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Why has the political world gone mad for essays? Professor Edith Hall and Radio 4 wordsmith Michael Rosen discuss the literary form and its history. It was heartbreak for Arsenal in the Champions League - ex-Gunners goalie Bob Wilson tells us about the pain of penalties. We look ahead to Elon Musk's SpaceX going public - are the heavens being privatised? And we celebrate the Starman, David Bowie, with a new immersive exhibition celebrating his life and legacy. Simon Jack presents.

Matt Chorley asks 'Is the Prime Minister's plan for the country working?' Can Keir Starmer survive? Matt visits a fair in Wokingham to get public opinion. Labour grandee Alan Johnson, former Theresa May advisor Lord Barwell and pollster Scarlett McGuire assess the PM's chances. Also a possible breakthrough between Iran and the US? Former Middle East Minister Alistair Birt reacts. We hear of an investigation into rumours that the CIA poisoned England Goalkeeper Gordon Banks at the 1970 World Cup. On the news review, former Sun Editor turned Radio 4 presenter David Yelland, Space expert Alice Bunn. And a World Cup winner - for England's Rugby Team, Maggie Alphonsi.

The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell

The fallout from the local elections continues. Cabinet ministers are told by an MP to challenge PM, or she'll try and trigger a leadership race: will it work? BBC Political Editor Chris Mason has the latest. Lord Blunkett and James Harding, Chloe Hubbard and Michael Booker editors of the Observer, The Mirror and GB news react. Also on BH: a look at what's next in England, Scotland and Wales for the incoming parties, and BBC Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg sends an audio postcard from a very different World War Two Victory Parade in Moscow's Red Square.

The government will give carriers extra flexibility. We've a briefing and hear from the travel industry. Plus, the glory of the dawn chorus from deep in a wood in Buckinghamshire, and Paddy tours a crumbling parliament. On the papers – comedian Grainne Maguire, Jon Williams from the Rory Peck Trust and Greg Jackson, CEO of Octopus Energy.