| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A rare visit to Palmerston, the south Pacific island, where all are descended from one man(R) 00:45Bells from the Parish Church of Holy Trinity, St Austell, Cornwall.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Elvis Costello returns to the Hammersmith Palais, his father's old stomping ground.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Elvis Costello looks back on how his early childhood in 1950s London fed into his music.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Elvis Costello leaves Liverpool to make his fortune in London.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5A persona is created, and the idiosyncrasies of Top of the Pops are endured.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Infamy in the US and protest songs at home.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3By Aisling Bea. Dark and funny tale about a man struggling to cope with retirement.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Tony Macauley. 05:45Dairy farmers across the UK start to get European emergency aid payments. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the advancing, leaping and queuing male blue manakin of Brazil.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Tony Macauley. 05:45A group of UK dairy businesses have just returned from a trade mission to China. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the formerly widespread saddleback of New Zealand.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Tony Macauley. 05:45New research on the effects of pesticides on honey bees. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the greater racket-tailed drongo of South-East Asia.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Tony Macauley 05:45The government's being taken to court over claims it isn't doing enough to protect rivers. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the eastern orphean warbler in an olive grove near Athens.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Tony Macauley 05:45Sheep farmers push for recognition of the effects sheep dip may have had on their health. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the red-crowned crane from Japan and Asia.(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 author Rebecca Manley Pippert. 05:45'I accompanied two friends to Dignitas'.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from Howden Minster, East Yorkshire. 05:45Online hacking collective Anonymous has declared 'total war' on IS - but who are they?(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Writer Iain Sinclair seeks the UK's oldest burial site along south Gower's clifftops.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith is at an award-winning rural pub to discuss the UK drinks industry. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Samira Ahmed reflects on the angst and intensity of adolescence. 06:35Caz Graham meets the next generation of gamekeepers at Newton Rigg College in Cumbria. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news. Includes Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Bishop George Bell, cinema ad ban, Islam's reformation. 07:54Fernando Montano presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Children Change Colombia. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From Virginia Theological Seminary just outside Washington DC, marking Thanksgiving. 08:48Sarah Dunant sees a new crisis in the Catholic Church as a result of unchanged policy.(R) 08:58Liz Bonnin presents the advancing, leaping and queuing male blue manakin of Brazil.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 09:03Andrew Marr with Agnes Desarthe, Karim Miske, Anne-Elisabeth Moutet and Robert Gildea. 09:451/5Elvis Costello returns to the Hammersmith Palais, his father's old stomping ground.
| 09:00Professor Paul Younger talks to Jim Al-Khalili about keeping the lights on in the future. 09:30David Schneider talks to journalist and writer Jenny Diski about how to face up to death. 09:452/5Elvis Costello looks back on how his early childhood in 1950s London fed into his music.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets designer Thomas Heatherwick and chef Michel Roux Jr. 09:453/5Elvis Costello leaves Liverpool to make his fortune in London.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emma, the novel by Jane Austen. 09:454/5A persona is created, and the idiosyncrasies of Top of the Pops are endured.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister and SNP leader.(R) 09:455/5Infamy in the US and protest songs at home.
| 09:00Griff Rhys Jones and Beverley Knight join Aasmah Mir and Rev Richard Coles.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Includes the results of a Woman's Hour poll revealing the truth about how we see ourselves 10:451/5Therapist Martha braces herself for the arrival of the newly re-elected Richard Fallon MP.
| 10:00Jane Garvey presents discussion on teens hearing about the Paris attacks via social media. 10:452/5Having completed his rehabilitation course, Tony returns to Martha's sessions a new man.
| 10:00Saudi women prepare for the ballot box; women & jazz; the science of visual attractiveness 10:413/5Caroline has found a new angle to assist her in her quest for global domination. 10:55Transgendered friends support each other in accepting themselves for who they are.
| 10:00A look at why the British beauty industry is worth £9 billion. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:454/5Therapist Martha learns that Philip that is back and on new medication.
| 10:00Kate Winslet on her latest film role. And Caitlin Moran on giving compliments to strangers 10:455/5Richard Fallon has been on a date but, unsurprisingly, it was not all he had hoped.
| 10:30Miranda Sawyer on the agenda-setting podcasters who have broken new ground in the genre.
| 10:00Ruth feels left out, and Eddie faces a real dilemma.
