In tonight's Mastertapes A-Side, Martin and Eliza Carthy talk about their work together and Eliza's Mercury-nominated album, Anglicana. Listen from 11pm: In Tuesday's B-Side, Eliza and Martin answer questions from the audience:Eliza Carthy performs Worcester Citywww.bbc.co.ukFor Mastertapes, Eliza Carthy performs Worcester City from her Mercury-nominated album, Anglicana.

In JG Ballard's The Drowned World, two lovers try to survive in a post-apocalyptic environment. With the earth's atmosphere destroyed, a process of de-evolution seems to have affected the crew of a scientific mission surveying drowned cities before they are abandoned for good. Listen to Graham White's adaptation: You can also hear the first page of The Drowned World read by David Seddon: Read about our Dangerous Visions season: Hear preview clips ahead of Sunday's dramatisation of J.G. Ballard's Concrete Island:

Does work expand to fill the time available for its completion? Do bureaucracies bloat of their own accord? These are some of the ideas offered by Cyril Northcote Parkinson whose essay, Parkinson's Law, made him a famous commentator on organisational structures in the 1950s. At 8pm, Matthew Sweet asks what Parkinson's Law might have to offer us in a world where bureaucracies are being slimmed down:work expand to fill the time available?www.bbc.co.ukHow Parkinson’s Law is being rediscovered by a new generation of thinkers.

Today's Tweet of the Day is the Great Skua. Great skuas are often known as bonxies - their local name in Shetland where most of the UK's population breeds. Almost two thirds of the world's great skuas nest here or on Orkney. The Great Skua: View galleries of birds featured so far in the series: More about today's presenter, Miranda Krestovnikoff:Radio 4 - Tweet of the Day, Great Skuawww.bbc.co.ukMiranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the great skua.

Biggy and Barry - Dogs We Have Known Fi Glover introduces a conversation from Belfast which includes cautionary tales about encounters with large and not so large dogs: Listen to the latest conversations from The Listening Project: Watch a video showing how to join in the Listening Project:

Introducing Inside Science... Inside Science will be an authoritative, in-depth and enjoyable guide to science and the way that it is changing our world. It will keep the audience abreast of important breakthroughs in science, explore in depth some of the news stories that can get oversimplified elsewhere and work through implications of scientific discovery for society at large. Read more about our new science programme on the Radio 4 Blog:- Blogs - Radio 4 and 4 Extra Blog - Introducing Inside Sciencewww.bbc.co.ukOne of Radio 4's Commissioning Editor's, Mohit Bakaya, discusses new programme Inside Science, which will replace Radio 4's Material World.

"Fantastic fruit crop" predicted this year! It's not been the greatest weather this summer (...so far!) but it's not all bad - Carole Baxter, Bob Flowerdew and Eric Robson discuss how the poor spring weather may result in a great fruit crop in Britain. Preview clip from Gardeners' Question Time:

Does work expand to fill the time available for its completion? In 1955 Cyril Northcote Parkinson anatomised the world of work in his worldwide best seller Parkinson's Law. As Matthew Sweet discovers, Parkinson and his work are being rediscovered by a new generation of thinkers... Listen to a preview clip from Parkinson's Law Revisited: Radio 4 - Parkinson's Law Revisited, Does work expand to fill the time available?How Parkinson’s Law is being rediscovered by a new generation of thinkers.

Siân Busby's 'A Commonplace Killing' is The Book at Bedtime this week and next week. The thriller is set in 40's London, and follows a Detective Inspector who investigates the mysterious death of a respectable woman who is found in a bomb site well known as a lover's haunt. The book was completed by Busby just weeks before she died of lung cancer in September last year and was transcribed for publication by her husband, BBC business editor Robert Peston. Listen to this clip or hear it on Radio 4, Monday - Friday at 10.45pm this week and next week. Radio 4 - Book at Bedtime: A Commonplace Killingwww.bbc.co.ukStultifying heat and the prospect of a two-hour queue for bread - Lillian dreams of escape

Imagine a world where sleep is outlawed. We kick off our Dangerous Visions season with Michael Symmons Roberts' drama The Sleeper on Saturday at 1430. Starring Maxine Peake. Explore Behind the Scenes photos of the recording and listen to interview clips:BBC Radio 4 - Dangerous Visionswww.bbc.co.ukA season of dramas that explore contemporary takes on future dystopias

