| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15A special programme on rituals, at Christmas and beyond.(R) 00:45Bells from the Church of St Andrew, Stratton in North Cornwall.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:151/5The team boards their yacht Pelagic, designed for the glacial ice fields they encounter.(R) 00:301/5Dr Alfred Alexander builds a holiday home by the lake in the village of Gross Glienicke.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:152/5Fierce storms and dense sea ice provide more challenges to the film crew.(R) 00:302/5The Alexanders have fled Germany, and the house is to become home to a new family.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:153/5With their ship locked in ice, the crew attempt to walk across the frozen Antarctic waters(R) 00:303/5The Meisels can no longer visit the lake house, so Ella Fuhrman and her children move in.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:154/5Life is tough not only for the penguins, but also for the team filming their lives. 00:304/5The Berlin wall now cuts the lake house off from the lake.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:155/5The young Gentoo penguins prepare to enter the water for the first time.(R) 00:305/5The Berlin Wall is gone but the house by the lake remains under threat.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Wana Udobang meets the poets and writers exploring Nigerian ideas of identity.(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.
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| 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 the Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45The story of the little grey tractor that revolutionised farming. With Sarah Swadling. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the New Zealand robin.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45Moira Hickey spends a day on a Highland estate where the annual hind cull is underway. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the hyacinth macaw of the Brazilian Pantanal.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45Anna Hill celebrates the return of the winter speciality fenland celery in Cambridgeshire. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the house wren found across the New World.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45Sarah Swadling visits Scilly's only dairy farm, a tiny herd of ten cows on St Agnes. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the Christmas shearwater.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45Caz Graham shares breakfast with thousands of wintering birds at Martin Mere in Lancashire 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the wandering albatross of the South Atlantic Ocean.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Neil Gardner. 05:45A closer look at some of the photos listeners have sent in, plus a Your News 2015 montage.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Mary Magdalene, Ditcheat, Somerset. 05:45Chris Bowlby profiles Dr Hartwig Fischer, soon to be the director of the British Museum.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Guest editor Sir Bradley Wiggins takes the helm.
| 06:00Guest editor Miriam Gonzalez Durantez takes charge of the programme.
| 06:00Guest editor David Adjaye takes charge of the programme.
| 06:00Guest editor Baroness Campbell takes charge of the programme.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark visits Balnakeil Craft Village in Sutherland. 06:30Charlotte Smith looks ahead to what 2016 has in store for farmers, with a panel of experts 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Marie-Louise Muir reflects on the last words of poet Seamus Heaney, 'do not be afraid'. 06:35Bun Burrows has dedicated his life to forestry, planting thousands of trees on Exmoor. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Guest editor Lord Browne takes charge of the programme.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10What is the theological meaning behind new year's resolutions? 07:54Jonathan Self presents an appeal on behalf of Room to Read. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A seasonal meditation on Britten's Ceremony of Carols led by Canon Stephen Shipley. 08:48Howard Jacobson does not feel complimented when someone describes him as 'wise'.(R) 08:58Sir David Attenborough presents the New Zealand robin.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Simon Russell Beale, Jeanette Winterson, Dominic Dromgoole and Katherine Duncan-Jones. 09:451/5Dr Alfred Alexander builds a holiday home by the lake in the village of Gross Glienicke.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland examines current debates about ethical shopping and production. 09:30Comedian John Williams finds unexpected joy in his autistic son's view of life.(R) 09:452/5The Alexanders have fled Germany, and the house is to become home to a new family.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets Si King and Dave Myers, also known as the Hairy Bikers. 09:453/5The Meisels can no longer visit the lake house, so Ella Fuhrman and her children move in.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the story of Tristan and Iseult. 09:454/5The Berlin wall now cuts the lake house off from the lake.
| 09:00Archers actress Patricia Greene is castaway by Kirsty Young.(R) 09:455/5The Berlin Wall is gone but the house by the lake remains under threat.
| 09:00Pauline McLynn discusses playing Mrs Doyle in Father Ted and knitting for chickens.
| 09:00We hear from areas affected by floods. Plus the bluffer's guide to 2016.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Shappi Khorsandi, Sara Pascoe and Helen Lewis quizzed on women in the news over 2015. 10:45Meet Kirstie Clarke. She tells it like it is. No holds barred, no matter who she offends.
| 10:00Jane Garvey presents discussion on whether 2015 was the year that trans became mainstream. 10:45Jeremy Front meets the government's new special adviser to schools, Maria Webber.
