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The second phase of the Covid inquiry

Was the government prepared? Martyn Reynolds and Sir Anthony Seldon give their verdict.

• 10 mins

Do you know your Queen's English from your Estuary accent?

According to a new study The Kings English and cockney are hardly spoken any more.

• 4 mins

Are we a country obsessed with sandwiches?

Sandwich enthusiast, Max Halley, on "creating perfection between two slices of bread."

• 5 mins

Misogyny in No. 10

The former Deputy Cabinet Secretary has told the Covid inquiry about sexism in No 10.

• 6 mins

If AI means we don't need to work anymore, how will we fill our time instead?

James Suzman and Baroness Prosser on the meaning of life and work.

• 8 mins

The tampons that can diagnose STIs

The founder of Daye, Valentina Milanova, on how tampons could provide at home STI testing

• 3 mins

The King's Speech: A Tory reset ahead of the general election?

Robert Colvile and Kate fall review the King's first speech opening parliament.

• 4 mins

Do British women drink too much?

Shaparak Khorsandi and landlady Katie Baldock on British women's drinking culture.

• 5 mins

Will pro-Palestinian protests on Armistice Day be banned?

John McDonnell says the police shouldn't be politicised over the protest

• 8 mins

Baroness Kate Fall: "He's keen to serve his country again."

Kate Fall and Katy Balls give their reaction to David Cameron's surprise return.

• 3 mins

Sir John Hayes: The UK Government should withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights

Sir John Hayes gives reaction to the Supreme Court ruling against the Rwanda asylum plan.

• 6 mins

Ed Balls: From the cabinet to choirmaster.

Former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls

• 4 mins

The Beatles final mixing desk restored after being discarded on a London street

Mike Hedges spent decades restoring the Abbey Road mixing desk to its former glory.

• 4 mins

"Their formula was being made with contaminated water."

The Palestinian Red Crescent has coordinated the evacuation of 28 babies out of Gaza.

• 3 mins

Michael Morpurgo: "Childhood mustn't be rushed"

Michael Morpurgo on the long hot summers of youth, as Wales discusses cutting them short.

• 3 mins

We decided not to split up the family. If we died, we would die together.

Dr Mohamed Abou Foul on his experience of getting out of Gaza with his family of 16.

• 7 mins

Sir Jacob Rees Mogg: "I'm embarrassed we haven't achieved what we set out to achieve."

Sir Jacob Rees Mogg on the population growing at its fastest rate since the 1960s.

• 4 mins

How far would you go to retrieve a lost cuddly toy?

Professional teddy bear restorer Charlotte Abbott on the special bond of childhood toys.

• 2 mins

The orchestras of Auschwitz

British composer Leo Geyer on restoring scores of music composed in Auschwitz.

• 4 mins

What happens next for Israel and Gaza?

Michael Clarke from RUSI says he thinks the ceasefire will be extended

• 6 mins

"Every Palestinian family has a prisoner in jail, or had a prisoner in jail."

As Palestinians are freed from Israeli jails under the truce, many are being arrested.

• 6 mins

Yvette Cooper: "He was the kindest, steadiest, most thoughtful of people."

Former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling has died aged 70. Yvette Cooper pays tribute.

• 4 mins

We look back on the life and music of Pogue frontman Shane McGowan

Sean Cannon from The Dubliners, who collaborated with the Pogues, paid tribute.

• 3 mins

Can walking a dog reduce risks of dementia?

Paddy O'Connell finds out about the benefits of man's best friend.

• 2 mins

Do Israeli's still support Prime Minister Netanyahu's strategy in Gaza?

Leader of Israel's Labor Party, Merav Michaeli, on the divisions in Israel's politics.

• 6 mins

'Rizz' - What is it? And who has it?

'Rizz' named word of the year 2023 by Oxford University Press.

• 1 min

"We've basically been told you cannot fall in love with a foreigner"

Under new government rules Raquel doesn't earn enough for her husband to live in the UK.

• 4 mins

"He is everything that I believe a poet should be."

Writer Lemn Sissay pays tribute to his friend and fellow poet, Benjamin Zephaniah.

• 6 mins

Lord Howard: "It would be foolish for the House of Lord's to obstruct it."

Former Conservative party leader Lord Howard on Rishi Sunak's Rwanda bill.

• 6 mins

Aid agencies are struggling to help hundreds of thousands of displaced civilians in Gaza.

Israeli government says agencies must "get their act together and provide the support."

• 13 mins