Editing Today (BBC Radio 4) (section)

==Guest editors==
{{further|List of Today programme guest editors}}
Beginning in 2003, for over one week at the end of December, guest editors have been invited to commission items for one edition of the programme. These usually reflect their social or cultural interests and at the end of each edition the guest editor is interviewed by a member of the regular presenting team about the experience.  Guest editors participating in the inaugural year of this feature were [[Monica Ali]], [[Thom Yorke]], [[Stephen Hawking]], and [[Norman Tebbit]], who is a frequent critic of the programme. Since its inception, notable guest editors have included: [[David Blunkett]], who used the programme as an opportunity to "turn the tables" on John Humphrys in 2005; [[Rowan Williams]], the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], whose appearance on 29 December 2006 encompassed discussions of his growing concerns about the "justification" for the invasion of [[Iraq War|Iraq]], Britain's role in the affair, and the consequences for British armed forces; and [[Peter Hennessy]], who, on 28 December 2007, led a visit to [[HMS Vigilant (S30)|HMS ''Vigilant'']] (a British [[Trident missile|Trident]] submarine) alongside its base at [[Faslane]]. Others including [[Queen Noor of Jordan]] (2005), [[Bono]] (2004) and [[Sarah, Duchess of York]] (2004) have also pitched in for this one-day editorial stint to promote their causes and interests.