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| 11:00 | 11:00One minute's silence for the victims of the Paris terror attack. 11:033/3Misha Glenny explores the crucial events of 1870 and the Franco-Prussian war. 11:306/6Sue Perkins sets posers for Miles Jupp, Isa Guha, Sarah Kendall and Annie Nightingale.(R)
| 11:00Brett Westwood explores our complex relationship with the giants of the sea, whales. 11:30Siouxsie Sioux celebrates Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
| 11:00Lucy Kellaway looks at long hours office culture and asks what happened to 9 to 5? 11:303/4Daniel and Audrey save the Welfare State with a can of lager and a police uniform.
| 11:00Peru's drug 'mules' - youngsters hiking cocaine from the jungle to the highlands. 11:30The poet Ian McMillan on what really happened when Stockhausen came to Huddersfield.
| 11:00West Ham are moving after 111 years. Alan Dein chronicles life on the streets on match day 11:30For a few minutes, twice a day, a receptionist and a security guard meet to share a desk.
| 11:00Isabel Hardman of the Spectator looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The ordinary citizens of Europe deploy their own weapon against terror.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to film-maker, writer and producer Gurinder Chadha.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/5Dominic Lawson talks to writer and former alcoholic John Healy.(R) 12:15Including a look at complaints about supermarket customer service. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/5Dominic Lawson interviews Natan Sharansky over a game of chess.(R) 12:15Listeners tell their stories of getting caught out by the small print. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/5Dominic Lawson plays a game with the world's greatest chess player, Magnus Carlsen.(R) 12:15Delayed burials for people with dementia who died in care homes. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/5Dominic Lawson takes on one of Britain's leading philanthropists, Sigrid Rausing.(R) 12:15How might a promised fix affect cars caught up in the VW emissions scandal? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/5Dominic Lawson interviews journalist and broadcaster Piers Morgan over a game of chess.(R) 12:15Including a look at problems faced by wheelchair users on buses and what can be done. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Whistleblower Paul Moore spills the beans on the collapse of HBOS. 12:302/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:047/8Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock, Josh Widdicombe and Jenny Eclair play the classic panel game.(R) 12:32The changing story of the world's Chinatowns. Dan Saladino looks at the biggest and best. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00The latest on the French attacks with Mark Mardell in Paris and Shaun Ley in London. 13:45Lenny Henry focuses on the burgeoning black theatre companies of the 1970s and 80s.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Lenny Henry charts the breakthrough of a suite of powerful new voices in the 1990s.
| 13:00Two dead in Saint Denis after anti-terror raids. 13:45Lenny Henry focuses on attitudes towards homosexuality, with film-maker Isaac Julien.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Lenny Henry on the blossoming of new black British theatrical voices with roots in Africa.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:45Lenny Henry talks to Steve McQueen, the first black director to win a Best Picture Oscar.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Biggin Hill, Kent.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Hardeep Singh Kohli hears a heartwarming story of friendship across a religious divide.
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| 14:00 | 14:151/3Can barrister Rebecca Nyman help a policewoman in a case of sexist bullying at work?(R)
| 14:00Tony puts his foot down.(R) 14:152/3Can barrister Rebecca Nyman help an equine vet facing a case of professional misconduct?(R)
| 14:00Lynda is put on the spot.(R) 14:15By Tom Wells. The heroic journey of Jamie Jones, from chronic asthma sufferer to GCSE PE.(R)
| 14:00Will fortune favour the Fairbrothers?(R) 14:15Darkly funny drama by David Ireland. Kyle has always looked up to his uncle. Until today.
| 14:00Eddie faces a real dilemma.(R) 14:15In Nalini Chetty's comic drama, two friends gossip about their school days in Edinburgh.
| 14:00In the aftermath of Paris, Anita Anand takes calls on shoot to kill and policing. 14:301/9Animals by Dan Rebellato. Biting humour and tragedy infuse in epic family drama.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel programme from Westonbirt Arboretum.(R) 14:45Rivalry in the art world, the lasting impact of childhood trauma, and transgendered life.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 15:30How did the scotch egg rise from humble bar snack to a chef's favourite? Joe Warwick knows(R)
| 15:006/6Josie Long dives into stories of wild water. 15:30David Attenborough and fellow experts join Tom Heap to preview the Paris Climate Summit.
