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Today: Surviving the Chindit war Updated: 2011-11-07 10:55:00 Description: A new book War in the Wilderness: The Chindits in Burma, 1943-1944 tells the remarkable story of the Chindits, an Allied Special Force that suffered heavy losses and faced extreme physical and psychological pressures in Asia during the Second World W...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Bankers 'also have moral concerns' Updated: 2011-11-07 10:47:00 Description: A report into the standard of morals and ethics in the financial sector, carried out by St Paul's Cathedral's Institute and due to be published on the day after Canon Giles Fraser resigned, has been delayed because of the protest camp. The former Cha...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Greece 'does not belong to the Greek people' Updated: 2011-11-07 10:41:00 Description: John Humphrys has spent the weekend in Athens talking to those paying the price of their government's massive spending spree....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack Updated: 2011-11-07 06:26:00 Description: The future of the euro as Greece forms a new governement. And David Cumming, Head of UK Equities at Standard Life Investments, analyses the markets....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Johnny Depp, fame 'doesn't exist without a price' Updated: 2011-11-05 11:13:00 Description: Before the writer Hunter S. Thompson shot himself in 2005, the actor Johnny Depp had promised that he would turn one of his earliest manuscripts, called the Rum Diary, into a film. Sarah Montague went to meet Johnny Depp and asked him how he had come...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'Border Agency is allowing anyone to come in' Updated: 2011-11-05 11:07:00 Description: The head of the UK Border Force has been suspended amid accusations of deliberately scaling down some identity checks. Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs select committee, explains why he is unhappy with the revelations....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'An awful moment for Greece' Updated: 2011-11-05 11:02:00 Description: After a week of turmoil, John Humphrys has been gauging the mood of the young people in front of the parliament building in Athens....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Osborne, G20 summit is not pre-cooked Updated: 2011-11-04 11:10:00 Description: The G20 summit in Cannes has been overshadowed by turmoil within Greece as it seeks to wrestle with its continuing debt problem. Speaking from the summit, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne outlines his hopes, both for a resolution of the Gre...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Barroso: all problems will be solved Updated: 2011-11-04 11:02:00 Description: After a chaotic day in the Greek parliament, it appears there will not be a referendum on the eurozone bailout package, but that Greek prime minister George Papandreou position is in jeopardy. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso tells T...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'We have to balance being responsible with being competitive' Updated: 2011-11-04 10:50:00 Description: In his first in-depth broadcast interview since taking over Barclays, its chief executive Bob Diamond has admitted that Britain's banks "have to balance being responsible with being competitive"....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack Updated: 2011-11-04 06:24:00 Description: Barclays boss Bob Diamond's has defended the banking industry during his speech as guest speaker at yesterday's BBC Today Programme Business Lecture. And Georg Grodski, Head of Credit Research at Legal & General Investment Management, on the markets'...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'It's not just Greece. It's a much deeper problem' Updated: 2011-11-03 11:01:00 Description: The French and Germans have told Greece that if they vote no in the referendum they will not get any bailout money and should leave the euro. Harvard economics professor Ken Rogoff analyses what could happen to the eurozone if the referendum goes ahe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Oxford pop - more than just Radiohead Updated: 2011-11-03 10:56:00 Description: A new film - Anyone Can Play Guitar - aims to put Oxford back on the music scene, highlighting the global success of both Radiohead and Supergrass, but also celebrating the influence of many lesser-known bands. Entertainment reporter Colin Paterson h...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Family justice, in the slow lane Updated: 2011-11-03 10:50:00 Description: David Norgrove, who has been given the job of reviewing the way family law works in England and Wales, wants to reduce delays in the courts to a legal limit of six months by asking judges to no longer scrutinise detailed plans for children in care, b...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack Updated: 2011-11-03 06:25:00 Description: Greece will have to decide whether it wants to stay in the Eurozone when it votes on the bailout deal. And Simon Derrick, Head of Currency Research at BNY Mellon, discusses the US Federal Reserve's intention to keep interest rates at record lows unti...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: TV, from 'lookers in' to 3D viewers Updated: 2011-11-02 10:45:00 Description: It is 75 years ago that the BBC first broadcast a continuous high definition television service - the TV we recognise today. John Trenouth, a television historian, and Adrian Mars, a technology journalist and futurologist, discuss the long-term signi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Christopher Jefferies 'disturbed' by press slurs Updated: 2011-11-02 10:34:00 Description: Joanna Yeates' landlord Christopher Jefferies received damages payments from eight newspapers who branded him a "freak" and "a peeping tom" after being arrested by police investigating her murder. Mr Jefferies, who was released without charge, descri...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Finance 'an issue of ethics, morality and God' Updated: 2011-11-02 10:24:00 Description: After days of criticism from the public and the press, St Paul's Cathedral has now made it clear it will not be trying to evict anti-capitalist protesters from its grounds, while acknowledging the protestors demands that "something must be done". The...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack Updated: 2011-11-02 06:15:00 Description: Dominic Rossi, global chief investment officer at Fidelity Worldwide Investment, talks about the sharp fall of the financial markets yesterday after news of the potential unravelling of the EU bailout package agreed only last week. And as markets rem...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Why do August babies lag behind? Updated: 2011-11-01 10:56:00 Description: Detailed research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies suggests that there is a big difference between the paths followed by children born in August and September, such as the likelihood to go to a top university or score lower in the National Achieve...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'Large-scale action' needed against cybercrime Updated: 2011-11-01 10:46:00 Description: The government is increasingly worried about cybercrime, with the number of attacks on the rise and companies spending vast amounts trying to protect themselves. Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering at Cambridge University and Misha Glenn...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Greek poll 'political blackmail' Updated: 2011-11-01 10:37:00 Description: What will the Greek prime minister's plans for a referendum mean for the euro bailout deal agreed last week? Greek MEP Anni Podimata and the Athens Chamber of Commerce's Constantine Michalos debate the country's referendum on the euro debt deal....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack Updated: 2011-11-01 06:28:00 Description: How much has the UK economy grown over the last three months? And the eurozone debt crisis has claimed its first victim - US broking company MF Global filed for bankruptcy after a large exposure to eurozone debt....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Are video games an art form? Updated: 2011-10-31 10:48:00 Description: The organisers of a new competition for games - the Gamecity prize - are calling for video games to be embraced as an art form. Charlie Higson, the writer of the Young James Bond books was on the panel and the writer Ekow Eshun, former director of th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Adoption process 'frustrating' Updated: 2011-10-31 10:40:00 Description: The government wants English councils to do a better job of speeding the process of adoption. Andrew, who has just gone through the process with his wife, explains how difficult it is to adopt a child....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: EU isolation 'costs jobs, growth and livelihoods' Updated: 2011-10-31 10:32:00 Description: The government needs growth. Its hopes of convincing people of economic recovery, while they are in the throes of deep cuts in public spending, depend on signs of job creation and investment. The deputy prime minister Nick Clegg explains how this sec...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack Updated: 2011-10-31 06:35:00 Description: As the president of the European central bank steps down after eight years, did the ECB under his leadership do enough to prevent the crisis happening?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Camels' milk ice-cream comes to UK Updated: 2011-10-29 10:27:00 Description: This month sees a new ice cream on the shelves made from camels' milk which the producers say has got less fat and more vitamins than normal ice-cream. The BBC's Anna Holligan went to the Netherlands to visit the only commercial camel farm in Europe....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: The changing face of the City Updated: 2011-10-29 10:22:00 Description: This week saw the 25th anniversary of the Big Bang in the City of London, a slew of deregulation that set off huge changes and expansion of the City. Evan Davis met up with historian David Kynaston, who has written a history of the city, for a quick ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'Jesus would have stood with protesters... and talked to bankers' Updated: 2011-10-29 10:16:00 Description: When faced with anti-capitalist demonstrators, where should the Church of England stand? John Reynolds, who chairs the Church's Ethical Investment Advisory Group and Professor Marina Warner, cultural historian at the University of East Anglia, discus...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Diary tells of life in 'Dad's Army' Updated: 2011-10-28 09:48:00 Description: A diary kept by Rodney Foster about what it was like to be in the Home Guard in Kent, with entries for every single day of World War II from 1940 onwards, is being published this week. Shaun Sewell, an antique dealer who found the diary and Mr Foster...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'A closed little club' sets executive pay Updated: 2011-10-28 09:41:00 Description: Pay for the directors of the UK's top businesses rose 50% over the past year, Incomes Data Services has claimed. John Purcell, managing director of head-hunters Purcell & Co, and Deborah Hargreaves, chair of the High Pay Commission debate why executi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Sir Martin Sorrell defends top pay Updated: 2011-10-28 09:34:00 Description: A report has found that top executives in the UK are getting paid 49% more than they were last year. Chief executive of WPP, the world's biggest advertising company, Sir Martin Sorrell, saw his pay rise by 70% last year. He explains why he deserv...