| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:153/3Rosie Millard hears the hopes of two people moving hundreds of miles across the UK.(R) 00:45Bells from the Cathedral Church of St Andrew, Wells in Somerset.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The young ingenue Peppiatt is taken into Bacon's circle.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Peppiatt becomes Bacon's Boswell, and there is mischief in Morocco.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5High and low-life in Paris.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Death, guilt and inspiration.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Michael Peppiatt's account concludes with his losing a 'father' and becoming a man.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3By Jessica Francis Kane. A yard sale is fraught with unspoken tensions for a young boy.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Dr Ian Bradley, University of St Andrews. 05:45The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Presented by Sybil Ruscoe. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the jackdaw.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Dr Ian Bradley, University of St Andrews. 05:45Scientists say a new TB test for badgers could be a breakthough in the Bovine TB saga. 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Shore Lark.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Dr Ian Bradley, University of St Andrews. 05:45The row over who should have the final say over millions of pounds of farm levy spending. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the firecrest.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Dr Ian Bradley, University of St Andrews. 05:45Scottish first minister wants clearer labelling in supermarkets. 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Bobolink.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Dr Ian Bradley, University of St Andrews. 05:45The countryside braces itself for a badger cull. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the mourning dove.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna Drew. 05:45A doctor talks about encountering violence in her job.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Bells from the church of St Vedast, Foster Lane, London. 05:45The delayed inquiry into the Iraq War bears his name, but who is Sir John Chilcot?(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark goes to the Glenfinnan Gathering, a Highland games in the west of Scotland.(R) 06:30Why UK fruit growing is no longer withering on the bough. Presented by Sally Challoner. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Samira Ahmed explores the idea of paradise and its contemporary meanings. 06:35Anna Hill visits Cote Hill Farm in Lincolnshire to meet the Davenport family. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10The tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, faith and the Fringe and 400 church drawings. 07:54Alexander McCall Smith presents the Radio 4 Appeal for SOS Children's Villages. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live worship from the Cambridge Choral Course at St John's College Chapel. 08:48John Gray discusses why it's time to rethink today's narrow view of atheism.(R) 08:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the firecrest.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:008/8Special edition recorded at the Edinburgh Festival. With Paul Merton and Nicholas Parsons. 09:30Sound recordist Chris Watson introduces the sounds of Newcastle upon Tyne on match day.(R) 09:451/5The young ingenue Peppiatt is taken into Bacon's circle.
| 09:003/4Stephen Fry reveals all, as he decodes the mysterious appeal of secret language. 09:303/4St Ives - where writer Virginia Woolf scramble over the cliffs, inspired by the waves 09:452/5Peppiatt becomes Bacon's Boswell, and there is mischief in Morocco.
| 09:004/4Quentin Letts examines some of Britain's cherished institutions. 09:30A look at the destruction of southern Iraq's great marshes, overseen by Saddam Hussein. 09:453/5High and low-life in Paris.
| 09:00Ruby Wax outlines her festival of extremes, featuring Radiohead and lecturing scientists. 09:305/6Life coach Carol Ann Rice and Acas spokesman Stewart Gee have advice on the best way to go(R) 09:454/5Death, guilt and inspiration.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor gathers influential food writers, including Mary Berry and Prue Leith.(R) 09:455/5Michael Peppiatt's account concludes with his losing a 'father' and becoming a man.
| 09:00Nigel Havers charms Suzy Klein and Richard Coles. With Edith Bowman's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00The Sunday morning magazine programme with Britain's best newspaper review.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Iris Murdoch's life, writing and philosophy. Plus the experience of parenting girls. 10:451/5Iris Murdoch's satire on analysis as a group of over-cultivated characters swap partners.
| 10:00A look at the Iranian fashion industry, and Ellen Green on her Dragons' Den experience. 10:452/5Iris Murdoch's witty satire as a group of over-cultivated characters swap partners.
| 10:00Home alone, men in retirement and widowhood, OCD in children and Mary Wollstonecraft. 10:413/5Iris Murdoch's witty satire on analysis and overly-cultivated bed-swapping characters. 10:55UK-born Sekai is in awe of her grandmother's stoicism under white rule in Rhodesia.(R)
| 10:00Amanda Redman discusses her latest TV role. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:454/5Iris Murdoch's witty satire on analysis as an over-cultivated set swap partners
| 10:00Actor and producer Sadie Frost discusses psychological thriller Buttercup Bill. 10:455/5Iris Murdoch' satire on the bed-swapping antics of an overly-cultivated set.
