British Broadcasting Corporation

BBC RADIO 4

Today Weekdays 6-9am and Saturdays 7-9am

BBC News
Today
Listen again
About Today
How to listen to Today
Contact Today

listenLatest programme in full
Today's running order
open Studio webcam
Thought For The Day
Previous programmes: Mon | Tues | Weds | Thurs | Fri | Archive

The Best of Today podcast

Download or subscribe to the podcast
podcast
TODAY'S PROGRAMME
Today presenter Evan Davis visits the Art Barter market Barter for Art
Today presenter Evan Davis visited the Art Barter market in East London

Sir John Chilcot
Commons 'will bury Chilcot report'
Journalist Simon Jenkins launches a stinging attack on the Chilcot inquiry into the 2003 Iraq war, saying that 'politicians are trying to get John Chilcot to do their dirty work for them'.

RELATED BBC LINKS
Iraq war 'legitimacy' questioned
Iraq war eve WMD doubt revealed
Bush 'hardened Blair Iraq stance'
'No whitewash' from Iraq inquiry
Q&A: Iraq war inquiry

OTHER LINKS
Iraq inquiry

REACTION FROM AROUND THE WEB
The "inquisitors" seem much more interested in hearing the civil servant's "perspective" than holding them to account. Little wonder that the hearings have often seemed like a long, uninterupted self-justification.
Financial Times Westminster blog
The truth of UK's guilt | Scott Ritter
Chilcot Iraq hearings | Vicki Woods
Going to war | Matthew Parris
Why not call Blair now | Mary Dejevsky
OTHER TOP STORIES
Nazi death camp trial begins
Steve Rosenberg outlines the long and bitter legacy of Sobibor

Britain 'fed up' with EU laws
Ukip's new leader, Lord Pearson, says he relishes a hung parliament

SPORTS NEWS
Avram Grant makes Portsmouth debut
Former Pompey striker Steve Claridge discusses the new manager's first test

How was if for you?
Authors Lionel Shriver and Howard Jacobsen on bad sex in fiction
Dubai 'a slave society'
Andrew Neil and Will Self reflect on the rise and fall of the Emirate
Denman primed for Hennessy test
Correspondent Cornelius Lysaght on the contenders for the big race at Newbury
Blue line

FEATURES AND COMMENT

Scottish national flag National dilemma
James Naughtie on Scotland's appetite for independence
Churchill Party political
The evolution of the party political broadcast
Graduates on Graduation Day A long wait
The graduation ceremony delayed by 35 years
Orange line
RECENT INTERVIEWS

Lady Ashton Lady Ashton role 'not a fudge'
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron Queen's Speech 'unravelling'
Lord Mandelson Speech 'for public to judge'
Orange line

LATEST HEADLINES FROM BBC NEWS

Javascript must be enabled to view this content.
Visit BBC News for the latest headlines.


LATEST HEADLINES FROM BBC SPORT

Javascript must be enabled to view this content.
Visit BBC Sport for the latest headlines.
TODAY'S BOOKMARKS ON DELICIOUS
LATEST FROM: Today on del.icio.us
CQC
Care Quality Commission report into Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sense About Science
Independent charitable trust campaigning against misrepresentation of science and scientific evidence
Commission on Scottish Devolution
Sir Kenneth Calman's independent review of the experience of Scottish devolution since 1998
Last updated: 28 Nov, 12:18 GMT
News feeds| News feeds - Subscribe to: Today on del.icio.us
What is delicious?
TODAY'S TWITTER ALERTS
R4Today Twitter
What is Twitter?
JOIN THE DEBATE ON HAVE YOUR SAY
Get back to basics - i.e. caring for patients and bring back in-house cleaning instead of striving to hit meaningless "targets"!!
Linda Leighton, Bexhill

MOST POPULAR HAVE YOUR SAY DEBATES


Skip to top

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Explore the BBC

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.
Americas Africa Europe Middle East South Asia Asia Pacific