| 15:00Lesley Curwen and guests answer listeners' questions on new ways to pay. 15:30How astronauts' view of Earth from space changes their perspective on life.(R)
| 15:00Writer Iain Sinclair seeks the UK's oldest burial site along south Gower's clifftops. 15:27Eloise Daly appeals on behalf of BBC Children in Need.(R) 15:30Edna O'Brien talks about her novel The Little Red Chairs. Presented by Mariella Frostrup.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel programme from Westonbirt Arboretum. 15:45Kevin Ehrlich awaits lift-off as his famous twin brother sets off on a mission to Mars.
| | 15:002/9Starring Glenda Jackson. Passion is the theme of Dan Rebellato's dramatisation.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Glenda Jackson presents a documentary in Paris of France's great writer–Emile Zola. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores how technology may be unlocking, and aping, human imagination.
| 16:00Should doping in sport be criminalised? And the legal repercussions of the Paris attacks. 16:30Niall Ferguson and Tracy Chevalier talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00How elite students get elite jobs and a look at hairdressing as a craft. 16:30A look at how the media mobilised crews to cover events in Paris.
| 16:00Matt Charman on pitching to Spielberg, and Barbara Broccoli on life beyond Bond. 16:30Melting Antarctic ice sheet will not lead to as big a sea level rise as previously thought
| 16:00Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died. 16:30Was there too much coverage of the Paris attacks? Plus 5 live's future. 16:55A father shares the pets and the pain of his past with his 12-year-old daughter.
| 16:00Kate Winslet. Appearance and why it matters. Amy Childs. Carrie Brownstein. Women in jazz.
| 16:00William Boyd talks about his novel Sweet Caress. Presented by Mariella Frostrup. 16:30Anna McNamee explores atomic science as poetic inspiration.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm - Paddy O'Connell with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm - Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm - Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm - Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Can the Northern Powerhouse solve the North-South divide? Evan Davis hosts from Manchester(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00The battle over big data, as some governments try to use information power to rule.(R) 17:40Online hacking collective Anonymous has declared 'total war' on IS - but who are they?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00French officials identify the person they believe was behind the Paris attacks. 18:307/8Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock, Josh Widdicombe and Jenny Eclair play the classic panel game.
| 18:00Cameron pledges a "comprehensive strategy" to win support for military action. 18:302/6Ginny Fox and DH Lollipop desperately seek literary acclamation for their latest work.(R)
| 18:00Livingstone apologises in psychiatric help row. All coal-fired power stations to close. 18:301/6Tom and his dad fret about some potentially uncomfortable brushes with the law.
| 18:00French say the man who they believe planned Friday's attacks on Paris is dead. 18:305/6Alex and his band explore the theme of children.(R)
| 18:00Commandos storm hotel where Islamist gunmen have been holding more than 130 hostages 18:302/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00Belgium raised its terror threat to the highest possible level 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The Government begins making the case for airstrikes against IS militants in Syria 18:15Sheila McClennon picks her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:15John Wilson talks to Toby Jones and screenwriter Peter Bowker about new TV drama Capital. 19:451/5Therapist Martha braces herself for the arrival of the newly re-elected Richard Fallon MP.(R)
| 19:00Lynda is put on the spot. 19:15Samira Ahmed reviews The Hunger Games and reveals the contenders for the Costa Book Award. 19:452/5Having completed his rehabilitation course, Tony returns to Martha's sessions a new man.(R)
| 19:00Will fortune favour the Fairbrothers? 19:15John Wilson presents a look at a new Samuel Pepys exhibition. 19:453/5Caroline has found a new angle to assist her in her quest for global domination.(R)
| 19:00Eddie faces a real dilemma. 19:15Cate Blanchett discusses her role in Todd Haynes's new film Carol. Kirsty Lang presents. 19:454/5Therapist Martha learns that Philip that is back and on new medication.(R)
| 19:00Ruth has something to say. 19:15Kirsty Lang meets the contemporary artists and writers walking in Emile Zola's footsteps. 19:455/5Richard Fallon has been on a date but, unsurprisingly, it was not all he had hoped.(R)
| 19:00Online hacking collective Anonymous has declared 'total war' on IS - but who are they? 19:15Including a look at Gaspar Noe's film Love, and Waste at the National Theatre.
