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Oliver Burkeman considers the inconvenience of travel and the convenience of being mentally elsewhere, never fully inhabiting the places we visit. Show more

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Police crime thriller, set and recorded in India. Following the suspicious death of a young woman, police inspector Alia Khan and a male colleague move into the flat next door. Show more

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How is the law dealing with new challenges due to climate change? Is protection from global warming a human right? Also: fossil fuel contracts, and climate-ethical legal dilemmas. Show more

Born Anthony Wedgwood Benn in 1925, he became an MP in 1950 and a rock star politician in older age. But Benn was a divisive figure in his own party. Show more

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Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch returns for a new series of her stand-up show, joined by her digital assistant ALGO (Tia Kofi). This episode, they take on intelligence. Show more

Lee makes a big gesture, and Ian struggles with a complicated situation. Show more

Broadway legend Chita Rivera on her new memoir, new approach to funding the arts discussed, Priscilla Morris on her Women's Prize for Fiction shortlisted novel. Show more

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We look at a variety of holidays that could be suitable when you have a visual impairment. These include walking, sailing and caravan getaways. Show more

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Helen Lewis meets science writer Stuart Ritchie to discuss how science has lost its way - and how a radically more transparent approach, 'open science', could address the problem. Show more

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