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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Rev Carolyn Skinner. Show more

We hear why farmers say farming deserves a bigger budget and the impact of closing another west country fish market. Show more

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Manifesto week kicks off with the Liberal Democrats: we talk to Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper Show more

Paul Collier, Joanna Kusiak and Matthew Xia discuss what can be done to improve areas of neglect and deprivation, with Tom Sutcliffe. Show more

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

Conservationist Isabella Tree on a new documentary about her rewilding experiment. Show more

Robin Ince explores ideas around the birth of the universe and wonders whether the phrase 'the big bang' has helped us understand how the cosmos came about. Show more

Hugh Skinner reads Orlando Whitfield’s dazzling account of the rise and fall of his friend, art dealer Inigo Philbrick, regarded as the most successful dealer of his generation. Show more

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How easy it to buy a counterfeit football shirt online? As the men’s European football Championships kick off we explore why people are buying them and how big the market is. Show more

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After the far-right make gains in EU elections, how should EU leaders respond? Former Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso gives his thoughts. Show more

We’re kicking off the series by taking you inside the campaign trail and ask how parties make it work to their advantage. Show more

Alan has a suggestion, and one of the Grundys attracts an admirer. Show more

Comedy set in a Scots-Asian corner shop. Bishop Briggs has a crisis of faith - but a dark force lurks in Lenzie. Written by and starring Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary. Show more

Stephen Mangan continues a new short story series, set in an Essex village gripped by chess fever when local child prodigy is chosen to play a grandmaster. Today: fathers and sons. Show more

A sexy frogman, a desert garden and lonely Londoners: writers Samantha Harvey and Darran Anderson discuss books they love with Harriett Gilbert. Show more

Claire Messud talks about her new book, This Strange Eventful History. Plus Kafka's influence on contemporary writing - in story collection A Cage Went In Search Of A Bird. Show more

With a General Election on the horizon, Barnie Choudhury investigates the forces changing the way South Asians vote. Show more

Jay Rayner and the panel are in Doncaster. Joining Jay Sumayya Usmani, Tim Hayward, Rachel McCormack and Dr Annie Gray. Show more

After the European elections, what does the shift toward the right mean for Europe? Also, Evan Davis interviews Home Sec James Cleverly ahead of the Conservative manifesto launch.

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A welcome visit to the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh featuring panellists Fred MacAulay, Milton Jones, Pippa Evans and Rory Bremner, plus Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

There’s a shock for Paul, and Lilian fears the worst. Show more

Jon Bon Jovi on his band's new album, Forever, Clare Pollard and Marina Warner on the origins of fairytales, western The Dead Don't Hurt stars Viggo Mortensen and Vikki Krieps Show more

David Aaronovitch and guests discuss Donald Trump's conviction in the hush money case, examine the cases yet to be heard and ask whether any of this hurts his election chances? Show more

Also, the inescapable pull of a black hole and an EU ban on smoky flavoured crisps. Show more

Paul Collier, Joanna Kusiak and Matthew Xia discuss what can be done to improve areas of neglect and deprivation, with Tom Sutcliffe. Show more

Prospectors by the busload arrive to dig through the rubble in search of more gold sovereigns. Billy Stevenson says he had them all, but a local historian tells a different story. Show more

Rishi Sunak tries to claw back the initiative. Show more

A life in five photographs. 1/5 "Photograph number one. It used to be called Roadside. Some people call it The Girl in the Pink Bikini. Perhaps you recognise it. It won a prize." Show more

Alive and conscious, Evie Bennett lies in a hospital bed. But now her teacher is missing. And DI Ward is talking to crows in her dreams. Lucy Catherine's supernatural thriller. Show more

Evan Davis sits down with Timo Armoo,the entrepreneur who founded influencer business Fanbytes, and sold up for an eight figure sum aged just 27. Show more

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Hugh Skinner reads Orlando Whitfield’s dazzling account of the rise and fall of his friend, art dealer Inigo Philbrick, regarded as the most successful dealer of his generation. Show more

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