| 10:00Alicia Vikander. Women in the Catholic Church. Gender equality in the film industry. 10:41Rebecca Front introduces us to Mandy Fenwick, the huge child star of the 1980s. 10:55The allure of the exotic - and the power of shoes and ironed jeans to attract
| 10:00Journalists Jude Rogers and Laura Snape join Jenni Murray to discuss women in music. 10:45Crime writer Linda draws on her East End background to write her bestsellers.
| 10:00Jenni Murray hears how Woman's Hour first got on air in 1946, and how it stayed there. 10:45Jeremy Front meets the iconic 1960s folk singer, who never sold out on her principles.
| 10:30Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel from Chepstow, Monmouthshire.
| 10:00Will all be alright on opening night? And will a brand new year offer a brand new start?
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| 11:00 | 11:00Robert Peston chooses his radio moments of 2015.
| 11:00Jim Al-Khalili and guests debate ideas that could help to improve safety at public events. 11:30Rainer Hersch investigates how and why tinkly music is so evocative of childhood.
| 11:00Jonathan Freedland on his late sister's unique audio legacy. 11:30Martha Kearney reviews the release of secret government files from 1986.
| 11:00Tim Whewell is on a quest to find a Syrian football team who were torn apart by civil war. 11:30Miles Jupp investigates the Plot Device that spawned a million pulp fictions.
| 11:00Henning Wehn looks at the difficulties of speaking and understanding English.(R) 11:301/4New dad Geoff tries to host a perfect Swedish Christmas.
| 11:00Bridget Kendall travels to Canada to find out how weather affects a nation's character. 11:30The urgent questions world leaders must face up to in 2016.
| 11:15Colm Toibin, writer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Ruth Billings's temper gets her into trouble. 12:15Peter White and guests discuss housing, which is back on top of the political agenda. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The Grahams discover where Adeline and Phyllis have gone. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04At the Bevan Hospital an injured soldier avoids returning to duty. 12:15Small businesses affected by recent flooding ask for a new flood insurance scheme. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04At the Bevan Hospital, patients prepare for New Year's Eve. 12:15This programme is for anyone who smokes and would like 2016 to be the year they stop. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The home secretary resigns, and Hilary Pearce makes an unexpected offer. 12:15Richie Webb and cast take Sepp Blatter down a peg in this West End musical.(R) 12:302/2Joanna Lumley revisits the latter part of June Whitfield's extraordinary career.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Could pocket change soon be a thing of the past? Paul Lewis and guests investigate. 12:30The team take a retrospective look at the future as they focus on the year 2020.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/6Jack Dee, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by Rob Brydon.(R) 12:32How important is diet to running performance? Dan Saladino looks at, and tries, new ideas. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Coverage of the floods in northern England, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:45David Willetts suggests education spending should be rebalanced away from the early years.
| 13:00News with Shaun Ley including the latest on the floods. 13:45David Willetts thinks school pupils are forced to specialise much too soon.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:45David Willetts thinks universities should play a bigger role in vocational training.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:45Is the goal of getting 50 per cent of school leavers into university too timid?
| 13:00News including the European terror threat and the Dubai fire. Presented by Shaun Ley. 13:45David Willetts argues that we should make it easier for people to come back to education.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Top BBC correspondents predict what will shape our world in 2016.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Edward Stourton. 13:30Hardeep Singh Kohli cooks a protein-packed lunch for journeymen boxers Johnny and Frank.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Will all be alright on opening night?(R) 14:15Ambridge Am Dram Queen Lynda Snell presents Tim Firth's comedy drama smash hit.(R)
| 14:00Elizabeth has fond memories.(R) 14:153/4McLevy finds a young woman unconscious in the street, and Jean is accused of shoplifting.
| 14:00Helen and Rob have a proposition.(R) 14:155/10Epic historical saga set in the richest, most powerful city on earth.
| 14:00Brian can always be relied on for his discretion.(R) 14:15The friends are excited to see a starry show at the Hippodrome on New Year's Eve.
| 14:00Pip is in hot demand on New Year's Eve.(R) 14:151/2Young Velvet wins a horse for a shilling and decides to ride him in the Grand National.
| 14:00Comedian Stewart Lee introduces his great passion - musical, free improvisation.(R) 14:30An original western by Sebastian Baczkiewicz about the creation of an American legend.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel from the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich.(R) 14:45Clogs, burlesque and foreign attraction.
