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The UK Clinical Eye Research Strategy helps to prioritise focus areas and funding for research into eye diseases and care. It has updated its focus areas, based on patient need. Show more

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Laurie Taylor hears about research by Emma Casey on a mall in Newcastle which revolutionised shopping. Also Katie Appleford on the loss of the shopping experience in Covid. Show more

Sarah Swadling meets a family of Cornish flower growers enjoying a revival in British flowers. Show more

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A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week

Suzi Ruffell makes the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Just Like Us. Show more

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'Boats, boaters, blazers and frocks' - Revd Jeremy Tayler and double Olympic silver medallist Debbie Bruwer lead a service from Henley on Thames as the Henley Royal Regatta begins. Show more

Mary Beard contends that there can be no one-size-fits-all solution to questions of where museum pieces rightfully belong. Show more

Writer Stephen Moss remembers childhood holidays looking for red kites in Wales. Show more

The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell

Professor Patricia Wiltshire, forensic botanist, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

Recent events take their toll on Chris, and there’s a sad goodbye for one family. Show more

An insight into the character of an influential person making the news headlines

Mark Steel is back in town. First stop, Margate. Show more

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Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world.

Carolyn Quinn reveals how serious threats against MPs, their families and staff are now putting the UK's democracy at risk. Show more

Why aren’t my tomato plants flowering? How can I make my garden more manageable and accessible? Kathy and the panel have all the answers in a Potting Shed edition of GQT. Show more

A poetic and surprising story set in Trinidadian Creole and inspired by the landscape and imagination of the author's childhood visits to his grandparents' home. By Anthony Joseph. Show more

Frank Bascombe is taking his troubled teenage son Paul on a road trip, but Frank has troubles of his own, and over this Fourth of July weekend they are all bubbling to the surface. Show more

Johny Pitts speaks to Rita Bullwinkel about her debut novel, Headshot - about the world of girls boxing. Plus Tea Obreht and Mohsin Hamid on writing about displacement. Show more

Join Sue Perkins for her award-winning comedy series Nature Table: the funny show-and-tell series celebrating the natural world and all its funny eccentricities. Show more

During the Spanish Civil War, General Franco acquired St Teresa of Avila's severed hand. He relied on it for spiritual guidance until his death. Show more

Ian McMillan presents the best poetry, new writing and performance with Len Pennie, Malika Booker, Kate Fox, and Michael Symmons Roberts . Show more

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Felix White chooses audio highlights from the past week.

Susan reaches the end of her tether, and Chris has a brainwave.

Robert McCrum looks into his family history to discover the origin of the penalty kick, in a highly personal take on the Northern Irish roots of this sporting psychodrama. Show more

Ros Atkins is joined by legendary magazine editor Tina Brown to explore the key to great communication and share useful ideas for improving our own interactions. Show more

The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience

Matthew Bannister on civil servant Sir Howard Bernstein, author Joan Brady, pilot Gene Nora Jessen and singer Arthur 'Gaps' Hendrickson. Show more

A tribute to former Money Box presenter Vincent Duggleby, who passed away earlier this month. Show more

Suzi Ruffell makes the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Just Like Us. Show more

French voters head to the polls in a snap election that President Macron says will shake people from their 'political fever' - but could also see the far right make further gains. Show more

Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why the French impressionist Claude Monet painted the foggy Thames in central London more often than water lilies, haystacks or Rouen Cathedral. Show more

A mother waits at home for her missing daughter, in this modern retelling of the Persephone myth, set in Wales. This short story by Brennig Davies is read by Mali Harries. Show more

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An 11-year-old boy takes to the stage to recite a poem in front of 7000 people, with the Emperor watching from the front row. Mary Beard tells the story of a child prodigy of Rome. Show more

Bells on Sunday comes from the parish church of St Peters in Alton, Staffordshire Show more

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