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Best of TodayInsight, analysis and expert debate as key policy makers are challenged on the latest news stories.
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan told us on Friday that Liverpool had "no beating heart" anymore after noticing an empty directors' box at Anfield. The club was bought by American owners last year. With so many of the Premier League's clubs in foreign hands, is this a sign of the times? Are the likes of Dave Whelan & Bolton's Phil Gartside a thing of the past? Does having a foreign owner automatically mean a lack of care at the top?
The average family in Britain spends more than a quarter of their income on childcare, more than almost any other country in the world. The Today programme's Sanchia Berg reports from the Netherlands on their recent childcare reforms compare to childcare regulations in the UK.
The inventor of the first TV remote control, Eugene Polley, died yesterday at the age of 96, That was back in 1955 but it took another two or three decades to arrive into our homes. Inventor Trevor Baylis and Guardian columnist Zoe Williams reflect on the power of invention and the gadget which created the couch potato.
A new adaptation of American neuroscientist David Eagleman's book Sum opens today at the Royal Opera House. The BBC's Tom Bateman reports on the production's idea that consciousness continues after death.
Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund who was in London yesterday, speaks to John Humphrys about the eurozone crisis and the threat of a Greek exit
Investors in Italy are increasingly heading towards the exit sign. And the US trade ambassador Ron Kirk, who has been visiting the UK, gives his view on the eurozone crisis and its impact on a recovering US economy.
Home Secretary Theresa May is to announce a complete overhaul of the way police tackle anti-social behaviour. Community activist Lesley Pulman and Simon Edens, ACPO lead on anti-social behaviour, debate the planned measures.
British climber Kenton Cool, who has reached the Everest summit nine times, talks to Lynda Hardy about the conditions that led to one of the worst days in the mountain's history.
Energy Secretary Ed Davey is pressed by John Humphrys over whether proposals in the energy bill amount to a subsidy for new nuclear power
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A new book comes out this week detailing a mission to Iraq in 2003, in which nine men acted alone and unsupported deep behind enemy lines. The author of Pathfinder, former British Army Captain David Blakely, speaks to Sarah Montague.
The shadow Chancellor Ed Balls gives his view on the eurozone crisis.
Childcare in Britain is amongst the most expensive in the world with an average family spending a quarter of their income on childcare. Conservative MP Elizabeth Truss, who wrote a report that calls for a change in the child care regime, and chief executive of Daycare Trust Anand Shulka discuss the cost of childcare.
Europe business correspondent Nigel Cassidy reports on the rising concern over the "capital flight" from Greece. And Ian Naismith, head of Pensions Market Development at Scottish Widows, gives his view on the news that pension savings in the UK have hit a record low.
The eurozone is in crisis and its members are terrified. That's the accepted view and the reason it's at the top of the agenda. The view of one of America's leading economists, Professor Daniel Keleman, director of the centre for european studies at Rutger's University, is that it maybe painful, but we'll get over it. This is the "new normal".
After an overturned conviction for murder, the incarceration of Sam Hall has highlighted a number of miscarriages of justice. Dr Michael Naughton of the University of Bristol is founder of Innocence Network UK works for those believed to have been wrongly convicted.
Sacha Baron Cohen speaks to arts editor Will Gompertz in his first ever broadcast interview as himself in Britain, to discuss his work and motivations, including the influence his Jewish faith has had on his career.
Can you teach someone to be a good parent? Jill Kirby, a policy analyst with a focus on social and domestic issues, and Frank Field, former minister for welfare reform, debate David Cameron's new scheme to award vouchers to parents.
The euro crisis spotlight has turned on Spain with a credit rating downgrade and unemployment at a record high. Justin Webb has been taking the temperature on the streets of Madrid.
The rating agency Moody's has downgraded sixteen Spanish banks. James Bevan, chief investment officer at CCLA investment management, gives his view on what this means for Spain and the rest of the eurozone. And this week's Friday Boss is Dido Harding, chief executive of Talktalk.
An anthology of poetry written by members of the Taliban is being published. Felix Kuehn, who co-collated the anthology, and Colonel Richard Kemp, former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, discuss the ethics of such a publication.
Former chancellor Lord Lamont discusses the dangers of a breakup of the Eurozone.
Simon Cowell speaks to Jim Naughtie from his home in West London in a wide-ranging exclusive broadcast interview.
Facebook is announcing today the price at which its shares available to the public is set. And Richard Saunders, founder of the Investment Management Association, and who has just announced his last year at the helm of the organisation, gives his view on the shareholder revolt and the banking crisis.
