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15 August Analysis Radio 4, 9:30 to 9.59pm

Analysis Radio 4, 9:30 to 9.59pm

The modern state has traditionally been defined by its monopoly of lawful violence. Is this being eroded in Britain and elsewhere, as private security firms take over work from the police and the prison service? And why is Government moving into new areas of control, such as smacking of children? Andrew Brown asks where the balance of legitimate force lies and how it is shifting.

16 August

News: The Square Meal Radio 4, 9 to 9.30am

Roger Bolton visits his old primary school in Cumbria and finds out how the lunchtime menu has changed from when he was there 40 years ago. He also investigates whether children's nutrition is any better now than when the first publicly-funded school dinners were introduced nearly a century ago.

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