I caught most of this tonight. It's worth a listen.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06t42ff

Among the vast number of migrants who crossed the Mediterranean in summer 2015 were many unaccompanied children.

Presenter Hashi Mohamed, once a child migrant himself, travels to Italy to meet young new arrivals heading north from Sicily in search of a better life.

"I had it easy really," says Hashi Mohamend, "I got on a plane with some of my siblings from Nairobi to London via Paris."

By contrast many of the child migrants he meets from Egypt, Gambia, Eritrea, Somalia, Afghanistan and Ethiopia have suffered violence, extortion and life threatening danger en route to Europe.

Well I've just heard a sentence that I never thought I would hear on radio 4
"And now on to nipple tassels....."

Stewart Lee is my favorite comedian. Yesterday he presented a documentary about improvised music.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b061tfmw

"Comedian Stewart Lee has a great private passion - musical, free improvisation. For over twenty years in diverse attics and cellars below pubs, hired rooms, concert halls and gig venues, Stewart has been immersing himself in this unique musical experience.

Now he sets out to answer a deceptively simple question: "What does it mean to play free - completely in the moment?".

Beloved by its fans and baffling to its detractors, free improvisation has grown from a group of disaffected 1960s jazz musicians playing to three men and a dog to a globally respected and influential form heard regularly at international concert halls and festivals.

Through encounters with some of the scene's most influential exponents - including Evan Parker, Maggie Nicols, Sarah Gail Brand, Steve Noble and John Edwards - Stewart Lee explores the remarkable reality of performing music without rules, without preparation, with no safety net and no idea of what's going to happen next."

I'm so glad someone else posted on this thread.
I was starting to feel like a man stood all alone in an empty room!
I'm sorry I haven't a clue is brill.
Mornington Crescent !

Five DAB radios pure radio 4/extra heaven.

Half way through it. Very Interesting Indeed. Thanks coach. 

360 arts
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05nxhj4

Jessica Lack tells the tale of one city's attempt to commission their first piece of public art for years and discovers a system heavy on stakeholders and short on artistic bravery.

She calls nationwide expert witnesses to explain why commissioning public art is so much easier said than done - and why it matters, even in times of austerity.

The brilliant Mark Thomas

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ckggk



"Comedian-activist Mark Thomas and his studio audience at The Stand Comedy Club in Glasgow consider policy proposals for a People's Manifesto.

This week's agenda:
1) A kick-starter to kick Scotland out of the Union.
2) Bankers to be given bonuses in the form of NHS donation cards.
and
3) An end to bank fees for those on a family income of less than £30,000."

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06zqpcg

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by US superstar neuroscientist David Eagleman, Professor Sophie Scott and comedian Bridget Christie to ask what is reality? Is our sense of the world around us a completely personal experience and a construct of our brains? How can we ever know whether what one person perceives is exactly the same as what another person perceives. Is your sense of the world around you an illusion constructed by this extraordinary organ, the brain, that has no direct access to the outside world that it is helping you to understand.

There was a piece on the radio this morning about "The Moon Under Water" by George Orwell.
I must admit I had never heard of it.
It was a letter written by Orwell in 1946 to the Evening Standard in which he describes the perfect pub.
It's a lovely read.
Here is a link to the letter:

theorwellprize.co.uk/george-orwell/by-orwell/essays-and-other-works/the-moon-under-water/

I listened to this, and was going to post about it.
I really wasn't sure what to make of it.
As you said, a drama, so only very loosely based on facts.
A few funny moments. But a fair few cringe ones too.
The best bit was probably the narration by "Brian Sewell".


Link:

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b072n8f7

This was a very interesting debate, last night.

The Moral Maze

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0742mqj

Brussels Bombing
Moral Maze

The fact that the Belgian authorities had been expecting an attack doesn't diminish the shock of yet another bombing with mass casualties in a European capital. Belgium's foreign minister said on Sunday that Salah Abdeslam, the prime surviving suspect in the Paris attacks, could have been plotting more operations. Tragically, he was proved right. That Salah was able to hide in Brussels, under the noses of the Belgian police, for more than four months raises uncomfortable questions for them - and also for us. The UK government is still fighting to get its Investigatory Powers Bill onto the statute book. Its supporters believe it will enable the police and security services to fight terrorism and crime more effectively. Opponents say it will destroy our fundamental right to privacy and believe their arguments have been given more force by the revelations of Edward Snowdon about the extent of secret surveillance. The Brussels bombs came on the day that the FBI in America said they'd found a way to get round Apple's security and unlock the phone of an Islamist terrorist who killed 14 people in California last December. Apple had refused to co-operate, saying it would have security implications for millions of iPhone users all over the world. When we're faced with ruthless terrorists, intent on committing mass murder, how much privacy do we have a right to demand? And who should police it? These bombs were in the city that is the symbolic heart of the European Union and that has - for many - come to symbolise the hard-won freedoms and values we cherish in the West. What price do we place on those freedoms and values? And how much are we willing to compromise them to ensure our safety? How free do you want to be? Witnesses are Professor Anthony Glees, Mike Harris, Douglas Murray and Inayat Bunglawala.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0742d2w


This Is Not a Banksy
Drama

By Alan Harris

Sam's life is turned upside down when his girlfriend, Molly, discovers a Banksy on his bottom. Molly insists they make it permanent down the tattoo parlour and before long Sam has become a living work of art. And that's when his problems really begin.

A comedy about the madness of the international art market, starring Elis James (Crims), Kimberley Nixon (Fresh Meat), Steffan Rhodri (Gavin and Stacey) and Tim Key (Alpha Papa). Writer Alan Harris lives and works in Cardiff, he was a runner-up in the 2014 BBC Wales Drama Award and won the judges' award at the 2015 Bruntwood Prize.

Directed by James Robinson

This is an incredibly moving series. Each one is 15 minutes.
About a boy who died and his parents donated his organs.
From the perspective of the parents of the boy, the parents of the organ recipients and the medical staff.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07dkkk0

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07f4k5f

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07f4ls8

"August 2003 - life hangs in the balance for two teenage boys. A virus has attacked the heart of a Scottish boy called Mark McCay and he is slowly dying in a hospital bed in Newcastle. His only hope is a new heart. Down in Nottingham, 16 year-old Martin Burton is in intensive care with damage to the brain. His mother Sue had just been told there was no chance of recovery. His father Nigel has rushed home from the United States to be by his side. Writer and journalist Cole Moreton tells the story of what happens when the death of a child miraculously allows others to live."