| 10:301/6Jay Rayner and the culinary panel are in Ely.
| 10:00Peggy gets a shock, and Pip knows what she wants.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Alan Dein tackles the crowded waters of the River Cam. 11:302/4Phoning his parents in Tenerife, Tom soon regrets persuading them to go exploring.(R)
| 11:00Brett Westwood explores the role daffodils play in art, medicine, literature and belief. 11:30Ian McMillan hunts for the truth behind some bizarre schools music making from the 1960s
| 11:00Helen Zaltzman invites members of the public to tell true stories of escape. 11:304/6Damien and Anthony are asked to look after a baby.
| 11:00James Fletcher travels to the disappearing coastal wetlands of Louisiana. 11:30Can there be too many cellists? How Jacqueline du Pré created a surfeit of cellists!
| 11:001/2Young patients and their therapists talk frankly about childhood mental health conditions. 11:302/4Fiona hosts a radio legal phone-in but as the show expands so does her inner diva.
| 11:00The marvellous ability to create almost anything we want in our minds. 11:30Presented by Kate Adie. An important moment of decision for China's leaders.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor looks back at the foot-and-mouth epidemic of 2001.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why has the moon fascinated humans from every culture and for all time? 12:15A look at whether rent changes on the New Era Estate could work in other parts of the UK. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Where did the fascination with elevated footwear come from and what do they tell us? 12:15Melanie Abbott asks whether listeners are drinking more than is good for them. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Watches have been an indicator of status since their invention. Mike Williams asks why 12:15Poundland CEO Jim McCarthy talks about future plans after 99p Stores merger gets go-ahead. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What makes snippets of popular songs go round and round in our heads? 12:15Consumer affairs programme. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why do we go on pilgrimages? 12:15The court charges denying crime victims compensation, plus Jamie Oliver and sugar. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/5Michael Robinson concludes his series with a discussion on work in the future. 12:303/5Topical impressions show that offers a satirical take on politics, media and celebrity.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/6David Mitchell is joined by Lloyd Langford, Henning Wehn, Sara Pascoe and Miles Jupp.(R) 12:32Sicilian food expert Mary Taylor Simeti reveals the island's food secrets to Dan Saladino. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Edward Stourton. 13:45Francine Stock on the alluring yet elusive quality of charisma, historically and today.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Edward Stourton. 13:45Francine Stock explores the divine grace of medieval mystics Margery Kempe and Joan of Arc
| 13:00Clare Short criticises the Chilcot Report, plus news from Syrian refugees in Turkey. 13:45Francine Stock explores the 'royal touch' as practised by Elizabeth I and our royals today
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Edward Stourton. 13:45Francine Stock explores Franz Mesmer and the charismatic healing power of suggestibility.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:45Francine Stock explores charismatic leadership, from Giuseppe Garibaldi to Osama Bin Laden
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Ed Stourton chairs debate with Billy Bragg, Simon Danczuk, Peter Oborne and Priti Patel.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:303/4Cerys Matthews pieces together her own Great Italian Songbook.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15How Andy Warhol, with a little help from Truman Capote, invented celebrity culture.
| 14:151/2With a storm brewing in the global food market, a trader sees an opportunity.(R)
| 14:00It is time to say goodbye.(R) 14:152/2Three years after the collapse of the food market, Phil and Sian attempt to make amends.(R)
| 14:00Harrison Burns has an idea.(R) 14:153/3Ex-military wargamer Bradley Shoreham is challenging a flood defence team's methods.
| 14:00Rob is very persuasive.(R) 14:152/6Frank and Sarah find themselves in the centre of a family tragedy going back decades.
| 14:00Foreign policy and the migrant crisis. 14:30For Milos Hrma, life at the railway station in Bohemia is full of complex preoccupations.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel programme from Kew Gardens.(R) 14:45Reflections on life under white rule in Rhodesia, before Zimbabwe's independence.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:0012/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the last semi-final of the eclectic music quiz. 15:30Ella McSweeney meets Wendell Berry - the farmer, author and campaigner who inspired her.(R)
| 15:00Helen Castor chairs a Historians' Question Time from the Chalke Valley History Festival. 15:30David Owen Norris recreates the musical world of Nell Gwyn in Drury Lane.(R)
| 15:004/5Michael Robinson asks how workers will get the skills needed for a more prosperous future.(R) 15:302/2Robert McCrum goes through a two-week rehabilitation course to rejuvenate his left side.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark goes to the Glenfinnan Gathering, a Highland games in the west of Scotland. 15:27Jade Etherington presents the Radio 4 Appeal for National Eye Research Centre.(R) 15:30A special programme from Lyme Regis exploring the literature of the coast.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel programme from Kew Gardens. 15:451/3By Anya Lipska. Janusz Kiszka watches a funeral from afar - but who has been buried?
