The role of nitrogen fertilisers, in the twin threats of hunger and climate change.
The anatomy of how confidence works. If you think the economy's on the mend, it wil...
How China's exchange rate affects whether you keep or lose your job.
Iceland's special prosecutor says cases will be brought within a year.
Brazil's Finance Minister says old industrial countries must pay to keep its forest...
Capitalism in the old Soviet bloc 20 years after the fall of the Wall.
BA and Iberia propose to merge and HSBC call for more lending.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the discovery of radiation, from radio waves to gam...
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Cardiff University.
Tim Samuels takes a light-hearted look at the New York Jewish dating scene.
Kirsty Young's castaway is lawyer and writer Anthony Julius.
Professor Steve Jones challenges the controversial science of evolutionary psycholo...
Clive Anderson is joined by Jack Jones and Alan Davies. With music from Martha Wain...
Claudia Hammond hears about surprising side effects of drugs used to treat schizoph...
Helmut Kopetzky tells the story of East German actor Wolf Kaiser.
The case of the Victorian medicine which established principles about truth in adve...
Frances Cairncross explores the UK's options in the face of a growing deficit.
Despatches which changed the course of history.