| 19:00Jill feels philosophical. 19:151/4Meet the masseuses who might make your spa visit more than a little stressful. 19:45AL Kennedy reads her short story inspired by coral she saw in the Natural History Museum.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Roger Harrabin talks to scientists about their climate models. Are they accurate enough? 20:30The sacking of a newspaper editor strains an old friendship between Norway and Russia.(R)
| 20:00The battle over big data, as some governments try to use information power to rule. 20:40Visually impaired Olympian Libby Clegg talks about preparing for Rio without funding.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Rachel Roberts argues that education needs a democratic revolution.
| 20:00After the mass casualty attacks in Paris, could terrorists do the same in the UK? 20:30Can the Northern Powerhouse solve the North-South divide? Evan Davis hosts from Manchester
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Biggin Hill, Kent. 20:50Sarah Dunant sees a new crisis in the Catholic Church as a result of unchanged policy.
| 20:00Journalist Kate Adie meets her younger self in the BBC sound archives.
| 20:00Was there too much coverage of the Paris attacks? Plus 5 live's future.(R) 20:30Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood learns how fleas are entwined with disease, love, language and humour.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Agnes Desarthe, Karim Miske, Anne-Elisabeth Moutet and Robert Gildea.(R)
| 21:00How astronauts' view of Earth from space changes their perspective on life. 21:30Professor Paul Younger talks to Jim Al-Khalili about keeping the lights on in the future.(R)
| 21:00David Attenborough and fellow experts join Tom Heap to preview the Paris Climate Summit.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets designer Thomas Heatherwick and chef Michel Roux Jr.(R)
| 21:00Melting Antarctic ice sheet will not lead to as big a sea level rise as previously thought(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Emma, the novel by Jane Austen.(R)
| 21:00Lenny Henry on 100 years of black British theatre and screen.
| 21:00Nathanael West's caustic satire of 1930s Hollywood.(R)
| 21:00Whistleblower Paul Moore spills the beans on the collapse of HBOS.(R) 21:26Fernando Montano presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Children Change Colombia.(R) 21:30After the mass casualty attacks in Paris, could terrorists do the same in the UK?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00The man suspected to be mastermind behind Paris attacks is believed to be a Belgian 22:456/10McCarthyite New York. Gore Vidal entertains with the mysterious death of a ballerina.
| 22:00Wembley football fans sing French national anthem. 22:457/10McCarthyite New York. Gore Vidal entertains with the mysterious death of a ballerina.
| 22:00Mastermind still missing, plus has Paris changed everything? Ken Livingstone apology. 22:458/10McCarthyite New York. Gore Vidal entertains with the mysterious death of a ballerina.
| 22:00Featuring the latest on the Paris terrorist attacks, and will junior doctors go on strike? 22:459/10McCarthyite New York. Gore Vidal entertains with the mysterious death of a ballerina.
| 22:00A special programme about immigration and cohesion with a panel and audience. 22:4510/10McCarthyite New York. Gore Vidal entertains with the mysterious death of a ballerina.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45John Kampfner analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:002/2Young patients and their therapists talk frankly about childhood mental health conditions.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as MPs respond to the terrorist attacks in Paris.
| 23:002/4Comedian Liam Williams tells of his teenage misadventures growing up in Leeds. 23:30Sean Curran reports as David Cameron urges support for bombing Islamic State in Syria.
| 23:001/6Lorna may be on holiday but why won't she speak? Stars Lesley Sharp. 23:153/4The horses fall out over literary matters.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:001/5Jon Ronson wonders why he keeps noticing the time is 11.11. Is it confirmation bias? 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Marcus Brigstocke looks back at 20 years of the BBC New Comedy Awards. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Friends who are both artists find that rivalry goes with the territory.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 23:30Neil Kinnock assesses the poetry of a fellow Welshman, Idris Davies.(R)
| 23:00Matt Charman on pitching to Spielberg, and Barbara Broccoli on life beyond Bond.(R) 23:30Samira Ahmed reflects on the angst and intensity of adolescence.(R)
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