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Farming Today
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Charlotte Smith presents the latest installment of Ragwortgate, and today she hears the case for the defence from Dr Lynn Dicks, an ecologist at the University of Cambridge. Show more
Chris Packham presents the wedge-tailed shearwater of the Indian and Pacific oceans. Show more
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John Harris talks to people in Wales's second city, Swansea, about their lives and how they see the future. Show more
Chris Mason and Anita Anand meet some of the listeners who have got in touch with Any Questions and Any Answers. Today, we hear from Nina. Show more
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A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music, led by Rev Michaela Youngson. Show more
Woman's Hour
Parental Alienation, Afghan Judges, Being Average, Women Vets, Lady Evelyn Cobbold
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TEST MATCH SPECIAL: England v India. Commentary on the Third Test from Headingley with Jonathan Agnew, Isa Guha, Michael Vaughan, Sir Alastair Cook and Ebony Rainford-Brent. Show more
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Front Row
Underwater Museum in Cyprus, Poet Fred D'Aguiar, Helen Zaltzman on Answer Me This podcast
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Jason deCaires Taylor on his new underwater museum Musan in Cyprus. The Answer Me This podcast comes to an end after 400 episodes. Poet Fred D'Aguiar on his memoir Year of Plagues Show more
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives
MF Husain: Hindustan Is Free
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Sunil Khilnani looks at controversy over the Indian artist MF Husain, who was forced to spend the last days of his life in exile after threats from Hindu extremists. Show more
HS2 will deliver ‘a new anatomy of British transport’, according to the Prime Minister. But how is work on it progressing and will a potential £100bn bill jeopardise its completion? Show more
Jill Lepore untangles the strange sci-fi roots of Silicon Valley's extreme capitalism. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Window to solve pandemic origins closing
29 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Victoria Gill talks to virologist Marion Koopmans about the research that needs to be done urgently to pinpoint the origins of the pandemic. Show more
John Harris talks to people in Wales's second city, Swansea, about their lives and how they see the future. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Deadly attack at Kabul airport
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4/10. Gibb spots a secret letter being hidden by Jessie from her parents - and decides to blackmail her. Read by Mark Bonnar. Show more
Stoneybridge Council prepares for the town's first tourist and the Little Girl explains Brexit. With Pete Baikie. From 2017. Show more
Corinne Bailey Rae answers questions from John Wilson and an audience about her album, 'The Sea'. From 2012. Show more
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Sarfraz Manzoor's personal exploration of a divided Britain and his hopes for bridging the differences between Muslims and non-Muslims. Today, it's cultural and religious values. Show more
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