Will China invade Taiwan?
China’s ruling Communist Party’s Congress begins on Sunday where Xi Jinping is expected to secure an unprecedented third term - effectively allowing him to stay in power for life. It comes at a time o...
14 Loka 202228min
Meet the Editors: Celebrating 200 years of The Sunday Times
This month the Sunday Times turns 200 years old. To mark the occasion, Times Radio’s John Pienaar has been speaking to the editors: Emma Tucker, who's edited the paper since 2020, and John Witherow, t...
12 Loka 202235min
Elon Musk (probably) buys Twitter
It’s been a long and twisting road: six months of ‘on again off again’, after Elon Musk made an offer to buy Twitter, only to back out a few months later. Two weeks before Musk and the social media co...
11 Loka 202223min
The real story of Colditz
It's a legend many of us have grown up with: a plucky group of British officers, finding themselves trapped in a heavily guarded POW camp during the Second World War, try every trick they can think of...
10 Loka 202233min
Putin's draft, sham referendums and the Ukrainian fight back
Vladimir Putin turns 70 today. In recent weeks, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has seen territorial losses, a shambolic partial mobilisation, sham referendums and threats of nuclear attacks. So what pos...
7 Loka 202228min
A wild weekend of... Scrabble
We take a look at a popular Sunday Times feature about the National Scrabble Championships in the UK and uncover a hidden community of word nerds. Plus, tile by tile, we trace the evolution of the pop...
6 Loka 202225min
Why Iranians are burning their hijabs
The death of 22-year old Mahsa Amini whilst in police custody has sparked nationwide protests in Iran. The authorities have responded with a heavy crackdown, and it’s estimated over 130 people have di...
5 Loka 202236min
The Chancellor, the u-turn and a political meltdown
After nine days of political pressure, chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has u-turned on the government’s plan to abolish the top rate of income tax, saying he felt ‘humility and contrition’. So, what was the...
4 Loka 202231min
