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0651The Bodleian Library has published postcards showing images from World War I and the Russian Revolution. Historian Andrew Roberts has written an introduction for the books.
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0709 Over the weekend Labour MPs have been defending Gordon Brown after a number of memoirs by senior party figures drew unflattering portraits of him.
0714 The government wants to prepare a green paper on social care for the elderly and disabled in England. Niall Dickson is chief executive of the Kings Fund.
0718 Business with Greg Wood,
0721 The murder of 16 year old, Jimmy Mizen. Hear from Father Edward Perera, the parish priest of Our Lady of Lourdes church where Jimmy was an altar boy.
0724 The National Trust is starting its biggest ever plant survey. Mike Collins is from the Trust.
0726 Sport with Jon Myers.
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0733 Should western countries intervene in foreign crises and if they do, how?
0740 Are derelict buildings pieces of urban history, or simply eyesores which should be knocked down? Zubeida Malik reports.
0744 Today's papers.
0747 Thought for the Day with Reverend Joel Edwards, general director of the Evangelical Alliance.
0750 In a bruising episode last week, internal divisions over a Scottish referendum came to the fore. But is this really such a pressing issue for the public? | | | | |
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0810Gordon Brown is set to outline the need to reform social care for Britain's ageing population and disabled people. We hear from Health Secretary, Alan Johnson.
0826 Sport with Jon Myers.
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0832 How "restorative justice" can bring about closure on both sides.
0840 Harold Pinter on the 50th anniversary of the opening of his play, The Birthday Party.
0844 Sarah Mukherjee reports on a campaign asking people to tell them when they see adders.
0846 An earthquake has struck western China. Quentin Sommerville reports from Beijing.
0847 What effect will the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill have on children and does it undermine the role of fathers?
0852 Business with Greg Wood.
0855 Shlomo and Jez Sadler of the Vocal Orchestra Chorus talk about the world's largest beatbox choir. | | |
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We don’t always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.
| |  | Gil Scott-Heron (04/03/2008)
Life hasn't been easy for the 'god-father of rap', but as US politics gets interesting again, he's making a comeback. | | | | Zbigniew Brzezinski (01/02/08)
He used to be Jimmy Carter's national security adviser, and now he's advising presidential candidate Senator Obama. We hear his vision for US Foreign policy.
| | | | Sonny Rollins (26/11/07)
The legendary Jazz saxophonist talks about his time in prison, phone calls with John Coltrane, 9/11 and the ambitions of a Jazz survivor. | | | | President Pervez Musharraf (17/11/07)
James Naughtie asks the President of Pakistan when he will lift his country's state of emergency and what he is doing to tackle Islamist Terrorism. | | |
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