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack Updated: 2011-10-28 05:33:00 Description: Kerry Brown, from the foreign thinktank Chatham House, on Europe asking China for support in the eurozone bailout package. And John Nelson, new head of Lloyds of London, on the strain of natural disasters on the insurance market....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Simon Mann, 'my life as a mercenary' Updated: 2011-10-27 09:55:00 Description: Simon Mann has published Cry Havoc, the story of his life as an international mercenary, written in the style of an adventure thriller. Speaking to James Naughtie, he said he made about £10m from his mercenary activities in Angola, but "however ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Osborne, eurozone leaders must 'maintain momentum' Updated: 2011-10-27 09:42:00 Description: The chancellor, George Osborne, says it is "crucial" that eurozone leaders "maintain the momentum" and avoid delays in implementing the deal agreed at yesterday's EU summit. Mr Osborne told Today presenter Evan Davis that the summit had made "ver...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Ken Clarke, sentence change 'not an easy step' Updated: 2011-10-27 09:32:00 Description: The Justice Secretary says he intends to introduce, for the first time, mandatory sentences for some crimes other than murder in England and Wales. Kenneth Clarke explains why he is making the change....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack Updated: 2011-10-27 05:34:00 Description: Jens Larsen, of RBC Capital Markets and Thomas Heurtas, formerly of the European Banking Authority on the markets' reaction to decisions made in Europe to tackle the eurozone debt crisis. And David Geen, of the General Counsel of the International Sw...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Archer, royal succession rules 'farcical' Updated: 2011-10-26 10:10:00 Description: David Cameron has written to Commonwealth leaders asking for support in changing Royal succession laws, allowing for the first-born child of Prince William and Kate, whether a girl or boy, to be next in line to the throne. Lord Jeffrey Archer and the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Breast screening benefits 'exaggerated' Updated: 2011-10-26 10:03:00 Description: An independent review is to examine the merits of the NHS breast cancer screening programme in England following research which questioned the effectiveness of screening. Professor Sir Mike Richards, the cancer director for England, and Professor Mic...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Lamont, 'Eurozone agreement is crucial' Updated: 2011-10-26 09:55:00 Description: The latest European summit is being billed as the last chance to come up with a solution to the eurozone debt crisis. Business editor Robert Peston and former chancellor Lord Lamont discuss the implications for Britain if an agreement is not found....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack. Updated: 2011-10-26 05:34:00 Description: Shahin Vallee of the European think tank Bruegel Institute on the sticking points of coming up with a solution to the eurozone debt crisis. And Christopher North from Amazon.co.uk on whether the Kindle has caused the company's latest profits to nose ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: World faces 'consumption bomb' Updated: 2011-10-25 09:49:00 Description: The United Nations is reporting that the world's population is due to reach seven billion. The BBC's Mike Wooldridge reports from Ethiopia on the pressures a booming population puts on a country. Fred Pearce, author of the new book Peoplequake, and t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Bluebird 'just went too fast' Updated: 2011-10-25 09:34:00 Description: A new book on the crash of the Bluebird in 1966 gives a scientific account of the last water speed record attempt made by British speed record breaker, Donald Campbell, who died in the attempt. His daughter Gina Campbell and the book's author Neil Sh...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'Melange of reasons' for rebellion Updated: 2011-10-25 09:22:00 Description: Even though an EU referendum was voted down in the House of Commons, 81 Conservative MPs still rebelled against their leader. Education Secretary Michael Gove gives his reaction to the vote....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack Updated: 2011-10-25 05:32:00 Description: MF Global's Simon Maughan on the latest results from Swiss banking giant UBS. And the BBC's Chris Morris reports from Athens on some of the solutions under discussion to the Greek government debt....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Saudi custom 'to be modest' Updated: 2011-10-24 11:13:00 Description: In the latest in a series of reports from Saudi Arabia, Edward Stourton examines the importance of privacy and convention in Saudi society and how different things can be behind closed doors....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Emma Thompson Burma 'seems to be opening up' Updated: 2011-10-24 11:01:00 Description: According to the charity ActionAid, Burma may be reaching a tipping point with the release of political prisoners and the easing of censorship. The actress Emma Thompson has just visited Burma as an ambassador for the charity....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'No costless solution' to eurozone crisis Updated: 2011-10-24 10:19:00 Description: EU member states are looking to solve the eurozone crisis using a three-pronged approach to dealing with Greece, the banks, and beefing up the rescue fund. Business editor Robert Peston reports on whether this will be enough and Professor of banking ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Commons EU motion 'Wrong question, wrong time' Updated: 2011-10-24 10:09:00 Description: The House of Commons will be voting on whether to hold a referendum on Britain's future in the EU as tensions flare between European leaders in Brussels. Political editor Nick Robinson reports and Foreign Secretary William Hague explains why he belie...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack. Updated: 2011-10-24 05:26:00 Description: Business news with Simon Jack. After a weekend of discussions on the eurozone, Carsten Brzeski, of ING Belgium analyses the decisions still to be made by European leaders on a solution to the debt crisis. And Marex Spectron's Jamie Stewart on why com...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: The arcane power of the haka Updated: 2011-10-22 09:22:00 Description: The BBC's Alastair Eykyn examines the history of the All Blacks' traditional pre-match challenge, the haka....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Obama's 'me time' Updated: 2011-10-22 09:13:00 Description: Mark Mardell analyses how the US decision to withdraw its troops from Iraq has affected the president's re-election bid....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: EU ministers chew over Greek bailout plan Updated: 2011-10-22 08:46:00 Description: German MEP Elmar Brok and HSBC's Steven Major analyse the prospects of agreement on a Greek debt bailout....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Do Saudis want nuclear weapons? Updated: 2011-10-21 10:06:00 Description: This week, the Treasury froze the assets of five men alleged to have been involved in an Iranian plot to blow up the Saudi ambassador in Washington, a case the US has referred to the UN Security Council. Edward Stourton reports from Saudi Arabia on h...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Danny Glover - 'History is made by young people' Updated: 2011-10-21 10:02:00 Description: Actor Danny Glover has co-produced a documentary about the black power struggle of the 60s and 70s in the United States. Nicola Stanbridge speaks to him about the parallels he sees with the current protest movement....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'Pride' over UK role in Gaddafi's fall Updated: 2011-10-21 09:51:00 Description: Celebrations continued throughout the night in Libya following the death of Colonel Gaddafi. Correspondent Wyre Davies reports from Tripoli. And Defence Secretary Philip Hammond gives his reaction to the death....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack Updated: 2011-10-21 05:31:00 Description: The BBC's Nigel Cassidy reports on the news that a second EU summit is to be held as France and Germany announce they need more time to come up with a plan to tackle the crisis in the eurozone. And Lord Karan Bilimoria, founder and chairman of Cobra ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Ohio resident: 'They got a taste of human blood' Updated: 2011-10-20 10:44:00 Description: Police in the US state of Ohio have been hunting down dozens of dangerous animals, including lions, tigers, cheetahs, wolves and grizzly bears, which went on the run from a local reserve. Fred Polks Snr, a resident of Zanesville Ohio, describes how s...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Mitchell: 'Zero tolerance' for aid corruption Updated: 2011-10-20 10:25:00 Description: British aid is feeding more than 2.4 million people in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa, according to new government figures. Correspondent Mike Wooldridge reports from Adada in eastern Ethiopia near the border with Somalia where, three months aft...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Tory MP would defy Cameron on EU vote Updated: 2011-10-20 10:14:00 Description: Eurosceptic Conservative backbenchers will face a test of loyalty later this month when the Commons debates whether to stage a referendum on Britain leaving the EU or renegotiating its membership. Political editor Nick Robinson reports on how the pri...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack Updated: 2011-10-20 05:37:00 Description: Damian Carolan of the law firm Allen & Overy on new regulations to limit financial speculators. And Maria McCaffery of RenewableUK on the possibility that the UK windpower industry will have its government subsidies cut....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Churchill's dinners Updated: 2011-10-19 09:53:00 Description: Did Winston Churchill's skill as a host ease international relations? Cita Stelzer, author of Dinner with Churchill, and former diplomat and politician George Walden discuss the link between dining and diplomacy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Is £750 too much for egg donors? Updated: 2011-10-19 09:38:00 Description: New rules on compensation for egg donors are expected to be approved today, which will see women donors receive a flat fee of £750 per cycle, an increase of £500. Professor Lisa Jardine of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and Dr Dav...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: The museum in a book Updated: 2011-10-19 09:33:00 Description: A new book called The Art Museum, published by Phaidon, tries to make a museum from a book. Amit Sood, founder of the Google Arts Project, Sandy Nairne, Director of the National Portrait Gallery and Phaidon's Amanda Renshaw at Phaidon, debate if you ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: A home 'is more than just a place to live' Updated: 2011-10-19 09:25:00 Description: Some 25 million bedrooms lie unoccupied in British homes according to a report by the Intergenerational Foundation. It says much of Britain's housing is unused despite a housing shortage affecting primarily the younger generation. Reporter Sancha Ber...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack Updated: 2011-10-19 05:32:00 Description: Business news with Simon Jack with Lord Wolfson on the best way for a country to leave the euro. And the BBC's Nigel Cassidy reports from Greece where he has been speaking to one factory owner who thinks returning to the Drachma would be a disaster....