One man’s mission to meet every Second World War veteran
25-year-old Rishi Sharma sleeps in a rental car and eats one meal a day. But it’s worth it, he says – as he travels around the world to interview every surviving Second World War veteran. This podcast...
6 Mar 202337min
The Final Finkelvitch
David Aaronovitch has left The Times after nearly 18 years at the paper, and after three years on Stories of Our Times. As well as presenting this podcast, every week David discussed the news with fri...
4 Mar 202338min
Investigation: The hidden schools of Stamford Hill
In the strictly isolated Hasidic community of North London, thousands of boys reach the age of 16 without being able to read or speak much English. The education for boys in the community includes onl...
3 Mar 202335min
Could Britain lose the first grand portrait of a person of colour?
One of Britain's most important paintings of a non-white subject could leave the UK forever next week as the deadline approaches to submit an offer to buy the Portrait of Omai from its private owner. ...
2 Mar 202329min
What Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal actually means
On Monday the prime minister revealed his big Brexit deal with the European Union, which aims to avoid a hard border across the island of Ireland and in the Irish Sea, as well as preserve sovereignty ...
1 Mar 202335min
'Russian warship, go f*** yourself!’ What really happened on Snake Island?
On the first day of the war in Ukraine, a story emerged of a David and Goliath face-off in the Black Sea, when the Ukrainian soldiers on a small, desolate island responded to a Russian warship’s call ...
28 Feb 202329min
Can the Oscars lobbying machine ever be fair?
This week the final round of voting opens for the 95th Academy Awards – and the Oscars are embroiled in a row about diversity again. The latest controversy centres around a shock nomination for best a...
27 Feb 202327min
Borscht, books and ballet: The battle for Ukraine's identity
In the days before he invaded Ukraine, President Putin used a televised address to attack the country’s sense of nationhood and deny its right to exist. A year on from the outbreak of war, ordinary Uk...
24 Feb 202331min