| 15:30Ian McMillan hunts for the truth behind some bizarre schools music making from the 1960s(R)
| 15:002/2Jeremy Irons stars as Charles Arrowby in Iris Murdoch’s Booker prize-winning masterpiece.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Decades after his death, why does Sun Ra continue to inspire an obsessive following?(R) 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the role of religion in Tunisian society and government.
| 16:001/3Thabiso Mohare talks to Johannesburg-based writers and poets, including Ivan Vladislavic.(R) 16:30Ade Adepitan champions the life of George Washington Williams.
| 16:00Sarah Cuddon looks at, and through, a diversity of frames to understand what they are for.(R) 16:30The government denies wanting to dismantle the BBC. We hear the first BBC response.
| 16:00Catherine Bray and Angie Errigo discuss female film-makers. Antonia Quirke presents. 16:30How the brain creates meaning, the magic of maths, genetic switch for obesity and dust
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a union official, a researcher, a songwriter, a waterman, an author. 16:30The Chinese markets may have crashed but was it really Black Monday? With Tim Harford. 16:55Sisters reflect on the impact leaving Rhodesia in their teens has had on their lives.(R)
| 16:00Sadie Frost on her new film, and Lauren Laverne discusses lust with Caitlin Moran.
| 16:00Novelist Pat Barker dicusses writing about men, women and the deep damage of war. 16:30News presenter Mike Embley hears poems from Syrian writers responding to the conflict.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00News interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00News interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30A doctor talks about encountering violence in her job.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Adair Turner argues household debt could lead the UK towards another financial meltdown.(R) 17:40The delayed inquiry into the Iraq War bears his name, but who is Sir John Chilcot?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Global share values plummet due to fears about the Chinese economy. 18:301/6David Mitchell is joined by Lloyd Langford, Henning Wehn, Sara Pascoe and Miles Jupp.
| 18:00European stock markets have bounced back after dramatic falls yesterday. 18:301/3Mitch Benn explores his comedy connections to the story of Bob Dylan.
| 18:00Two television journalists have been shot dead during a live broadcast in the US 18:304/4Isy Suttie presents three sketch groups from the 2015 Edinburgh Festival.
| 18:00Annual net migration to the UK has reached a record high of 330,000. 18:305/6Including a reflection on selfie culture and a final extract from David's diaries.
| 18:00Four suspected people traffickers have been arrested over the deaths of 71 migrants 18:303/5Topical impressions show that offers a satirical take on politics, media and celebrity.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Nikki Bedi sits in for Clive Anderson with guests including Gilbert O'Sullivan.
| 18:00Calls for migrants to be fingerprinted. Refugee children disappear in Austria. 18:15Peter Curran chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:15John Wilson is joined by singer Jess Glynne and poet Don Paterson. 19:451/5Iris Murdoch's satire on analysis as a group of over-cultivated characters swap partners.(R)
| 19:00It is time to say goodbye. 19:15A review of hip-hop film Straight Outta Compton. John Wilson presents. 19:452/5Iris Murdoch's witty satire as a group of over-cultivated characters swap partners.(R)
| 19:00Harrison Burns has an idea. 19:15Kirsty Lang is joined by critic Susannah Clapp to review Benedict Cumberbatch's Hamlet. 19:453/5Iris Murdoch's witty satire on analysis and overly-cultivated bed-swapping characters.(R)
| 19:15Kirsty Lang speaks to Cerys Matthews and Timberlake Wertenbaker about Our Country's Good. 19:454/5Iris Murdoch's witty satire on analysis as an over-cultivated set swap partners(R)
| 19:00Pip knows what she wants. 19:15Hanya Yanagihara discusses her new novel A Little Life. Samira Ahmed presents. 19:455/5Iris Murdoch' satire on the bed-swapping antics of an overly-cultivated set.(R)
| 19:00The delayed inquiry into the Iraq War bears his name, but who is Sir John Chilcot? 19:15Cumberbatch's Hamlet, Tate Britain's Sensorium, 45 Years, poet Les Murray, Ascent of Woman
| 19:156/6Richard Herring, Alex Horne and Jenny Eclair vie for wordy supremacy(R) 19:45Comedian Dane Baptiste recalls the shock to his senses of his first cub scout camping trip
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| 20:00 | 20:00The stories of British Ukrainians, whose family histories mirror that of their homeland.(R) 20:30Lucy Ash meets the young people who burn their identity papers and head to Europe.(R)
| 20:00Adair Turner argues household debt could lead the UK towards another financial meltdown. 20:40RNIB Scotland's concern over a transfer of their administration to Action for Blind People
| 20:00How could new technology change the nature of money and the role of government? 20:45Playwright Bola Agbaje on why black women are still under-represented on British TV.