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Spain's stolen babies Updated: 2011-10-18 10:13:00 Description: People in Spain have been shocked by revelations of mass baby trafficking and the theft of newborn babies over decades, up to the 1990s, involving respected doctors, nuns and priests. Randy Ryder, tells his story about finding out about being adopted...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'We lived the dream that we're equal' Updated: 2011-10-18 10:05:00 Description: The veteran Egyptian feminist and novelist Dr Nawal El-Saadawi was given the Outstanding Achievement award at the Women of the Year lunch on Monday for her life's work as an activist and novelist. Dr El-Saadawi talks about her political activism and ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Both sides await mideast prisoner swap Updated: 2011-10-18 09:56:00 Description: The captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is due to be freed today after five years in captivity, in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners being held by Israel. The BBC's middle east correspondent Kevin Connolly reports from Gaza City on...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack Updated: 2011-10-18 05:19:00 Description: Business news with Simon Jack with a preview of the latest inflation figures with Peter Warburton, director of the consultancy Economic Perspectives. And Ralph Silva, a banking analyst for SRN, on losses and job cuts in Goldman Sachs....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Time tourists Updated: 2011-10-17 10:17:00 Description: he best time and place to be alive is the subject of a discussion in the latest edition of The Economist's quarterly, Intelligent Life. Historians Patrick Dillon and Kate Williams discuss their choices of where and when they would like to live....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Are energy price rises inevitable? Updated: 2011-10-17 10:08:00 Description: The government is holding an energy summit with the big six energy companies, consumer groups and the energy regulator Ofgem to discuss high energy bills. Phil Bentley of British Gas and Energy Secretary Chris Huhne debate what can be done to keep th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: BBC reporter under fire in Sirte Updated: 2011-10-17 09:13:00 Description: Gaddafi loyalists are continuing to hold onto power in the centre of the city of Sirte. Wyre Davis reports from the city, coming under fire in a supposedly safe area of the city....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack Updated: 2011-10-17 05:29:00 Description: Business news with Simon Jack with Ernst and Young's Peter Spencer on why they have cut their outlook for economic growth. And Michael Arghyrou, senior lecturer in economics at Cardiff Business School on Greek debt and how to stop any default spreadi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'The tectonics of globalisation' Updated: 2011-10-15 09:56:00 Description: The American economist Jeffrey Sachs has added his own work to the growing collection of books on the financial crisis. He told Today presenter Evan Davis about "the tectonics of globalisation"....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Fox resignation 'will weaken government' Updated: 2011-10-15 09:48:00 Description: Dr Fox has concluded he couldn't carry on in his cabinet role and handed his resignation to the prime minister yesterday. Peter Bone, Conservative MP for Wellingborough and supporter of Dr Fox, gives his views on the defence secretary's resignation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Ofsted head to tackle coasting and incompetent teachers Updated: 2011-10-15 09:40:00 Description: The government has chosen Sir Michael Wilshaw to be the next chief inspector of schools. He outlines how he will tackle the new role heading up Ofsted....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Can Mrs Beeton be beaten? Updated: 2011-10-14 10:37:00 Description: This week marks the 150th anniversary of the first publication of Mrs Beeton's classic How to Cook. Chef and food writer Gerard Baker, who has updated Mrs Beeton's recipe in his new book, and chef Clarissa Dickson Wright discuss how important Mrs Bee...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: New PCC head promises 'renewal' Updated: 2011-10-14 10:26:00 Description: Tory peer and former cabinet minister Lord Hunt has been appointed as the new head of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), succeeding Peta Buscombe who resigned following the phone hacking scandal. Lord Hunt outlines where he plans to take the PCC....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Why are the elderly being failed? Updated: 2011-10-14 07:17:00 Description: Following on from the Care Quality Commission's damning report on NHS elderly care, many listeners contacted the Today programme to share their own experiences. Dame Joan Bakewell, former government champion for the elderly, and Dr Raymond Tallis, ph...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack Updated: 2011-10-14 05:27:00 Description: Business news with Simon Jack. Our Europe correspondent Nigel Cassidy reports from Paris on the downgrading of Spain's credit rating cut ahead of G20 finance ministers meeting. And the co-founder of Rachel's Organics, Rachel Rowlands talks about the ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Private rents 'becoming unaffordable' Updated: 2011-10-13 11:15:00 Description: According to a report by the housing charity Shelter, it is becoming almost impossible for ordinary working families to afford private rents in England. Andrew Hosken reports....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Architecture 'not just for super-rich' Updated: 2011-10-13 11:03:00 Description: A major exhibition has opened at the Barbican Art Gallery of the work of OMA - described as "one of the most influential architectural practices working today". The Dutch architect behind it, Rem Koolhaas, reflects on how bespoke architecture should ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'Care should not be a lottery' Updated: 2011-10-13 10:49:00 Description: A Care Quality Commission (CQC) report on the treatment of elderly patients in NHS hospitals in England has found that half of the 100 hospitals inspected gave cause for concern and 20 were in breach of the law. Director of Operations Delivery at the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack Updated: 2011-10-13 05:30:00 Description: Cass Business School's, Peter Hahn and Michael Thompson of Standard and Poor's discuss the future of Europe's banks. And the BBC's Nick Servini reports from a new Airbus factory opening in North Wales....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Man Booker shortlist: Julian Barnes Updated: 2011-10-12 10:07:00 Description: The winner of the Man Booker Prize is announced next week. In the run up to the award, the Today programme will be hearing from the six shortlisted authors about their books. First up, arts correspondent Rebecca Jones talks to Julian Barnes about bei...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: US/Iran relations 'could blow up' Updated: 2011-10-12 10:00:00 Description: US authorities say they have charged two men over a plot, linked to Iran, to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to Washington - Iran has denied the accusation. Historian Robert Lacey and Raymond Tanter, who was on the US National Security Council staff...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Traditional female jobs 'have folded in last 25 years' Updated: 2011-10-12 09:51:00 Description: The latest unemployment figures show more than a million women who wanted to work could not find a job. Tracey Copeland, a single mother of three children, outlines the difficulties she faces in finding work. Bristol University's Professor Harriet Br...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack Updated: 2011-10-12 05:37:00 Description: Business news with Simon Jack. The Slovakian parliament has rejected a plan to expand and strengthen the Eurozone bailout fund - Richard Sulik, leader of the party which refused to back expansion and Chris Wheeler, banking analyst at Mediobanca, disc...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: The songs Sandy never sang Updated: 2011-10-11 10:32:00 Description: Sandy Denny was one of the most famous folk singers of the 1970s, after finding fame with Fairport Convention, but died tragically in 1978. Now, the lyrics she wrote in her bleak final months have been turned into songs by singer Thea Gilmore. Davi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Olympic stadium move 'bold' Updated: 2011-10-11 10:20:00 Description: The deal to award West Ham the Olympic Stadium after the London 2012 Games has collapsed, the BBC has learned. The board of the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) has ended negotiations amid concerns over delays caused by the ongoing legal dispute w...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Britain's income squeeze Updated: 2011-10-11 10:07:00 Description: Middle-income families are set to see the biggest fall in their living standards since the 1970s, according to a new report. The Institute for Fiscal Studies estimates the stagnating economy will also push a further 600,000 children into poverty. Dav...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack Updated: 2011-10-11 05:59:00 Description: Business news with Simon Jack, discussing whether Slovakia will hold up the eurozone bail-out, investor John Paulson's bad run, and the unexplained glitch that cut-off internet and messaging services for large numbers of Blackberry users....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Hollingworth 'a wonderful old girl' Updated: 2011-10-10 10:42:00 Description: Clare Hollingworth, the first correspondent to report the outbreak of World War II, is 100 today. In an archive interview she explains how the event unfolded, and world affairs editor John Simpson celebrates her life and work....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Are UK manners improving? Updated: 2011-10-10 10:36:00 Description: A new report counters the claim that Britain has lost its good manners, saying on some standards behaviour is better than it was a generation ago. Home editor Mark Easton looks at the results, and Simon Tucker, chief executive of the Young Foundation...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'Smear and innuendo' against Fox Updated: 2011-10-10 10:26:00 Description: Dr Liam Fox's fate will be decided later when David Cameron is handed a report into his dealings with a close friend and whether or not he since lied about it. Political editor Nick Robinson and Conservative MP Greg Hands examine the defence secretar...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Simon Jack Updated: 2011-10-10 05:42:00 Description: Business news with Simon Jack. Marie Diron, senior economic advisor to the Ernst and Young Eurozone forecast is in as the Prime Minister calls for a "big bazooka" approach to resolving the eurozone debt crisis, the markets guest is Richard Hunter, he...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: George Baker 'loved his work' Updated: 2011-10-08 10:20:00 Description: George Baker, who starred as Chief Inspector Wexford in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, has died aged 80. His daughter Ellie Baker looks back at his life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Cuts concerns 'much higher in north' Updated: 2011-10-08 10:14:00 Description: The governor of the Bank of England has said the economic problems could be the worst ever, but what do the public think? Luke Walton went to a high street on Teesside to test the mood of traders and shoppers, and Ben Page, CEO of Ipsos Mori, reflect...