On this week's Film Programme Francine Stock talks to Zack Snyder, director of the latest Superman film, Man of Steel, starring Henry Cavill. Also, composer Neil Brand tracks the evolution of the superhero soundtrack from the 'positive' Superman of John Williams, to the 'dark' Man of Steel score by Hans Zimmer. Listen here:Or download the programme as a free podcast:

"Splendid fenestration" "Well timbered gardens" "Ancillary accomodation" Some phrases taken from descriptions of properties by Estate Agents. Why are they badly spelt and often contain confusing jargon? You & Yours speaks to Jan Hÿtch, President-Elect at the National Association of Estate Agents, and online copywriter Andrew Parker. You can post any amusing or confusing descriptions you've seen below too!BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours: estate agent jargonYou and Yours takes a look at at the terrible descriptions of property by estate agents.

'The Ocean at the End of the Lane', the upcoming new novel by fantasy author and Doctor Who writer Neil Gaiman, is to be a Radio 4 Book at Bedtime next month. The narrator hasn't been announced yet but is described as "a fantastic, wonderful, award-winning, perfect, top-of-the-line actor"... Find out more and read an interview with the author on Radiotimes.com 'The Ocean at the End of the Lane' is Radio 4's second adaptation of Neil Gaiman's work this year, following the acclaimed dramatisation of his first fantasy novel 'Neverwhere', with an all-start cast including Benedict Cumberbatch, James McAvoy, Natalie Dormer and Christopher Lee. Gaiman novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane to become a Radio 4 Book at Bedtimewww.radiotimes.comThe new novel by the fantasy author and sometime Doctor Who writer is the latest nighttime tale to come to the Radio 4 strand

Listen to the story of the first woman in space. In 1963 Valentina Tereshkova, a simple factory worker, was sent on a solo mission to space. She became a hero in her country, a legend around the world and an icon of gender equality. But what really happened on the flight was kept secret in Soviet times and remains mysterious, earning Valentina the moniker 'Greta Garbo of Space'.BBC Radio 4 - Maiden Voyage: The First Woman in Spacewww.bbc.co.ukLucy Ash goes to Russia in search of Valentina Tereshkova, 50 years after her space flight

Need to know about Power of Attorney? e-mail moneybox@bbc.co.uk now or call 03700 100 444 from 1pm to 3.30pm today. To answer your questions, presenter Paul Lewis will be joined by: Alan Eccles, the Public Guardian for England and Wales; Sandra McDonald the Public Guardian for Scotland plus Caroline Bielanska from Solicitors for the Elderly. Listen to the programme from 3pmRadio 4 - Money Box Live, Power of Attorneywww.bbc.co.ukNeed to know about Power of Attorney? Paul Lewis and guests answer your questions.

"The world has lost another kind, great man", "always a lovely, calm presence", respected for his "intelligence, integrity and complete professionalism". Tributes have been paid to BBC Radio 4 announcer and newsreader Rory Morrison following his death at the age of 48.

This morning's Tweet of the Day came from the Quail - a summer visitor to the UK. Download all the Tweets so far See photos of all the birds (images provided by the RSPB) Radio 4 - Tweet of the Day, Quailwww.bbc.co.ukMiranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the quail.

In today's Mastertapes B-Side, the audience asks Richard Thompson - RT about his 1991 solo album Rumor And Sigh. Listen from 3.30pm: You can hear Richard performing tracks from the album - including one of his best-loved songs 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - on the Mastertapes website: All past programmes - including those featuring Corinne Bailey Rae, Suzanne Vega and Ray Davies - can be downloaded here:

"You could consider getting all the world's information into a relatively small room," says Ewan Birney. In today's edition of The Life Scientific, Jim Al-Khalili hears about the data-storage capacity of DNA: If kept cold, dry and dark, DNA lasts for thousands of years so could it be the archive medium of the future?"One gram of DNA can store two thousand terabytes of information"Ewan Birney on using a small speck of artificial DNA to store Shakespeare's sonnets.

New series 'Shared Planet' begins tomorrow, exploring the complex interface between a growing human population and wildlife. Watch a video of Monty Don introducing the series: Part one focuses on The Problem of Population. Find out in this preview clip why the apparently unattractive chimney swift is worth saving...

