What Must Burnham Sacrifice To Make Britain Grow? With Michael Gove
Few figures in modern British politics have operated as close to the centre of power as Michael Gove. Over more than a decade in government, he has held some of the most senior offices of state – incl...
20 Loka 1h 33min
Why Are People Having Fewer Children Than They Want? With Camilla Cavendish
In England and Wales, the total fertility rate fell to 1.39 children per woman in 2025. More than half of the world’s countries and areas are now below the level at which a population replaces itself ...
18 Loka 44min
Archive: Can the Arts Drive Social Change? With Idris Elba, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Yassmin Abdel-Magied
In the summer of 2020, as Black Lives Matter protests swept the world, the arts and creative industries faced urgent questions about racism, representation and their role in driving meaningful change....
18 Loka 1h 2min
How One Family Remade Britain: Thomas and Oliver Cromwell, with Miranda Malins
Thomas Cromwell helped Henry VIII break with Rome, reshape government and establish the Church of England. A century later, his distant relative Oliver Cromwell helped defeat a king, establish a repub...
15 Loka 57min
Can Europe Defend Itself? Timothy Garton Ash on Europe's Future
Europe’s past is not past. The borders of vanished empires still surface in election results. The European Union and Nato face a world in which Russia is aggressive, America is less dependable and Eur...
13 Loka 34min
Can Pigs Really Appreciate Bach? Katherine Rundell Live
Katherine Rundell has dazzled millions of readers globally with her writing on fantastical beasts. In her bestselling book The Golden Mole, she profiled some of the world’s most extraordinary endanger...
12 Loka 1h 23min
Archive: What Are the Chances We Exist at All? With Brian Cox and Alice Roberts
Who are we? Why are we here? Are we alone in the universe? How did we become the creatures that we are? How might we further evolve? These are some of the big questions that Brian Cox and Alice Robert...
11 Loka 1h 3min
What James Baldwin Can Teach Us About the World Today
On the 70th anniversary of the publication of Giovanni’s Room, James Baldwin’s seminal novel about sexuality, race and myth in America, Booker Prize-winning writer Ben Okri joined us to reflect on the...
10 Loka 1h 17min