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Fox's 'self-inflicted political crisis' Updated: 2011-10-08 10:06:00 Description: Defence Secretary Liam Fox has arrived in Libya amid many questions about his best man and former flatmate Adam Werrity. Dr Fox withdrew from planned interviews today. Robin Brant is our political correspondent, and Jim Murphy, the shadow defence sec...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: NHS reinvestment 'an illusion' Updated: 2011-10-07 10:39:00 Description: Health service managers say the government is not being straight with the public about the financial constraints the NHS has to face, and that decisions being made to save money are in some cases dangerous for the care that patients need. Health corr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Novelist Coe's melodic play on words Updated: 2011-10-07 09:55:00 Description: The novelist Jonathan Coe has written a play set to song in a bid to find a way of combining words and music. Listen to Jonathan Coe and two of his performers, actor Henry Goodman and Marcus Holdaway from the band the High Llamas, perform an extended...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'Credible fiscal plan' behind QE Updated: 2011-10-07 07:02:00 Description: The governor of the Bank of England has agreed that a further £75bn is to be pumped into the economy through quantitative easing (QE), following Chancellor George Osborne's announcement that credit easing could also be implemented by the Treasury to...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Lesley Curwen Updated: 2011-10-07 05:29:00 Description: The European Central Bank kept rates on hold at 1.5%, also pledging to offer unlimited liquidity to banks with cashflow problems and buy up to 40 billion euros of covered bonds. Peter Thal Larsen of Reuters Breakingviews considers the role of central...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Should 'brutalist' bus station stay or go? Updated: 2011-10-06 11:01:00 Description: Preston Bus Station, once the largest bus station in the world, it is slated for demolition as part of a redevelopment scheme despite being on the list of endangered cultural sites by the 2012 World Monuments Watch. Erica Avrami, director of Worl...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Hype 'part of Jobs's genius' Updated: 2011-10-06 10:56:00 Description: Steve Jobs became one of the best-known names in American business, famous for such products as the iPod, iPhone and the iPad. In the wake of his death, editor of Wired magazine David Rowan and cultural historian Bryan Appleyard of The Sunday Tim...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Darling's doubts about new QE Updated: 2011-10-06 10:42:00 Description: 0810 For the first time in months, there is genuine suspense today, over the regular decision of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee on whether to implement more quantitative easing: the policy of creating and spending money to stimulat...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Dominic Laurie. Updated: 2011-10-06 05:35:00 Description: Chief economist at the british venture capital association Colin Ellis previews the latest decision on interest rates from the Bank of England and CEO of Vocalink, Marion King talks about why there's been a slowdown in take home pay....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: WWII book 'a history for 21st century' Updated: 2011-10-05 10:23:00 Description: Sir Max Hastings' new book on the Second World War, All Hell Let Loose, makes use in part of personal testimony from veterans of the War. Sir Max and Colonel John Llewellyn Waddy, who fought in the war, examine whether our link to that conflict will ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: PM 'is catching up with events' Updated: 2011-10-05 10:16:00 Description: The prime minister is to tell his party conference today that the only way out of a debt crisis is to deal with your debts. His speech comes on the day that two of our biggest retail groups, Tesco and Sainsburys, announce their latest results. Sainsb...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Hague - EU treaty talks 'years away' Updated: 2011-10-05 10:05:00 Description: Despite Europe being a divisive issue for the Conservative Party, behind the scenes at Whitehall, work is going on to discuss possible scenarios if and when eurozone countries are forced into closer fiscal union. William Hague discusses the options....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Lesley Curwen. Updated: 2011-10-05 05:39:00 Description: Attempts to stem the eurozone crisis have been rocking the world's financial markets again. Andrew Bell, chief executive of Witan Investment Trust examines the implications of this. And the BBC's Nigel Cassidy looks at why austerity measures in Greec...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Italian courts 'slow but fair' Updated: 2011-10-04 09:26:00 Description: Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Rafaelle Sollecito have walked free after being cleared for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy. Alessandro Canali, a lawyer in Rome, gives his reaction....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Harris - Computers rule finance markets Updated: 2011-10-04 09:20:00 Description: The real threat to the world's financial system is fear and the people who trade in it according to a new book. Author of The Fear Index, Robert Harris, and former derivatives trader and author Mike O'Hara discuss if the financial crisis has slipped ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'An economy that works for everybody' Updated: 2011-10-04 09:11:00 Description: The prime minister said at the Conservative Party Conference that "we have got to explain to people that there is something better at the end of this." David Cameron explains his vision....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Lesley Curwen Updated: 2011-10-04 05:43:00 Description: George Osborne is off to Europe to oppose new financial regulation he fears might stall growth in the UK. Sharon Bowles of the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee looks at his proposals. And File on 4 reporter Gerry Northam ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'For a child, war is like watching TV' Updated: 2011-10-03 11:13:00 Description: Controversial French author Tomi Ungerer and children's writer Judith Kerr will speak at the Children's Book Show in London this evening. They discuss how their experiences of the Second World War influenced their writing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Nato - 'Very little we can do in Sirte' Updated: 2011-10-03 10:56:00 Description: Supporters of Colonel Gaddafi are still fighting to keep control of his home town of Sirte in Libya. The UN's Baroness Amos describes conditions for residents trying to escape the city and Nato spokesman Colonel Roland Lavoie explains the alliance's ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Osborne: UK has got to pay its way Updated: 2011-10-03 10:40:00 Description: On the first full day of the Conservative Party Conference, the chancellor will lay out his plans for growth in the UK. George Osborne outlines his strategy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Lesley Curwen Updated: 2011-10-03 05:43:00 Description: The Institute of Directors is pressing the government to adopt new measures to get growth going. The IOD's new director general Simon Walker discusses their concerns. And Toby Croasdell of Barclays Capital talks about bonds in the retail market....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Avoiding linguistic extinction Updated: 2011-10-01 11:53:00 Description: It is estimated that world languages are dying out at the rate of one every fortnight. This statistic has prompted a small group of linguists in New York to form the Endangered Language Alliance. Our reporter Matt Wells visited them at their field st...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'No NHS mechanism for change' Updated: 2011-10-01 11:37:00 Description: The Royal College of Surgeons have issued a report revealing more than 50% of patients suffer complications after having abdominal surgery. Sir Gerry Robinson is the businessman who presented the TV series called Can Gerry Robinson Fix the NHS?, and ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Dizaei: I will clear my name Updated: 2011-10-01 11:18:00 Description: Ali Dizaei joined Scotland Yard the same year that the force was condemned as being institutionally racist. He rose to power quickly, but was accused of serious offences which he was then cleared for. Mr Dizaei wants his job back, but the Met refuse ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'The Iliad isn't Barbara Cartland' Updated: 2011-09-30 08:54:00 Description: An American classics professor, Madeline Miller, has written a modern prose novel that takes elements of the The Iliad for its plot. Professor Miller and Dr Peter Jones, co-founder of the charity Friends of the Classics, discuss whether it will encou...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Bahraini doctor 'tortured and threatened with rape' Updated: 2011-09-30 08:47:00 Description: A military court in Bahrain has sentenced a group of 20 medical staff who treated anti-government demonstrators earlier this year to up to 15 years in prison. One of the doctors, Nada Dhaif, shares her story....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'Councils have choice' over weekly bin collections Updated: 2011-09-30 08:41:00 Description: Weekly bin collections may return to England, after the government announced it was establishing a £250m fund to help councils make the switch. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles explains the plans....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Dominic Laurie Updated: 2011-09-30 05:32:00 Description: Business news with Dominic Laurie. Plans for a Europe-wide financial transaction tax have received a mixed reaction across the continent. Emeritus professor of economics at the University of Frankfurt Professor Wilhelm Hankel explains why so many Ger...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'This is just a warm spell, not an indian summer ' Updated: 2011-09-29 08:44:00 Description: This week an Indian summer has come to the UK, with temperatures soaring. Antony Woodward, author of a book about our weather obsessions called The Wrong Kind of Snow, and BBC weatherman Liam Dutton welcome the unexpected heatwave....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Larry Summers on Europe's debt crisis Updated: 2011-09-29 08:36:00 Description: The German parliament votes today on whether to ratify or block efforts to send more money to Greece via the European Financial Stability Fund. Larry Summers, a senior economic adviser to Barack Obama, gives an outsider's perspective on Europe's woes...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: NHS surgery patients 'at risk' Updated: 2011-09-29 08:24:00 Description: The NHS must address the significant variations in care experienced by the 170,000 patients who have major emergency abdominal surgery each year, according to a new report. Jo Webber, deputy director of policy at the NHS Confederation, and Dr Tony Do...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Dominic Laurie Updated: 2011-09-29 05:34:00 Description: The German parliament votes later this morning on plans to expand the powers of the eurozone bailout fund. Daniel Gros, director of the Centre for European Policy Studies, and Sony Kapoor, managing director of the international think tank Re-Define, ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Children 'have a better life' in countryside Updated: 2011-09-28 08:53:00 Description: Is it better to raise children in the city or countryside? Author John O'Farrell and designer Pearl Lowe debate the virtues of urban and rural upbringings....