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Heart and Soul: Moscow vicar returns home

The Rev Malcolm Rogers has been in charge of the most extraordinary church.  St Andrews looks...

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When Wagner came home

Tens of thousands of Russian criminals – murders, rapists, robbers – were recruited from prisons...

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Female founders: Green tech in the blue economy

Subsistence fishing employs hundreds of millions of people around the world. It’s an enormous...

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Inside Afghanistan's secret schools

In March 2022, seven months after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, second level...

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In the Studio: Ajay Chowdhury

The Indian-born crime fiction author, Ajay Chowdhury, is writing the fifth instalment of his...

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Beats, rhymes and life: Hip-hop at 50

DJ and writer Lynnée Denise marks hip-hop’s 50th year by speaking to leading names about the...

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BBC OS Conversatioms: Living through a coup

Niger has been the focus of international and diplomatic attention over the past week after its...

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Heart and Soul: Online spiritual communities

A doctor in New York, Anjoli has been longing for a space to practise spirituality within a...

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Returning to Romania

Millions of people left Romania after it entered the EU in 2007. They were haemorrhaging doctors...

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A billion batteries

Fourteen-year-old Sri Nihal Tammana is on a mission to prevent billions of batteries going to...

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Invading the past: Russia and science fiction

Science fiction flourished from the earliest days of the Soviet Union. A rare space to explore...

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In the Studio: Sophie Hannah

The crime writer Agatha Christie remains the best-selling novelist of all time even though her...

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Women writing Zimbabwe

Look at any fiction prize recently and odds are that you will find a Zimbabwean woman nominated,...

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BBC OS Conversations: Women in sport

The Women’s World Cup is underway and global attention is once again on women in sport. Host...

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Botswana: Living with elephants

The battle to keep the peace between people and elephants in northern Botswana. The earth’s...

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Song of the bell

The world's most followed religion is changing rapidly. Hannah Ajala explores how church bells...

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In The Studio: SO|IL & Ben Lovett: The architects of music

Brooklyn-based architectural practice SO|IL's designs grace five continents; they have garnered a...

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Surviving a heatwave

Millions of people around the world have been living under heat advisories due to record hot...

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Heart and Soul: America’s atheist street pirates

On a busy street in Los Angeles a group of people in yellow vests are holding a ladder against a...

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Tunisia’s democratic dream

Tunisia’s democracy is being dismantled by a president who claims he’s saving it from anarchy....

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