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A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev'd Dr Craig Gardiner, a tutor at South Wales Baptist College. Show more

We hear the latest recommendations from the Climate Change Committee - reducing meat and dairy in our diets, transitioning to low-emission farming and restoring peatland. Show more

David Attenborough presents the guillemot. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 154 sonnets collected and printed in 1609 of which some are famous, many are glorious, most are inspiring and several are unsettling. Show more

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. Show more

Copenhagen proposes to send some asylum seekers back to 'safe' home countries. Plus: Libya's chances for peace; Covid in Argentina; bushmeat in Liberia; James Bond's view of France. Show more

A four-part series about the relationship that Scotland’s writers have with Scotland itself. Presented by Kirsty Wark. Show more

After meeting and drawing Lawrence on the coast path, Clare has agreed to visit him and Frieda. John William, the cousin she has always been closest to, is home on leave. Show more

The music festivals forced to cancel again this year, and how upcycling is helping charities hit hard by the pandemic. Show more

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A new history of humanity as told through one hundred objects. Today, Neil MacGregor is with a head of the Buddha from Borobudur, one of the greatest monuments on earth. Show more

Rex issues a warning and Neil comes to an arrangement Show more

How do we find our way to happiness again after the worst happens? Jennifer Bell's songs are threaded through the true stories of two people who lost the loves of their lives. Show more

Monique Gudgeon is a gardener with a new obsession - forsythia. Helen Mark hears how she and others create National Plant Collections, conserving garden plants for the future. Show more

Matt Hill, a former soldier, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity. Show more

Elizabeth Day talks to Zakiya Dalila Harris about her debut novel, The Other Black Girl, a biting social satire on the publishing industry. Show more

Francine Stock delves into the archives to hear what was it like working behind the Iron Curtain, when every dot and comma of a script had to be passed by the censor. Show more

UK science policy shake-up; can Ivermectin treat Covid?; black fungus in Indian Covid patients; Denisovans, Neanderthals and early humans all lived in a Siberian cave Show more

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It comes as speculation grows that people who have received both vaccine doses may no longer be compelled to quarantine for ten days after returning from amber list countries

Writer and director Sharon Horgan on finding the perfect writing mate and a disastrous audition with Ricky Gervais. From 2021. Show more

Alistair raises concerns and Justin digs for dirt Show more

Royal Ballet Principal Ballerina Marianela Núñez on performng Sleeping Beauty at the ROH and a review of the Design Museum's Charlotte Perriand: The Modern Life exhibition. Show more

Sir Ian Blatchford and Dr Tilly Blyth focus on whether a machine can produce art without creative and emotional intentions of a human, reflected in the sonic artwork Longplayer Show more

The legal minefield of private and public e-scooters; space law for rockets and satellites; new regulations for coal tips in Wales and a DJ barrister with no GCSEs. Show more

The spending power of disabled people and their families is valued at £249 billion a year. So is there a competitive business advantage in designing accessible goods and services? Show more

UK science policy shake-up; can Ivermectin treat Covid?; black fungus in Indian Covid patients; Denisovans, Neanderthals and early humans all lived in a Siberian cave Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 154 sonnets collected and printed in 1609 of which some are famous, many are glorious, most are inspiring and several are unsettling. Show more

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After meeting and drawing Lawrence on the coast path, Clare has agreed to visit him and Frieda. John William, the cousin she has always been closest to, is home on leave. Show more

Rhys gets to the bottom of privacy issues, deep fakes, non-fungible tokens and whether technology will be the end of us all. Show more

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In Episode 4 of Arctic Dreams Lopez battles through stormy polar seas, marvelling at colossal ice-cliffs and mind-blown by the celestial light-show of the aurora borealis. Show more

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