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'Predators v producers too simplistic' Updated: 2011-09-28 08:46:00 Description: Ed Miliband told the Labour Party Conference yesterday that he was pro-business, but made a distinction between good and bad businesses as "producers" and "predators". The General Secretary of the Unite union, Len McCluskey, voices his support for Mr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Miliband: I'm not anti-business Updated: 2011-09-28 08:36:00 Description: In his speech to the Labour Party Conference, Ed Miliband spoke of striking a new bargain between government and people. He explains his comments on business and defends himself against jibes that he is "weird"....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-09-28 05:21:00 Description: Business news with Adam Shaw. Inspectors from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund will be back in Athens today after pulling out of discussions earlier this month. Constantine Michalos, chairman of t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'The healing power of lust' Updated: 2011-09-27 08:54:00 Description: This autumn BBC2 is launching a mixed race season, which will explain why many more people in our society in the future will be of mixed racial background. The geneticist Steve Jones and author Katharine Birbalsingh, who is of Indian and Afro-Caribbe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: The self-sacrifice of sport Updated: 2011-09-27 08:49:00 Description: Mark Cavendish became the world champion road racing cyclist at the weekend, although his individual success was largely due to a team effort. Olympic gold medallist Chris Boardman and former cricketer Ed Smith discuss the place of altruism in profes...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Cancer drugs costs 'not tenable' Updated: 2011-09-27 08:38:00 Description: How much should the state spend to prolong someone's life by a few months? Dr Karol Sikora, one of the one contributing authors to the Lancet Oncology Commission report, and Prof Peter Johnson of Cancer UK, debate whether the UK is over-spending on c...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-09-27 05:25:00 Description: The past four days have in fact seen the biggest falls in the price of gold in more than twenty years. Steven Bell, a director at the investment firm GLC, considers why. Richard Dunbar, investment director at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, l...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Fry on 'underestimated' language Updated: 2011-09-26 08:56:00 Description: Language should be celebrated more, according to broadcaster Stephen Fry. He explains why his new television programme Planet Word states we shouldn't be afraid of innovation in the English language....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Syria 'at dangerous turning point' Updated: 2011-09-26 08:51:00 Description: Syria's crackdown on anti-government protests continues, with some reports saying 12 civilians have been killed in recent clashes. Lyse Doucet is the first BBC journalist to gain access to the country, and reports on the latest from Damascus....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Balls: Government has 'false consciousness' on economy Updated: 2011-09-26 08:42:00 Description: Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls will today call for a "plan for growth" to kick start the economy and claim his predictions of economic gloom have been vindicated. Political editor Nick Robinson looks ahead to the shadow chancellor's speech to the Labour ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-09-26 05:19:00 Description: Business news with Adam Shaw. Sarah Hewin, senior economist at Standard Chartered and Chris Wheeler, banking analyst at Mediobanca, consider the latest on the deliberations in Washington over the Eurozone crisis. Howard Wheeldon, senior strategist at...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Mirren: Film industry constantly rediscovers audiences Updated: 2011-09-24 08:45:00 Description: Dame Helen Mirren's latest film The Debt, in which she plays a Mossad agent, is out next week. The Today programme's Evan Davis has been talking to her about the role....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Minnelli: What is a gay icon? Updated: 2011-09-24 08:41:00 Description: Liza Minnelli is in the UK to raise money for the Holocaust Centre in Nottinghamshire. The Today programme's Nicola Stanbridge joined her as she visited the centre....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Facebook 'expanding reach into people's lives' Updated: 2011-09-24 08:37:00 Description: Earlier in the week, Facebook relaunched with new features allowing its members to give their entire life story on a single page. Julie Meyer, CEO of Ariadne Capital, and Viktor Mayer-Scheonberger, Professor of Internet Governance at Oxford Internet ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'No food or medicine left in Sirte' Updated: 2011-09-24 08:32:00 Description: For many months little news has emerged from Gaddafi's loyalist stronghold of Sirte, with the town remaining cut-off from the outside world. The Today programme's Mike Thomson has spoken to Mustafa, a resident who fled to Misrata this week, about the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: McCartney 'not in Beatles' shadow' Updated: 2011-09-23 08:52:00 Description: Sir Paul McCartney's latest project , a ballet, opened in New York last night. Arts editor Will Gompertz reviews the former Beatle's first foray into the world of tutus and pirouettes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'Symbolic' quest for Palestine statehood Updated: 2011-09-23 08:47:00 Description: The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will today press for full Palestinian membership of the United Nations. Kevin Connolly garners the view of young Palestinians living on the West Bank. And former British ambassador to the UN, Sir Jeremy Greenst...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'Worries can infect global integration' Updated: 2011-09-23 08:36:00 Description: Today the IMF and the World Bank hold their annual meetings in Washington, with Western economies once more staring into the financial abyss. The BBC's Stephanie Flanders and Robert Peston consider the verity of the situation. And Jim O'Neill, chair ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Dominic Laurie Updated: 2011-09-23 05:22:00 Description: Business news with Dominic Laurie. High drama has returned to trading floors as markets plunged further into the red, and warnings over the health of the global economy intensified. Jeremy Stretch, markets strategist at CIBC bank, and Richard Hunter,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Are you a "Dagenham Dave"? Updated: 2011-09-22 11:07:00 Description: Are you a "Dagenham Dave" who's gone "harpic"; perhaps you've got an appointment with the "fang farrier" today. If you have no clue what the previous sentence meant, you have not served in the Royal Navy. They are all examples of British Naval slang ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Evans: Press self-regulation has failed Updated: 2011-09-22 11:02:00 Description: Sir Harold Evans, one of the most celebrated of newspaper editors in this country in recent times, tells his story and particularly the controversial takeover of the papers by Rupert Murdoch, in his journalistic memoir Good Times, Bad Times. Sir Evan...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lansley: NHS Trust's 'at risk' from PFI Updated: 2011-09-22 10:46:00 Description: Health Secretary Andrew Lansley says he has been contacted by no fewer than 22 health service trusts in England who say their "clinical and financial stability" is being threatened because of payment they are having to make for private finance initia...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business news with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-09-22 05:53:00 Description: Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics, based in New York, talks about the bond buying programme called The Twist. Richard Jeffery chief investment officer at Cazenove Capital management, analyses the markets and Allan Leighton bo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Zappa 'a humane and unusual man' Updated: 2011-09-21 09:39:00 Description: In 1967 a chance encounter with a musical legend, Frank Zappa, changed one young secretary's life forever. Frank Zappa summoned Pauline Butcher to his London hotel room to type up the controversial lyrics of his new album. Pauline Butcher has now wri...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Met's 'worrying mindset' on Dowler stories Updated: 2011-09-21 09:33:00 Description: On Tuesday, London's Metropolitan Police Service, said it had dropped an application to force the Guardian newspaper to disclose the sources for its reports on the News International phone-hacking affair. The Guardian editor, Alan Rusbridger, analyse...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Alexander denies 'capital boost' reports Updated: 2011-09-21 09:27:00 Description: here are mixed messages coming from government. On the one hand from Cabinet sources comes the suggestion to the BBC's Nick Robinson that there might be money found for extra capital spending without the deficit reduction plan being abandoned. On the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business news with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-09-21 05:50:00 Description: Philip Shaw Chief Economist at Investec; Robert Talbut Chief Investment Officer at Royal London Asset Management; Heather Self Director at McGrigors law firm and Andrew Edison President for Europe, Middle East and Asia at AT&T....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Eurozone leaders 'must speak with one voice' Updated: 2011-09-20 12:04:00 Description: Greece's finance minister, Evangelos Venizelos, held an emergency teleconference with international creditors on Monday, hours after pledging to speed up reforms and civil-service staff cuts. Global markets were sceptical about the promises and stock...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Clegg: Doubtful UK will join Euro in political lifetime Updated: 2011-09-20 11:52:00 Description: Deputy prime minister and the leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, discusses the economy and the deficit reduction plan....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business news with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-09-20 05:36:00 Description: Jan Randolph, director of Sovereign Risk at IHS Global Insight talks about the euro crisis; Louise Cooper from BGC partners analyses the markets and Tony Smith Chief Executive of the Consumer Council for Water, examines customer complaints in his ind...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Opera: The Passenger Updated: 2011-09-19 10:14:00 Description: An Opera called The Passenger written more than 40 years ago only receives its British premiere tonight at the English National Opera. It was only performed last year in Austria, where it received outstanding reviews and some critics called it a "mas...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cable: Curb 'reward for failure' Updated: 2011-09-19 10:05:00 Description: The Business Secretary Vince Cable says said it is wrong that people were receiving "lavish rewards" when share prices and basic pay are not increasing at all. Mr Cable tells Today presenter Justin Webb that he wants to "reward success in business" b...