revisit the day The Grundys are evicted from Grange Farm. Show more

Alicia Keys, the 15-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter; Vanessa Redgrave shares her VE Day poetry performance; and stage play Sea Wall with Andrew Scott goes online. Show more

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A case is being brought against Uber by a blind user who claims they are being discriminatory. He says he's had journeys cancelled after telling them he has a guide dog. Show more

Claudia Hammond reports on the complexities between Covid-19 and acute kidney injury, and hears of early insights from trials of passive immunisation therapy against the virus. Show more

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Ann Petry’s ground breaking novel set in 1940s Harlem tells the story of a single mother’s determination to make a better life for her son. Read by Adjoa Andoh. Show more

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The story of the poet Lord Byron’s great uncle, known as the Wicked Lord - infamous for cowardice, adultery, coercion, monstrous debts and murder. Show more

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