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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg Show more

Novelist Richard Owain Roberts shares a story about a friendship. Show more

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It's stage 12 of the cycling in Tour de France, and Miles Warde is helping the Beefeaters push a shopping trolley up an Alp. One of the funnier tales of the year. Show more

From farm to fork: We investigate what's causing food prices to rise. And how sustainable is organic grass-fed meat? Show more

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Writer Deborah Moggach, musician Martyn Ware, broadcaster Samantha Renke, listener Nick Bunker on discovering his adopted family and Jules Buckley shares his Inheritance Tracks. Show more

Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. Show more

Test Match Special: England v South Africa. Commentary on the 2nd Men's Test from Old Trafford with Jonathan Agnew, Sir Alastair Cook, Phil Tufnell, Steven Finn and Vernon Philander. Show more

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A senior minister insists options for further support will be "top" of next PM's intray

Anneka Rice and JP Devlin are joined by Judy Collins, Tom Kerridge, Clare Crogan and Will Hodgkinson for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more

In 1992, Aqeela Sherrills helped negotiate a truce between the two main gangs in Los Angeles, the Bloods and the Crips. Show more

Norman Foster discusses the key cultural influences and experiences that led him to become one of the world’s most important living architects. Show more

George Leo John Lucas was a civil servant who wrote about his extraordinary life as an openly gay man. Mark Gatiss delves into his diaries from the 1950s and 60s. Show more

Third series of the criminal family saga, based on GF Newman's novel. Jack and Brian are back in prison after a kilo of cocaine was found in Jack's flat. Show more

The Earl of Rosebury, Rudyard Kipling, Edith Wharton and others pay tribute to the King of Belgium in a book published in December 1914. Show more

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Amol Rajan and guests discuss how the Russian invasion of Ukraine might affect energy security around the world. Show more

Russell Davies is in the question master's chair for the classic general knowledge quiz, to discover who will be named Brain of Britain 2022. Show more

Dancing, sport, singing and poetry: all part of the education of Spartan women. By the standards of the ancient world, they had it good. With Professor Edith Hall. Show more

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Neil MacGregor focuses on societies with many gods. The Romans incorporated gods from the places they conquered, while a gathering of gods oversaw life in ancient Mesopotamia. Show more

A second series showcasing stories by young writers: Part One: SandGlass, by Imogen Deaton and The Ice Demon of Mount Crooked, by Callum McGee. Read by Saffron Coomber. Show more

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