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A Boat of One's Own

Michelle Madsen makes the case for life on Britain's rivers and canals.

• 15 mins

Positively Medieval

Lucy Allen argues that medieval society had a conflicted attitude towards women.

• 15 mins

Reaching Out

Charlie Howard argues that public services should find their users, not wait to be found.

• 15 mins

Best of Four Thought: Hinge Moments in History

Another chance to hear three of the best recent episodes of Four Thought.

• 43 mins

The Meaning of North

Alex Beaumont questions the meaning of 'the north'.

• 15 mins

Healing Minds

Rachel Kelly believes there needs to be a more nuanced approach to mental illness.

• 15 mins

Spice In Prison

Stuart J Cole warns of the crisis in UK prisons posed by 'spice', a synthetic cannabis.

• 15 mins

The Muslim Soldier

Adnan Sarwar discusses being a Muslim in the British Army.

• 15 mins

Dead White Composers

Simon Zagorski-Thomas thinks we fail to value the study of pop music.

• 15 mins

The Muslim Soldier

Adnan Sarwar on being a Muslim in the British Army.

• 15 mins

Questions of Identity

Marina Lewycka explores how identity is formed.

• 15 mins

Citizen Diplomacy

Former ambassador Tom Fletcher argues that the future of diplomacy will be citizen-led.

• 15 mins

Straight from the Root

VV Brown explains why she has embraced her natural hair.

• 15 mins

A Lonely Society

Lucy Hurst-Brown asks why so many learning disabled people are so lonely.

• 15 mins

Being Turkish

Writer Elif Shafak describes how being Turkish means always worrying about your country.

• 15 mins

Father and Son

Laurence Anholt describes how his dying father revealed his traumatic past experiences.

• 15 mins

Are Pornographers Anti-Sex?

Melissa Raphael explains why she sees pornographers as anti-sex.

• 15 mins

The Social Media Poet

Brian Bilston on becoming an accidental Twitter poet.

• 15 mins

In Praise of Parks

Travis Elborough explores the role of public parks in British life.

• 15 mins

Funny Politics

Ayesha Hazarika explains why she thinks humour is so important in our political discourse.

• 15 mins

The Pull of the Land

Nick Ivins explains how the pull of the land turned him into a homesteader.

• 15 mins

The Art of Diary Writing

Sally Bayley traces the art of diary writing from Pepys to today's culture of blogging.

• 15 mins

Liberating Men

Dave Pickering makes the case for a men's liberation movement.

• 15 mins

Other People's Stories

Anna Derrig asks who has the right to tell someone else's story.

• 15 mins

Stories with Food

Annie Zimmerman and James Wheale argue that food is the perfect storytelling medium.

• 15 mins

Supporting Mothers

Kerry Littleford argues that mothers who have children taken into care need help.

• 15 mins

Property Ownership

Chris Pierson makes the case for a radical rethinking of private property.

• 15 mins

Change for the Better

Katz Kiely argues that we should all learn to better manage change.

• 15 mins

Sensitive Souls

Hannah Jane Walker makes the case for being a bit sensitive.

• 11 mins

Magazine Renaissance

Jeremy Leslie explains why reports of magazines dying have been greatly exaggerated.

• 15 mins