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-09-19 08:17:00 Description: Michael Arghyrou, economist from the Cardiff Business School; Max King investment manager and strategist from INVESTEC; Chris Orndorff Senior Portfolio Manager with Western Asset Management in California; and Richard Lloyd-Owen head of M&A at Del...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Degas Exhibition, part 2 Updated: 2011-09-17 10:35:00 Description: In the second of two parts, Today reporter Nicola Stanbridge speaks to Tamara Rojo, Spanish Prima ballerina and principle dancer Royal Ballet and Anne Dumas, co-curator of the exhibition....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Degas Exhibition, part 1 Updated: 2011-09-17 10:22:00 Description: In the first of two parts, Today reporter Nicola Stanbridge speaks to Tamara Rojo, Spanish Prima ballerina and principle dancer Royal Ballet and Anne Dumas, co-curator of the exhibition....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 'Old historic grief' at mine deaths Updated: 2011-09-17 10:16:00 Description: Rescue workers started the day yesterday confident they could save the four missing miners of the tiny Gleision mine near Swansea in South Wales, but it was not to be. Today programme reporter Andrew Hosken is near the mine and has been gauging react...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Israel 'must choose' whether to negotiate Updated: 2011-09-16 11:13:00 Description: A diplomatic showdown is now all but certain at the United Nations next week over the issue of Palestinian statehood. The Palestinian foreign minister has confirmed they will ask the Security Council to accept them as a full member of the UN, but th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The dinosaurs with fluffy feathers Updated: 2011-09-16 11:06:00 Description: Researchers in Canada have discovered dinosaur feathers that have been perfectly preserved in amber and provide the most complete story of feather evolution ever seen. Alberta University's Dr Ryan McKellar who led the team that made the discovery, d...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Romania's European debate Updated: 2011-09-16 10:58:00 Description: The large nations at the heart of Europe such as Germany and France have been debating what should be done about the euro and the wider issue of European integration. But in the eastern European nations that have recently joined the EU, the debate l...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business news with Dominic Laurie Updated: 2011-09-16 06:17:00 Description: Co-ordinated action by five central banks including the USA, the Eurozone, Japan and the UK has lifted stock markets around the world. The banks have offered to lend commercial banks unlimited amounts of US dollars from October until the end of the y...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 'Fonz' over the moon at OBE Updated: 2011-09-15 10:57:00 Description: Henry Winkler, who played the Fonz in the classic US sitcom Happy Days, has been appointed an honorary OBE for his educational work on dyslexia in the UK. He speaks to Today presenter James Naughtie about his work with children who suffer from the d...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Euro collapse 'would blow European cooperation apart' Updated: 2011-09-15 10:51:00 Description: The whole point of the European edifice which began with the Coal and Steel Community in 1952 was the binding together of France Germany and other nations sick of war and the prospect of war, writes Justin Webb. What they fear now is a disintegratio...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 'Mixed picture' on personal care budgets Updated: 2011-09-15 10:45:00 Description: The National Audit Office has warned of shortcomings in the new social care system introduced in England. Everyone eligible for state funded care will now get "personal budgets" and can choose their own providers, but the National Audit office says t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Marvin Hamlisch: Still on song Updated: 2011-09-15 10:33:00 Description: Composer Marvin Hamlisch created some of America's most famous show songs, and worked with artists such as Barbara Streisand and Judy Garland. He speaks to Today presenter James Naughtie about his career, and upcoming shows in London....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business news with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-09-15 06:59:00 Description: A conference call between the leaders of Greece, Germany and France yesterday ended with with two assurances to help avert further crisis in the eurozone. Sarah Hewin, head of European Research for Standard Chartered Bank, assesses the markets' react...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Le Carre: Oldman 'Smiley waiting to explode' Updated: 2011-09-14 10:53:00 Description: A new big screen adaptation of the classic Cold War spy novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy premiered last night, starring Gary Oldman as the latest George Smiley. The book's author John Le Carre talks about the adaptation and the inspiration behind his...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dale Farm evictions 'infringe rights' Updated: 2011-09-14 10:41:00 Description: A United Nations advisory group has accused the UK of double standards in its treatment of travellers at Dale Farm in Essex, where authorities plan to evict 86 families from the site. Professor Yves Cabannes, chair of the UN Advisory Group on Forced...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lawson calls for 'orderly dissolution' of euro Updated: 2011-09-14 10:07:00 Description: The leaders of Germany, France and Greece will hold urgent talks later to discuss their response to the growing crisis in the eurozone. The BBC's Robert Peston, Business for New Europe's Roland Rudd and former chancellor Lord Lawson analyse another c...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business news with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-09-14 07:07:00 Description: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou will today hold a telephone conference call in further efforts to stop the euro crisis. John Velis, head of Capital Markets Research for Russ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD '£500k to restore Dahl shed' Updated: 2011-09-13 10:09:00 Description: Ealier in the programme we heard from Sophie Dahl about a campaign to save the shed in which her grandfather - Roald Dahl - wrote his celebrated children's books. Many of you have got in touch to ask why the family or literary estate cannot pay for t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Eurozone 'all over for Greece' Updated: 2011-09-13 10:01:00 Description: The Greek economic crisis continues to weaken the eurozone, with shares in French banks dropping dramatically in the past few days. Our business editor Robert Peston gives the latest, and Sir Howard Davies, former deputy governor of the Bank of Engla...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boundary changes 'like MPs' redundancy plan' Updated: 2011-09-13 09:43:00 Description: The biggest reorganisation of parliamentary seats for generations has begun, with very few seats anywhere in the United Kingdom that won't change. The Electoral Commission's Simon James, Strathclyde University's Professor John Curtice and the BBC's N...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business news with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-09-13 06:08:00 Description: Business news with Adam Shaw. As European bank shares take another plunge because of fears of a potential Greek debt default, Adam is joined by Peter Hahn, banking analyst from Cass Business School. The markets guests are Jane Sydenham, Investment di...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 'I ordered breast of woman on chicken' Updated: 2011-09-12 10:20:00 Description: The Foreign Office is to spend more money on language training for diplomats. Professor David Bellos, director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton University, and Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, who was British ambass...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD MP: Bedfordshire 'slaves' should have been noticed Updated: 2011-09-12 10:15:00 Description: Police in Bedfordshire say they have released 24 men, allegedly held as captives, some for up to 15 years. Local MP Andrew Selous reacts to the discovery....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Vickers: Bank reforms 'will get taxpayers off the hook' Updated: 2011-09-12 10:05:00 Description: The final report of Independent Commission on Banking, set up last year to find ways of avoiding the need for taxpayers to bail out failing banks in the future, is to be published. Its author Sir John Vickers explains the "fundamental and far-reachin...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Business news with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-09-12 05:38:00 Description: As the final report from the Independent Commission on Banking is to be published, Adam is joined by Simon Maughan, banking expert at MF Global, and Dr Andrew Lilico, director of Europe economics. The markets guest is Justin Urquhart Stewart, directo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dropping beats on Today Updated: 2011-09-10 09:54:00 Description: Martin Archer is a radio DJ by night and a space physicist at Imperial College by day. He has put together a "science stage show" in which he engages young audiences in science, and tells us how it is relevant to cool things like being a DJ....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bush aide Card remembers 9/11 Updated: 2011-09-10 09:38:00 Description: One of the many images from 9/11 was President Bush being informed that America was under attack. He was told by White House chief of staff Andy Card, who tells us his memories of that moment....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Blair hits out at 'defeatism' over Islamic radicalism Updated: 2011-09-10 09:30:00 Description: Tomorrow is the tenth anniversary of September 11th, a single day that changed the world. John Humphrys is joined by former prime minister Tony Blair....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: The rise of the "chatbot"? Updated: 2011-09-09 09:15:00 Description: A pair of artificial intelligence robots have spoken to each other for the first time. Two PhD students from Cornell University have given their voices and 2D avatars to a pair of "chatbots" with artificial intelligence, which they named Alan and Sru...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Bjork: 'I'm trying to make peace' Updated: 2011-09-09 09:10:00 Description: The singer Bjork will headline the Bestival Isle of Wight festival this weekend. The Today programme's Nicola Stanbridge has been to meet her to preview her latest album, out next month, which is her most ambitious project yet....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Have we lost our civil liberties? Updated: 2011-09-09 09:04:00 Description: How did 9/11 shift the balance in the UK between security and civil liberties? Today programme presenter John Humphrys talks to former Conservative shadow home secretary David Davis and former Labour home secretary Lord Reid about how to determine wh...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Referral fee ban will counter 'sick culture' Updated: 2011-09-09 08:55:00 Description: The government will today announce plans to ban the practice of referrals, where information about accidents is sold, mainly to personal injury lawyers, to try to encourage people to sue for compensation. Minister for Justice Jonathan Djanogly explai...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Dominic Laurie Updated: 2011-09-09 05:27:00 Description: Business news with Dominic Laurie. President Obama presented a four hundred and fifty billion dollar jobs creation package to Congress overnight. US Analyst Carl Weinberg considers if this will ease America's economic woes. We look at the markets. