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A reflection and prayer to start the day with Canon Simon Doogan. Show more
Mahamed Hashi draws on his experience as a teacher, youth worker, councillor and victim of a stabbing and shooting to speak out against racist stereotyping. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
Ben Shieldaig is a mountain on the West Coast of Scotland which harbours a rare patch of temperate rainforest. Unable to leave her home in lockdown, Helen Mark gets a virtual tour. Show more
Farming Today
18/07/20 - Farming Today This Week: Alleged mistreatment of farm workers
25 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
A Farming Today investigation has revealed allegations of serious issues around the treatment of some farm workers, including safe working practices during the Covid pandemic. Show more
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News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
Graeme Garden, former Goodie and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue regular; best-selling novelist Jojo Moyes and Inheritance Tracks from Fern Britton. Show more
Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show. Show more
Test Match Special: England v West Indies. Commentary on the Second Test from Southampton with Jonathan Agnew, Isa Guha Michael Vaughan,and Carlos Brathwaite. Show more
Woman's Hour
Karen Gibson 'Godmother of Gospel', the Price of Fast Fashion, Abuse in Gymnastics
57 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Karen Gibson, the 'Godmother of Gospel', tells us about her new single. Also, the real price of fast fashion and abuse allegations in British Gymnastics. Show more
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Nick Robinson gets beneath the surface in a personal and political interview with the Work and Pensions Secretary, Thérèse Coffey. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
18/07/2020 Russia rejects vaccine theft claim
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
The Russian ambassador to the UK has flatly rejected allegations the Kremlin tried to steal Covid-19 vaccine research.
Loose Ends
Ian Stone, Ned Glasier, Irini Tzortzoglou, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Monophonics, Samantha Crain, Arthur Smith, Clive Anderson
36 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Clive Anderson and Arthur Smith are joined by Ian Stone, Irini Tzortzoglou, Ned Glasier and Kiri Pritchard-McLean for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more
He calls himself an 'agent provocateur' and says that it’s better to be infamous than never be famous at all. Mark Coles profiles flamboyant political strategist Roger Stone. Show more
Art can bring the dead back to life, argues the late novelist Hilary Mantel. This 2017 lecture is being rebroadcast in a tribute to Dame Hilary. Show more
Distinguished poets Carol Ann Duffy, Liz Lochhead, Gillian Clarke and the late Eavan Boland update a 1992 discussion with Peggy Reynolds on poetry, gender and nationhood. Show more
Helen discovers the identity of the boy in the coma. Eighth episode of a major new nine-part conspiracy thriller, starring Romola Garai. Written by Matthew Broughton. Show more
A woman finds there are challenges in taking in her troubled brother when he is released on parole from prison. Read by Tracy Wiles. Show more
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Combative, provocative and engaging live debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Mona Siddiqui, Melanie Philips, Matthew Taylor and Anne McElvoy. #moralmaze Show more
Steve Punt hosts the battle of wits as students from Reading University take on their professors. From July 2020. Show more
Migrants in US refugee detention camps and youth offenders in Japan explore their feelings about the world, and process their pasts, in a unique poetry experiment. Show more
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The Way I See It
John Waters on Lee Lozano's Untitled 1963
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Film director John Waters makes his selection from the MoMA collection. He chooses Lee Lozano's depiction of the head of a hammer, Untitled 1963. Show more
In a new story for Radio 4 from acclaimed Irish writer, Donal Ryan, a man looks back on the lies that have shaped his life. Show more
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