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Spiritual reflection to start the day with the Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. Show more

Which is better - roots deep in the earth or in a nutrient cocktail on a vertical farm? We hear about the biology of how salad crops are grown without using soil. Show more

Bill Oddie presents the St Kilda wren. Show more

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Kirsty Wark brings together the families and emergency workers who were caught up in the tragic events of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. Show more

Listener Liane asks if generative AI will make creative jobs obsolete and threaten female-dominated industries Show more

As the criminal and civil legal cases against Donald Trump mount up, what are the implications for his bid to become president in 2024? Show more

New comedy from Ashley Blaker about raising children with special educational needs. Ashley ponders the topic of leisure, and how it’s never as enjoyable as he’d wish. Show more

The argument about prejudice, power, and the disputed idea of “reverse racism”. Show more

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The search for the night parrot has driven birders mad for decades. But how did a survival good news story descend into allegations of fakery? Dr Tori Herridge investigates. Show more

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After agreeing to help a mysterious stranger, a young couple are implicated in an assassination at their hotel. A global thriller of espionage, money and murder. Show more

From the murderous Wu Zetian to the Serpent Queen of France, Helen Lewis reveals the royal women who stepped out of the shadows and dared to wield power. Show more

Peter Gibbs and the GQT team visit Matt Biggs’ garden for a postbag edition. Joining them are Christine Walkden and Pippa Greenwood. Show more

A moment of shattering vulnerability brings a gardener and his seemingly hostile new client together, in this original short story from the award-winning author of Trespasses. Show more

John Wilson on broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson, Italian soprano Renata Scotto, author John Brierly and anthropologist Isobel Crook. Show more

Call Jonathan Pie comedian Tom Walker discusses his series coming to Radio 4 and there's your views BBC coverage of the Women’s Football World Cup. Show more

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines

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Luis Rubiales has been criticised for kissing a Spanish player at the Women's World Cup

No time for a deep dive? Catherine Bohart unpacks the news agenda, in a show that goes beyond the headlines and finds the funny in the detail. Show more

Is Toby destined for disappointment, and Helen struggles to let go. Show more

Ellen and Mark explore Brits abroad in the movies, taking a look at everything from 1972's Carry on Abroad to 2023's Cannes prize-winner How To Have Sex. Show more

Alex Forsyth presents political discussion from Peterhead Theatre in Aberdeenshire with Stephen Flynn MP, Rachael Hamilton MSP, Daniel Johnson MSP and Alex Salmond. Show more

Megan Nolan on the social media fetishisation of the traditional wife. Show more

Ten coastal encounters, presented by writer Richard King. Show more

Also in the programme: marking 65 years of the Carry On series; and creating affordable homes in Brazil's largest city.

Luvo has been camping out in the Karoo, in search of Harold’s fossil, when he recalls a detail from Alma’s memories. Reader: Rakie Ayola. Show more

Trump skips the debate while his challengers clash in Milwaukee. Show more

Felicity Kendal shares the inside story of the pioneering sitcom with TV veterans Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman. From 2021. Show more

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In Dr Ben Cave's compassionate memoir about his career in forensic psychiatry he recalls one nurse's bravery, and he reaches a turning point. Adrian Scarborough reads. Show more

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