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: The forgotten tragedy of Leningrad Updated: 2011-09-08 09:32:00 Description: Today marks the 70th anniversary of the start of the 872-day siege of Leningrad, in which thousands of Soviet lives were lost. Anna Reid, author of Leningrad, Tragedy of a City Under Siege, considers why the story of the battle is rarely told....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Baha Mousa 'an isolated case' Updated: 2011-09-08 09:24:00 Description: Findings of the inquiry into the killing of Baha Mousa, who died whilst in British custody in Basra in 2003, will be published today. Sabah Al-Mukhtar, President of the Association of Arab lawyers in the UK, asserts his conviction that abuse in the c...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Balls: Time for Plan B for the economy Updated: 2011-09-08 09:16:00 Description: George Osborne said in a speech this week that he will not change his deficit reduction plan. With a pandemic of economic pain around the world is he right, and is it now time to put talk of a Plan B to bed? Economics editor Stephanie Flanders gives ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-09-08 05:18:00 Description: Law makers in Italy voted through measures to cut the Italian deficit by fifty billion euros or forty four billion pounds last night. Marie Diron, senior economic adviser to the Ernst & Young, considers the consequences. Fathom Consulting's Erik Brit...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: PJ Harvey scoops second Mercury Prize Updated: 2011-09-07 10:09:00 Description: The musician PJ Harvey has become the first person to win the Mercury Prize twice. The BBC's Colin Paterson reports on a little piece of musical history....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'Too many guns' in Tripoli Updated: 2011-09-07 10:05:00 Description: The United States believes a convoy with senior members of the Libya's defunct regime which has entered Niger did not include Gaddafi himself. The BBC's Kevin Connolly reports on life in Tripoli, as the city attempts to return to normal....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Banks 'must have public trust' Updated: 2011-09-07 09:49:00 Description: The Vickers Report on bank regulation is about to be published, and the chancellor is facing pressure from the City to put some of its proposals on hold amid fears that they would inhibit progress towards recovery. Matthew Hancock and Lord Levene co...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-09-07 05:12:00 Description: There might be a vacancy for the job of global safe haven after Switzerland's shock currency intervention yesterday. Jeremy Stretch from CIBC assesses the Swiss national bank's decision. Paul Kavanagh casts an eye over the markets. Holger Schmieding ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today riots debate part 3: A broken society? Updated: 2011-09-06 11:36:00 Description: The final part of last night's riot debate considered the question of morality in Britain today. Are we facing, as the prime minister has suggested, a "slow motion moral collapse", and is this a "broken society"?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today riots debate part 2: Is more intervention needed? Updated: 2011-09-06 11:21:00 Description: In the second part of last night's riots debate, panelists and an invited audience debated the issue of intervention: should local authorities or government intervene more to prevent wrong doing?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today riots debate part 1: what lessons for the police? Updated: 2011-09-06 10:45:00 Description: Last night the Today programme held a special riots debate in Birmingham. The first hour focussed on policing and public order, asking whether the police contributed to the causes of the riots, and if they could have responded better....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-09-06 05:07:00 Description: Business news with Adam Shaw. Extreme volatility returned to markets across Europe yesterday, with the main German index falling to its lowest level in two years. Guiseppe Fontana from Leeds University and Richard Jeffrey of Cazenove Capital Manageme...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: The return of Sooty & Sweep Updated: 2011-09-05 08:46:00 Description: The Sooty Show, one of the UK's longest running children's programmes, is returning to television screens on today. Catherine Howell from the V&A Museum of Childhood joins Sooty and Sweep and new presenter Richard Caddell themselves to consider the p...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Police 'mismanaging resources' Updated: 2011-09-05 08:35:00 Description: Too many police officers in England and Wales are working in back office jobs which could be performed by civilian staff, claims the think tank the Policy Exchange. Acpo's Peter Fahy and Blair Gibb, from the Policy Exchange, discuss the cost of moder...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Britain's 'cosy' relationship with Libya Updated: 2011-09-05 08:25:00 Description: Documents found in Tripoli reveal that Britain and the US worked with Gaddafi in a rendition operation. Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen assesses the claims, and Kim Howells, former foreign office minister and former chair of the Intelligence and Secu...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-09-05 05:15:00 Description: Business news with Adam Shaw. According to a report out today executive pay has shot up over the past decade, even where share prices have fallen. Deborah Hargreaves and John Cridland discuss this. Richard Dunbar from Scottish Widows looks at the mar...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Madonna: Directing was a 'bloody nightmare' Updated: 2011-09-03 09:15:00 Description: Madonna is back directing. Her latest movie, W.E., has received a mixed reception at the Venice Film Festival. The BBC's arts editor Will Gompertz speaks to her about being behind the camera....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 'Long, slow, weak recovery' for UK Updated: 2011-09-03 09:11:00 Description: This week's economic reports make for depressing reading, with the threat of a double recession still looming. The FT's Martin Wolf and City AM's Alistair Heath discuss the outlook for the UK and US economies....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Minister: No planning U-turn Updated: 2011-09-03 08:59:00 Description: Is the government about to make a U-turn on changes to planning rules? Planning minister Greg Clark outlines its position....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Was Shakespeare the author of his plays? Updated: 2011-09-02 08:32:00 Description: A group of academics, actors and celebrities have launched a campaign to stop a new Hollywood film, Anonymous, which suggests that William Shakespeare was not the author of his plays. Arts correspondent David Sillito reports on the impact a movie can...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Should soldiers skip teacher training? Updated: 2011-09-02 08:20:00 Description: Do former soldiers make good teachers? Tom Burkard of the Centre for Policy Studies, who is on the committee for the free school Phoenix in Greater Manchester which plans to employ only former members of the armed forces, and Mary Bousted, of the Ass...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cameron: Riots were 'wake-up moment' for Britain Updated: 2011-09-02 07:46:00 Description: Leaders of Libya's National Transitional Council have been planning the country's future at an international conference in Paris. Prime Minister David Cameron, who chaired the meeting, describes Britain's future approach to the region, as well as rec...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Dominic Laurie Updated: 2011-09-02 06:00:00 Description: An economic statistic with the power to move markets and shift confidence comes out later today. Michelle Fleury reports from Harlem in New York. And Today's Friday boss is Robert Brooks of Bonhams auction houses....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today:Porn teacher defends actions Updated: 2011-09-01 10:29:00 Description: Is it acceptable to be a porn actor while being a teacher? Benedict Garrett worked as a stripper, under the professional name John Anglais, while teaching personal, social and health education. He tells Justin Webb about his reprimand from the Genera...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: People with a 'postive attitude' get better Updated: 2011-09-01 10:12:00 Description: Can the extent of our social networks and connections help us get better treatment and extend our lives should we get diagnosed with a terminal disease? Jane Maher, Macmillan Cancer's chief medical officer, and Merthyr Tydfil GP, Professor Jonathan R...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Hague urges early Libya elections Updated: 2011-09-01 09:56:00 Description: Libya's new leadership, the National Transitional Council, will meet the international community at a conference in Paris, exactly 42 years after Colonel Gaddafi seized power in a military coup. Speaking on the programme, the Foreign Secretary, W...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-09-01 05:48:00 Description: KPMG's Richard Threlfall considers whether the Private Finance Initiative may not be value for money. Laura Lambie, investment director at Williams de Broe, discusses the markets. And David Frost, director general of the British Chamber of Commerce...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Inside the Yakuza Updated: 2011-08-31 10:33:00 Description: Japan's police are cracking down on the Yakuza, the mafia-like crime syndicates, which control large swathes of the country's economic activity....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Charity's doorstep collection warning Updated: 2011-08-31 09:46:00 Description: Less than half of donations to charities do not end up reaching them. The British Heart Foundation says charities make very little money from door-to-door collections. Mike Lucas, retail director of the British Heart Foundation, and Clothes A...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Banking reforms 'could jeopardise recovery' Updated: 2011-08-31 09:35:00 Description: A senior business leader has warned that changes to banking regulation expected to be recommended by an independent commission led by Sir John Vickers might damage the economy by if they result in the banks lending less. The report, due next month,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business News with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-08-31 05:51:00 Description: Payment Protection Insurance has cost British banks billions and analyst Ben Hefferat Defaqto considers the effect on PPI. Henk Potts, Barclays Wealth's equity strategist, discusses the markets. And Norman Baker MP and National Express' Andrew Cleav...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Government 'pulling out all stops' on housing Updated: 2011-08-30 10:12:00 Description: A report says home ownership in England is set to fall to its lowest level since the mid-1980s. Housing minister Grant Shapps considers whether the UK is suffering a housing crisis....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Tripoli massacre 'was supervised by Gaddafi son' Updated: 2011-08-30 10:08:00 Description: More details are beginning to emerge about the most shocking massacre which has come to light so far during the Libyan conflict: the murder of around 150 men in a military base in south east Tripoli exactly a week ago. Today programme reporter An...