Kevin Eldon, Pam Ayres and Graham Norton join Paul Merton and Nicholas Parsons for another game of Just a Minute at 18:30 tonight. Here's Kevin taking on the subject of 'a Kentish lad':

Richard Thompson discusses his 1991 album 'Rumor And Sigh' in tonight's Mastertapes (A-side) Named by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the Top 20 Guitarists of all time, Richard looks back to the making of whats is not just his most commercially successful album, but also one of the high points of his career. Listen to a preview clip of Richard performing 'I Feel So Good' from the album: More clips from the current series of Mastertapes:Radio 4 - Mastertapes, Series 2, Richard Thompson (A-Side), Richard Thompson - I Feel So GoodRichard Thompson performs I Feel So Good from his Rumor and Sigh album.

Do men really think about sex every seven seconds? More or Less visits Professor Terri Fisher, Professor of Psychology at Ohio State University, to get some real numbers behind men's thoughts... Listen to the clip: More or Less:Radio 4 - More or Less, A&E, and the chances of having twins, Do men really think about sex...More or Less visits Ohio State University to work out the figures behind an urban legend.

Here's an interesting article from the BBC News Magazine about an edition of Radio 4's From Our Own Correspondent (see below) From Our Own Correspondent:rare glance at life in North Koreabbc.in

Author Iain Banks has died aged 59, two months after announcing he had terminal cancer. He was best known for his novels The Wasp Factory, The Crow Road and Complicity. Radio 4's Bookclub featured Iain Banks in November 2011 where Iain spoke to James Naughtie and readers at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh to talk about his debut novel The Wasp Factory, first published in 1984. Listen to Iain Banks on Bookclub:(Nov 2011) BBC News - Death of Iain Banks:

Fancy taking part in the Listening Project from the comfort of your own home? Listeners Joan and Brian did just that - and we filmed them to show how straightforward the process is... This week's Sunday edition of the Listening Project features four conversations recorded in the same way:Join in the Listening ProjectListeners Joan and Brian show how to record your own conversation at home.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the mountaineer Conrad Anker. Some of us choose a life in I.T. or event planning - Conrad Anker has opted to swing from a nylon stepladder 19,000 feet up a cliff with a dose of trench foot and a wedge of stale cheese for supper. Listen to Desert Island Discs:

To celebrate the birthday of Charles Saatchi, here's another chance to listen to him on The New Elizabethans. Saatchi is known not just for Saatchi & Saatchi - one of the most successful ad agencies in the 1980's but also as a major art collector, famous for his early sponsorship of Damien Hirst and Tracy Emin. He set up The Saatchi Gallery, which he donated to the public in 2010,along with over 200 pieces of artBBC Radio 4 - The New Elizabethans, Charles Saatchiwww.bbc.co.ukJames Naughtie reflects on the high-flying advertising executive and art collector.

On Saturday Live, Sian Williams and Richard Coles with broadcaster Trevor Nelson and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates and The Inheritance Tracks of actor Alex Jennings. If you enjoyed hearing Alex Jennings' Inheritance Tracks, you might enjoy hearing him on playing Benjamin Britten and reading his biography for Book of the Week.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the editor of British Vogue, Alexandra Schulman. In spite of being in charge of one of our leading 'style bibles' for more than 20 years, her reputation is that of someone rather down to earth. She thinks designers cut clothes too small, refuses to let superstars have photo and copy approval and when she was first appointed editor, she'd never even been on a fashion shoot.

Happy Father's Day! Here's a moving Listening Project conversation between a father and son that perfectly captures the spirit of the day... After contracting meningitis, doctors thought Connor would never move his arms and legs again. But slowly, with the help of his dad Frank, he beat the odds stacked against him and started the long process of recovery. Listen to Frank and Connor's conversation:

Beneath the calm surface of British politics, lurking in the imaginations of some of our leading writers, terrible things have happened. Professor Steven Fielding examines these dystopian visions which have gripped creative and public imaginations in novels and dramas since the end of the second world war. Listen to Archive on 4: Very British Dystopias

In a new series, Zeitgeisters, BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz meets Angelica Cheung, the founding editor of Vogue China... the woman who not only wants to change the meaning of Made in China, but also change China itself. And if you enjoyed hearing about fashion in China, you can listen again to a London Fashion Week special on Woman's Hour.