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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Debbie Thrower of the Bible Reading Fellowship and founding Anna Chaplain. Show more
Farming Today
03/06/21 - Old farming wisdom, topsy-turvy weather, making nature accessible and a farm safari
13 minutes
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Old knowledge of the land teamed up with the latest tech and science: how farming is going ‘back to the future’… Show more
Sir David Attenborough presents the red-throated caracara from the Amazonian rainforest. Show more
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Kant's ideas on how the world depends on us, on the limits of human knowledge and why we are bound to ask questions we cannot answer. Show more
Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and 'Notes on Grief'; 'Valuing Everyone': a course on appropriate behaviour with colleagues; Parm Sandhu - 30 years in the Met Police; summer legs. Show more
Test Match Special - England v New Zealand. Commentary on the First Test from Lord's with Jonathan Agnew, Isa Guha, Michael Vaughan, Phil Tufnell, Vic Marks and Jeremy Coney. Show more
The truth hurts for Brian and Will steps up to the plate Show more
Front Row
Sorious Samura, Susanna Clarke, Edinburgh Fringe, Liverpool Biennial
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
New documentary, Sing, Freetown; Susanna Clarke on her Women's Prize-nominated novel, Piranesi; Edinburgh Fringe in peril; The Liverpool Biennial Show more
Sir Ian Blatchford and Dr Tilly Blyth on challenges by Romantic artists and naturalists to grapple with cloud patterns, from Constable's fine art to a new science of meteorology Show more
Fighting knife crime before it happens; does Scotland's "not proven" verdict let rapists go free? And who is liable in automated vehicle accidents? With Joshua Rozenberg. Show more
How can businesses cope with supply shortages? Car factories across the world have had to shut down because they can't get hold of enough silicon chips. What are the solutions? Show more
BBC Inside Science
Lab origin theory of SARS-Cov2; gene for obesity; dark matter map; rock art in Scotland
32 minutes
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Why lab leak theory of SARS-Cov2 is in the news ; gene mutation for obesity; Astronomer Royal for Scotland on new dark matter map; oldest figurative rock art in Scotland Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Kant's ideas on how the world depends on us, on the limits of human knowledge and why we are bound to ask questions we cannot answer. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Portugal removed from UK's travel "green list”
45 minutes
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While the narrator is delighted that the sisters have agreed to keep her company at the chalet, Kitty and Dolly remain tight-lipped about the past. Read by Ruth Gemmell. Show more
Journalist and comedy writer David Quantick has met and interviewed hundreds of people – what were his first impressions, how have they changed and does it all matter? Show more
Writer Johny Pitts and barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman talk to Harriett about the books that have inspired and entertained them. Show more
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In the UK, we are taught that William Wilberforce was the man who ended the slave trade and that Britain led the way. But is this the whole story? Akala examines the facts. Show more
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