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: British woman's online kidney appeal Updated: 2011-08-30 09:52:00 Description: A British woman is set to become the first to receive a kidney after advertising for a donor on a US website. Saira Khan, who has had kidney disease for 10 years and has been waiting for a transplant, explains why she felt she had to advertise for a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business News with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-08-30 05:47:00 Description: There have been renewed calls for Europe's leaders to get a move on with measures to help Greece. Sharon Bowles, chair of the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs committee discusses the eurozone. Alpesh Patel, principal at Praefinium ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Is the high street in decline? Updated: 2011-08-29 10:02:00 Description: The high street is having to learn to live in much tougher times. Today presenter Evan Davis speaks to some of the "big beasts" of the retail trade to investigates how shops are coping with challenges from both the economy and new technology....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Magistrates' chief 'angry' at sentencing criticism Updated: 2011-08-29 09:56:00 Description: The Chairman of the Magistrates Association, John Thornhill, has defended the sentences handed down after the riots in England earlier this month. Eoin McLennan-Murray, president of the Prison Governors' Association, had said there had been a "fee...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Britain's favourite high street? Updated: 2011-08-29 09:15:00 Description: The Today programme's Nicola Stanbridge travels to Gloucester Road in Bristol to meet those campaigning to protect their high street from the invasion of 'supermarket chain world'....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business News with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-08-29 05:42:00 Description: Japan will today choose its sixth prime minister in five years as its economy remains rooted in recession. Seijiro Takeshita, director at Mizuho International, discusses Japan's economy. John Velis, head of capital markets research for Russell Inves...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Edinburgh's tram trauma Updated: 2011-08-27 10:05:00 Description: Councillors in Edinburgh have decided to reduce the length of the proposed tram system. Andrew Burns, leader of the Labour group on the council, and Liberal Democrat Gordon Mackenzie, transport convenor for the council, discuss the latest development...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'Britain is great at inventing' Updated: 2011-08-27 09:57:00 Description: The chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, has said Britain has lost its way as a world leader of innovation in science and engineering. Sarah Murray, British internet entrepreneur and founder of Confused.dot.com, responds....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Justice for Yvonne Fletcher? Updated: 2011-08-27 09:52:00 Description: The front page of the Daily Telegraph carries a picture of Abdulmagid Salah Ameri, the man it alleges killed PC Yvonne Fletcher outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984. The BBC's Tom Symonds looks back at the unsolved case, former police officer...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Clegg: Police cuts 'not going to change' Updated: 2011-08-11 09:15:00 Description: The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has said that the government's immediate priority in the aftermath of the recent rioting in some English cities "is to show that we can keep our streets safe". But interviewed by Today presenter James Naughtie, ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'Chaos' as courts work all night Updated: 2011-08-11 09:04:00 Description: Magistrates courts are operating at full capacity to deal with people arrested in connection with riots and looting, numbering more than 800 in London alone. Today's Andrew Hosken spent the night at Westminster Magistrates' Court....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Mending the 'me, me, me society' Updated: 2011-08-11 08:41:00 Description: The prime minister is to address MPs as parliament is recalled to discuss the cause of this week's rioting. Today reporter Nicola Stanbridge reports from north London on why the problem of parenting is being blamed by people throughout the political ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-08-11 05:43:00 Description: Yesterday saw more rattled markets and plunging stocks. Simon Maughan, a banking analyst at MF Global, looks at what is stoking fears in France. Howard Wheeldon of BGC Partners looks at the markets. And Matthew Hopkinson, director of the Local Data C...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Mr Men hit middle age Updated: 2011-08-10 08:56:00 Description: Forty years ago today Mr Tickle first appeared on book shelves, followed swiftly by Mr Bump, Mr Messy and Little Miss Sunshine. Russell Singler, director of the Art You Grew Up With Gallery, explains why the Mr Men have lasted so long....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'I'll keep looting till I get caught' Updated: 2011-08-10 08:46:00 Description: Violence and looting broke out in several English cities last night, although London remained largely quiet with a heavy police presence on the streets. BBC correspondent Nick Ravenscroft spent the night in Manchester as police battled to keep contro...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Boris warns on police cuts Updated: 2011-08-10 08:40:00 Description: The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has warned the government against cutting police numbers. Mr Johnson said the case for cuts had been "substantially weakened" by the riots and that he opposed the Home Secretary's plans to reduce forces' budgets....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-08-10 05:28:00 Description: The Bank of England is expected to cut the UK's economic forecasts for the second time this year. Brian Hilliard of the French bank Societe Generale considers the state of British finances. Gary Schlossberg, senior economist for Wells Capital Managem...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'Apocalyptic scenes' in London Updated: 2011-08-09 09:21:00 Description: Starting as a peaceful demonstration by the relatives and friends of a man shot dead by police, disturbances in Tottenham have quickly turned into rioting on the streets across London and beyond. The BBC's Andrew Hosken spent the evening and part of ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Mobile phones 'weaponised in riots' Updated: 2011-08-09 09:12:00 Description: How do we stop the rioting in some cities in England? Patrick Mercer, Conservative MP and former army officer, and Mike Butcher, editor of website TechCrunch Europe and Digital Adviser to the Mayor of London, discuss why group messaging is helping th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: May not drawn on call for army to combat riots Updated: 2011-08-09 09:06:00 Description: The prime minister has cut short his holiday and will be chairing an emergency meeting this morning after marauding mobs looted and burned buildings in many parts of London and other English cities. Home Secretary Theresa May considers what can be do...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-08-09 08:56:00 Description: Global stock markets are continuing to tumble. Caroline Hepker reports. Carl Weinberg, chief US economist for High Frequency Economics, examines nervousness across global markets. And Stephen Robertson of the British Retail Consortium looks at the co...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Boy 'who punched a 14ft polar bear' Updated: 2011-08-08 09:00:00 Description: The two teenagers who were sharing a tent with Horatio Chapple, who was killed in the polar bear attack last week, and who were injured in the struggle with the bear, have have come back to Britain to a hospital closer to home. Terry Flinders, father...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: What should China do about the dollar? Updated: 2011-08-08 08:51:00 Description: China's official news agency has harshly criticised US borrowing, although China itself is the US's banker and biggest lender. Economist Vicky Pryce, former head of the Government Economic Service, and China observer, editor and writer Jonathan Fenby...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Met 'not flat-footed' over London riots Updated: 2011-08-08 08:45:00 Description: Cars and shops have been burned out and police officers injured in violent riots in a number of areas of London, following the death of 31-year-old Mark Duggan, who was shot during a police operation in London on Thursday. Nicola Stanbridge reports o...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Adam Shaw Updated: 2011-08-08 08:23:00 Description: The European Central Bank says it will begin buying government bonds in eurozone countries which are heavily in debt. Holger Schmieding of Berenberg Bank in London, considers how best to provide financial support in the region. Dominic Rossi of Fidel...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Mosquitoes 'respond to body odour' Updated: 2011-08-06 09:09:00 Description: It's an eternal question: why do mosquitoes, and other flying things, target some people and not others? Dr James Logan, from the School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London, tries to provide the answer...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'Increasing disenchantment' with Euro Updated: 2011-08-06 09:05:00 Description: After a tumultuous week for stock markets around the world, it's still clear that the onus is on Germany to help solve the Eurozone crisis. But, as Berlin correspondent Steve Evans reports, many Germans are questioning why they should pick up the bil...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: 'No credible plan to cut US debt' Updated: 2011-08-06 08:58:00 Description: To add to the turmoil in global financial markets this week, the US has lost its triple-A credit rating from Standard & Poors. Business editor Robert Peston reflects on a turbulent week. George Magnus, senior economic adviser at UBS, and Terry Smith,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Who ran the British Empire? Updated: 2011-08-05 09:16:00 Description: How should we look back at the British Empire? The Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng, author of Ghosts of Empire, and the writer Richard Gott, author of Resistance, Repression and Revolt, debate Britain's overseas rule....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: RBS boss Stephen Hester: 'Worrying time' for bank Updated: 2011-08-05 09:09:00 Description: The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced its half year results. Chief executive Stephen Hester reflects on how the bank is dealing with the current stress of the global markets....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Prodi: 'A problem of power' in Europe Updated: 2011-08-05 08:26:00 Description: EU President Jose Manuel Barroso has expressed concern over "undisciplined communication" within the eurozone and the complexity of the package aimed at resolving the debt crisis. Economics editor Stephanie Flanders , Romano Prodi, former Italian pri...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Today: Business news with Lesley Curwen Updated: 2011-08-05 05:40:00 Description: Stock markets across Europe and the United States plunged into the red yesterday, and overnight in Asia. Julian Chillingworth of Rathbones Unit Trust Managers and Quincy Krosby, market strategist with Prudential Financial in the US, discuss the data....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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