Victory over coronavirus: the lessons of VE day
What can the jubiatilion and uncertainty of VE day teach us about what 'victory' over coronavirus might look like?Guest:Ben Macintyre, associate editor, columnist and a writer-at-large for The Times.H...
8 Touko 202025min
Europe: life after lockdown
This weekend Boris Johnson is expected to talk about the UK's exit strategy and outline the beginning of the end of lock down. But what can we learn from other European nations and their approach?Gues...
7 Touko 202025min
The US and China: the coronavirus conspiracy theories
In recent weeks the world’s two biggest superpowers have been playing a blame game around the global pandemic. What do the Chinese communists and the American Republicans stand to gain from the spread...
6 Touko 202024min
Have the Taliban won the Afghan war?
Four decades of war have ravaged Afghanistan, cost America $2 trillion and left more than one million dead. As US troops prepare to withdraw, what next for a nation more divided than ever?Guest: Antho...
5 Touko 202030min
The Hound of Hounslow and the Flash Crash
An extraordinary story about the man who helped trigger one of the biggest financial crashes in US history - ten years ago this week - from his bedroom in a West London semi-detached house. Guest: Lia...
4 Touko 202030min
Policing a lockdown
Under lockdown, police have been given extraordinary new powers. What do the new rules mean for bobbies on the beat, and how will they change our relationship to the police force? Guest: John Simpson...
1 Touko 202023min
Hold your horses: Should Cheltenham Festival have gone ahead?
Cheltenham Festival was the last major sporting event to take place prior to the national lockdown in the UK. But should it ever have happened? The four-day fixture took place in March and has since b...
30 Huhti 202029min
Donald Trump and the corona protests
Donald Trump is under pressure as libertarian demonstrators insist their freedom is being infringed by lock down. Has the virus revealed the gap between the President's rhetoric and the reality of gov...
29 Huhti 202024min
