US satirist Joe Queenan finds out why France and the United States continually fall out.
DetailsJudith Palmer celebrates the 40th anniversary of Voices, a series of poetry anthologies.
DetailsAmanda Vickery presents dramatised extracts from 18th-century Old Bailey court cases
DetailsHuw Williams appraises classic comedy music written for film, television and radio.
DetailsEdi Stark investigates whether the science and law are at odds in sleepwalking crimes.
DetailsWaldemar Januszczak visits the world's oldest international contemporary art festival.
DetailsMartin Sorrell walks the Sussex Downs which inspired the nature poet Ted Walker.
DetailsJames Crowden brings home a walking stick formerly belonging to author Thomas De Quincey.
DetailsDavid Hare gives his thoughts on the potential future border between Israel and Palestine.
DetailsWinifred Robinson investigates what more could be done to prevent infections in hospitals
DetailsWesley Kerr follows the town of Taunton in its bid to win the Britain in Bloom competition
DetailsThe Australian government's deal with an indigenous community to take their nuclear waste.
DetailsExamining a new internet watchdog to protect children from dangers in the digital world.
DetailsWildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents a composition based on his own recordings.
DetailsPoet Paul Farley investigates the compulsion of some men to collect wild birds' eggs.
DetailsWhat do time capsules say about the people who create them? Ian Peacock goes digging.
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