The capture of the Taliban's second-in-command Mullah Abdul Ghani Barader, has given a boost to NATO morale. We hear from Declan Walsh in Islamabad on the implications of the joint US-Pakistani operation.
The broadcaster and documentary maker Ray Gosling has admitted killing a former partner who was terminally ill. The Guardian's Esther Addley explains what prompted his decision to speak out now.
Robert Winston is in the studio to discuss his new book on the unforseen consequences of new technologies, Bad Ideas. He says "With every act of creation and innovation there exists the potential, also, for our undoing".
JG Ballard's seminal novel, Crash is the inspiration behind a new exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery in London. Our art critic Adrian Searle takes a private view.
And a landmark report on the state of British childhood, the Millennium Cohort Study publishes its latest installment today. We hear from one of the lead researchers Dr Lucy Griffiths.