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| 15:00 | 15:45Martin Freeman reads John Cheever's classic Christmas tale about the power of giving.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner, self-confessed greedy pig, gets serious about porkers.(R) 15:30Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford face audience questions about Squeeze's 'East Side Story'
| 15:00If money is ruining your relationship, Ruth Alexander and guests are here to help. 15:302/3A whale biologist is among those who reveal there is more to listening than hearing.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark visits Balnakeil Craft Village in Sutherland. 15:27Esther Rantzen presents an appeal on behalf of ChildLine.(R) 15:30The best new fiction and non-fiction, talking to writers and unearthing lost classics.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel from the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich. 15:45A middle-aged man is besotted with his glamorous girlfriend. New writing from Kevin Maher.
| 15:30Rainer Hersch investigates how and why tinkly music is so evocative of childhood.(R)
| 15:001/3John Steinbeck’s epic tale inspired by the story of Cain and Abel.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss religious perspectives on the afterlife.
| 16:00Yotam Ottolenghi shares his life through food with Sheila Dillon.(R) 16:30Matthew Parris explores the remarkable life of Professor Wangari Maathai.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the pleasures and dangers in keeping up appearances. 16:30TV remakes - risk-averse television or risky business?
| 16:00Francine Stock hosts a discussion about the roles of women in the film industry. 16:30Adam Rutherford and guests answer listeners' science questions.
| 16:00Julian Worricker on a sound engineer, a campaigner, a writer, a businesswoman, a musician. 16:30Tim Harford looks back at some of the most interesting numbers behind the news in 2015. 16:55A mother and daughter rejoice in what others view as their eccentric hobby - clog-dancing!
| 16:00Sara Pascoe and Shappi Khorsandi in a quiz, plus the power of nudity and embracing change.
| 16:00Richard Flanagan talks about The Narrow Road to the Deep North, which won the Man Booker. 16:30Kathleen Jamie reads from her new book of poems for Paul Farley.
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| 17:00 | 17:00News interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with 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 closer look at some of the photos listeners have sent in, plus a Your News 2015 montage.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Hashi Mohamed follows the trail of of unaccompanied child migrants arriving in Europe.(R) 17:40Chris Bowlby profiles Dr Hartwig Fischer, soon to be the director of the British Museum.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00David Cameron insists he will do whatever is necessary to respond to severe flooding. 18:15Richie Webb and cast take Sepp Blatter down a peg in this West End musical. 18:305/6Jack Dee, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by Rob Brydon.
| 18:00Married couple convicted of planning suicide bombing 18:152/6Julian Assange's story is wiki-leaked in this overly melodramatic 15 Minute Musical.(R) 18:301/6Milton becomes a financial adviser, sinks the pound and fights off a Swedish invasion.
| 18:00Bad weather continues to batter the UK. Bill Cosby has been charged with sexual assault. 18:151/4Long-term partners, Neil and Kim, spend a harrowing Christmas Day together. 18:301/4Sketch show from comedian Jocelyn Jee Esien.
| 18:00Eyewitness: "there was debris flying everywhere, falling into neighbouring buildings". 18:15From backbench obscurity to leader of the opposition, the story of Jeremy Corbyn. 18:30Critically acclaimed stand up Carey Marx tells the true story of his heart attack.
| 18:00German Police give details of Munich terror alert 18:15Author Ed Reardon leads us through the ups and down of his Christmas week. 18:30The team take a retrospective look at the future as they focus on the year 2020.
| 18:00Iran warns Saudi Arabia will pay "high price" for execution of Shia cleric 18:15Clive Anderson presents some of the best guests and music from Loose Ends in 2015.
| 18:00Islamic State video shows apparent killing of men accused of spying for Britain 18:15Liz Barclay chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Elizabeth has fond memories. 19:15Kirsty Lang speaks to cultural philanthropists about their role in funding the Arts. 19:45Meet Kirstie Clarke. She tells it like it is. No holds barred, no matter who she offends.(R)
| 19:00Helen and Rob have a proposition. 19:15Elvis Costello looks back over a musical career spanning almost four decades 19:45Jeremy Front meets the government's new special adviser to schools, Maria Webber.(R)
| 19:00Brian can always be relied on for his discretion. 19:15The actors, musicians and artists who have been centre stage in 2015 19:45Rebecca Front introduces us to Mandy Fenwick, the huge child star of the 1980s.(R)
| 19:00Pip is in hot demand on New Year's Eve. 19:15John WIlson continues his look at those who have made the headlines in the arts in 2015. 19:45Crime writer Linda draws on her East End background to write her bestsellers.(R)
| 19:00Will a brand new year offer a brand new start? 19:15Samira Ahmed talks to Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper about The Danish Girl. 19:45Jeremy Front meets the iconic 1960s folk singer, who never sold out on her principles.(R)
| 19:00Chris Bowlby profiles Dr Hartwig Fischer, soon to be the director of the British Museum. 19:15With a look at the games Fallout 4 and Her Story, plus Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl.
| 19:152/2Joanna Lumley revisits the latter part of June Whitfield's extraordinary career.(R) 19:453/3Three new stories set in the wonderful world of wine.
