BBC Radio 4 Podcasts

Should children be taught a comprehensive understanding of English grammar? Reporter Tom Bateman spoke to the journalist and author Simon Heffer, who argues that most pupils have been left with "nothing but a random and often erroneous understanding of the components of language".

Deputy PM accepts "understandable" worry over reductions, but argues the spending review is not a "Sword of Damocles" hanging over the UK.

To mark Pope Benedict XVI's state visit to the United Kingdom, journalist Mark Dowd explores how the Catholic Church here has changed since the last papal visit.

European economist Eoin O'Callaghan talks about the proposed split of the Anglo Irish bank. Chief executive of Metro Bank, Craig Donaldson talks of the problems of setting up the first high street bank to open on the high street for 100 years. Richard Heis of KPMG outlines the reasons behind the announcement that the property group Connaught has gone into administration.

Charlotte Smith hears from villagers in Lincolnshire who fear a proposed 8,000 cow dairy unit could harm their health.

The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg faces questions over the ongoing phone hacking controversy

Could Blackpool be the new Texas? Lancashire boasts promising reserves of shale gas, the fashionable energy source of the moment. Can it be extracted economically and safely?

Harry has big plans and Jazzer gets the wrong end of the stick.

Following the news that around six million people have paid the wrong amount of tax due to mistakes made by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) over the last two years, Paul Lewis will invite your questions about tax demands.

BP issues report on oil-spill / Should legal murder-categories be changed ? / Should the NHS do more wight-loss coperations ? / Stephen Hawking says "God and philosophy are redundant" / Aristotle Onassis remembered / John le Carre on today's world / How men can make themselves irresistible on the dance-floor

Hate Crime, filming in prisons, living out of skips...Laurie explores some of the diverse strands of crime research at the British Society of Criminology Conference at Leicester University.

Paul Staines (Gudio Fawkes) is the blogger behind the story of William Hague and his special advisor. Critics describe him as an anti-journalist, un-accountable and a peddler of political soft porn. How does he respond? With a Papal visit imminent and arguments about whether to build a Mosque at Ground Zero in New York, religion is never far from the headlines. But, can a secular media cover such events effectively? And does the media have any hope of getting to grips with questions like - Does God exits? Former religious correspondent for The Guardian Stephen Bates and Baroness Warnock discuss. And the big story of the week. What exactly have we learnt from the New York Times’ allegations about phone hacking at the News of The World, and why is an American newspaper so interested in the goings on at the news room of a British tabloid? Steve Hewlett speaks to professor of Journalism and former tabloid editor Roy Greenslade and Rupert Murdoch biographer Michael Wolff.

Presented by Jenni Murray. The actress Tamsin Greig on her new film 'Tamara Drewe'. Why are there so few male teachers in primary and nursery schools? American singer-songwriter Nell Bryden; and Iris Murdoch - 11 years after her death, how does her reputation stand?

Author John Le Carre is to publish a new thriller dealing with issues of money laundering, international espionage and the Russification of British life. He let Justin Webb in on the background to the book.

The director of Public Prosecutions has joined calls for first and second degree murder charges to be introduced in England and Wales, along the lines of the US system. Legal affairs analyst Clive Coleman, former commissioner of Metropolitan Police Ian Blair and Labour MP Diane Abbott debate whether the UK should have multiple murder legal systems.

Could children be missing out on sight-saving eye tests? And is smart-phone technology keeping pace with the needs of visually impaired people?

Gas and oil consultant Azfar Shaukat talks about BP's report on the causes of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, released later today. Simon Middleton of the Brand Strategy Guru consultancy analyses whether the electrical retailer DSG International should change its name back to Dixons.

Anna Hill reports from the Dairy Event 2010, the UK's largest livestock trade show, to look at the challenges facing dairy farmers in the months and years ahead.

Phone hacking: MPs launch a fresh inquiry into the allegations against the News of the World.

Dr Mark Porter gets his kit on to investigate biomechanics and sports injuries at the University of Bath Sports Village