
Boris Johnson on the brink
After a bruising day in parliament for the prime minister – which saw more resignations than ever before in British political history, including the chancellor and health secretary – Boris Johnson ins...
7 Heinä 202233min

New rules for trans athletes: Fairness or exclusion?
In recent weeks the governing bodies for a number of sports have have published new rules for transgender athletes participating at elite level. So what are the new rules? What prompted them? And how ...
6 Heinä 202229min

Why the government wants to scrap the Human Rights Act
For more than decade, justice secretary and deputy prime minister Dominic Raab has wanted to ditch the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. Now he’s finally got his chance. W...
5 Heinä 202229min

What next for a post-Roe America?
It's been just over a week since the US Supreme Court overruled Roe v Wade, overturning Americans' constitutional right to an abortion. And America has already begun to change. What sort of future is ...
4 Heinä 202232min

Hong Kong's 25 year slide from democracy
This week marks 25 years since the UK handover of Hong Kong to China, with the promise of ‘one country, two systems’. Then, the former British colony was told its freedom would endure, but has a secur...
30 Kesä 202233min

Remembering Dame Deborah James
Dame Deborah James, campaigner and podcast host, whose chronicling of her incurable bowel cancer inspired the nation and raised millions for charity, has died. In the final months of her life, she spo...
29 Kesä 202230min

Can an AI bot convince you that it's sentient?
Google engineer Blake Lemoine brought an unusual concern to his company earlier this month: he feared the AI language program he was working with had gained sentience. Even if he's wrong (and Google c...
28 Kesä 202232min

Winning at all costs: The toxic culture of British gymnastics
From starving athletes hiding cereal bars in socks to fat-shaming and gaslighting – the findings of the watershed Whyte Review make for grim reading. Why is this scandal so unique to sport – and what ...
27 Kesä 202228min






