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| 20:00 | 20:00The Philosopher's Arms asks what sort of people should we bring into the world. 20:30India's Parsi population is declining. Can Parsis be persuaded to make more babies?(R)
| 20:00Hashi Mohamed follows the trail of of unaccompanied child migrants arriving in Europe. 20:40Peter White and two guests have a lively debate about three of their favourite books.
| 20:00A family of Syrian migrants risks everything in a remarkable journey to Germany.
| 20:00Margaret Heffernan argues existing models of leadership have outlived their usefulness.(R) 20:30Peter Day explores the rise of craft beer and how the big breweries are fighting back.
| 20:00Top BBC correspondents predict what will shape our world in 2016. 20:50Howard Jacobson does not feel complimented when someone describes him as 'wise'.
| 20:00Professor Andrew Hussey asks why we should let the toad of work squat on our lives.
| 20:00Tim Harford looks back at some of the most interesting numbers behind the news in 2015. 20:30Julian Worricker on a sound engineer, a campaigner, a writer, a businesswoman, a musician.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Jim Al-Khalili brings three scientists together to solve a problem facing society.(R) 21:30Simon Russell Beale, Jeanette Winterson, Dominic Dromgoole and Katherine Duncan-Jones.(R)
| 21:002/3A whale biologist is among those who reveal there is more to listening than hearing. 21:30Jonathan Freedland examines current debates about ethical shopping and production.(R)
| 21:00Christine Nicol explores the meaty problem of eating aliens. What if they are like people? 21:30Libby Purves meets Si King and Dave Myers, also known as the Hairy Bikers.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford and guests answer listeners' science questions.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the story of Tristan and Iseult.(R)
| 21:00In the week that the home secretary resigns, the Bevan Hospital celebrates the new year.
| 21:002/2Tanika Gupta's glorious adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma set in mid 19th Century India.(R)
| 21:00Could pocket change soon be a thing of the past? Paul Lewis and guests investigate. 21:26Jonathan Self presents an appeal on behalf of Room to Read.(R) 21:30Peter Day explores the rise of craft beer and how the big breweries are fighting back.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Japan and South Korea sign agreement, Vichy archives released, record Australian drought. 22:451/5Having found literary success, our lady heads to a conference in Brussels.
| 22:00Heavy rain expected in northern England, southern Scotland and Northern Ireland. 22:452/5Arriving in Brittany for a family holiday, our Lady is alarmed to find no sign of the sea.
| 22:00What is the connection between El Nino, Storm Frank and an unusually mild North Pole? 22:453/5Our Lady attends Pamela Pringle’s cocktail party in Sloane Street.
| 22:00A special edition featuring the programme's foreign highlights this year. 22:454/5Mademoiselle returns for a visit but the picnic held in her honour is blighted by rain.
| 22:00Gun attack in Israel kills three - who is behind the shooting? 22:455/5Our Lady returns home to find an unexpected guest in the house.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:151/3Peter Hennessy invites David Owen to reflect on his life and times.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Dennis Sewell of the Spectator analyses how the newspapers are covering the big stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford talk about Squeeze's 1981 album, 'East Side Story' 23:30Sound designer Glenn Freemantle, who worked on Gravity, commemorates the first spacewalk.(R)
| 23:004/4The sketch show written by the public. 23:30Marie-Louise Muir revisits youth orchestras set up during the Troubles in Northern Ireland(R)
| 23:00Intimate late-night conversation as Lauren Laverne and guests discuss nudity.
| 23:00Jarvis Cocker goes on an undersea voyage with the BBC Philharmonic in this Radio 4 Prom.(R)
| 23:00Matthew Parris explores the remarkable life of Professor Wangari Maathai.(R) 23:27Gerald Scarfe explores the Walt Disney Studio's activity during the Second World War.(R) 23:55A conversation that includes discussion of the hazards of removing nipple tassles...
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 23:30Paul Farley hears new poems from two new poets, Sam Riviere and Emily Berry.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock hosts a discussion about the roles of women in the film industry.(R) 23:30Marie-Louise Muir reflects on the last words of poet Seamus Heaney, 'do not be afraid'.(R)
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