| 20:00Are e-cigarettes a health hazard or the best aid we have for smokers trying to quit? 20:30Who is your boss? Peter Day asks how three companies, without managers, do business.
| 20:00Ed Stourton chairs debate with Billy Bragg, Simon Danczuk, Peter Oborne and Priti Patel. 20:50John Gray discusses why it's time to rethink today's narrow view of atheism.
| 20:00Harry Shearer lives in New Orleans. He looks back at the last ten years in the city.
| 20:00The Chinese markets may have crashed but was it really Black Monday? With Tim Harford.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a union official, a researcher, a songwriter, a waterman, an author.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Nature that has had a profound impact on human culture and society across history.(R) 21:308/8Special edition recorded at the Edinburgh Festival. With Paul Merton and Nicholas Parsons.(R)
| 21:002/2Robert McCrum goes through a two-week rehabilitation course to rejuvenate his left side.(R) 21:303/4Stephen Fry reveals all, as he decodes the mysterious appeal of secret language.(R)
| 21:00While Freud relied on expert and patient, Rogers pioneered a therapeutic model of equals.(R) 21:304/4Quentin Letts examines some of Britain's cherished institutions.(R)
| 21:00How the brain creates meaning, the magic of maths, genetic switch for obesity and dust(R) 21:30Ruby Wax outlines her festival of extremes, featuring Radiohead and lecturing scientists.(R)
| 21:001/2Francine Stock's history of the alluring yet elusive quality that is charisma.
| 21:001/2A theatre director retires to a remote house by the sea to write his memoirs.(R)
| 21:005/5Michael Robinson concludes his series with a discussion on work in the future.(R) 21:26Alexander McCall Smith presents the Radio 4 Appeal for SOS Children's Villages.(R) 21:30Who is your boss? Peter Day asks how three companies, without managers, do business.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00What could this mean for the UK - and for China's future? 22:451/10Sam visits 80-year-old Marian Sutro and starts recording her life in espionage.
| 22:00Many Germans concerned about the sheer numbers of migrants arriving in the country. 22:452/10With the war in Europe over, Marian is contacted by her previous spy handler.
| 22:00Police point to IRA involvement in recent murder - UUP poised to leave coalition 22:453/10Marian goes on a date with an RAF officer. The atomic bomb is dropped for the first time.
| 22:00What should be done to stop the people traffickers? 22:454/10Marian is called to Hamburg to testify against the Germans who worked in Ravensbruck.
| 22:00Canon Rosie Harper and Alp Mehmet of Migration Watch discuss. 22:455/10Marian discovers a disturbing truth about Ned. Major Fawley attempts to recruit her.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15How could new technology change the nature of money and the role of government?(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Hugh Muir of the Guardian analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:006/6Josie Long presents stories of investigations.(R) 23:301/3Misha Glenny begins a history of Spain with the momentous year of 1492.(R)
| 23:001/3The Tadpole and the Dragonfly reveal the truth about life between the ripples.(R) 23:302/3Misha on flashpoints and fragmentation in the Spanish monarchy's territorial possessions.(R)
| 23:001/4Comic poet Elvis McGonagall seeks the bright side of life in his caravan near Dundee. 23:155/6Nathan explains his attitude to animals and pets and his grandma's attitude to mice.(R) 23:303/3Misha Glenny explores the end of the Spanish empire.(R)
| 23:00Lauren Laverne talks lust with Caitlin Moran and ex-dominatrix Nichi Hodgson.
| 23:00Lauren Laverne and guests discuss women, booze, drugs and losing control. 23:55Refusing to conform to the non-integrated education system in Rhodesia.(R)
| 23:0012/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the last semi-final of the eclectic music quiz.(R) 23:304/4Paul Farley hears Tony Harrison read his new poem Polygons.(R)
| 23:00Guy Raz investigates why sometimes we need to make mistakes and face them head-on. 23:50John Gray discusses why it's time to rethink today's narrow view of atheism.(R)
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