Karen Bloom Gevirtz on the commodification of medicine
There used to be a time when it was said you were better to seek medical treatment from your wife or your mother than from a doctor, because at least your wife or mother wouldn't kill you. And then it...
1 Nov 202424min
The Bush Telegraph: Elections, two of them
Big news in the world of "how can that STILL be going on?" as both the Tory leadership election and the US Election enter their final days. Who will lose? Maybe all of us. Meanwhile, bus fares are goi...
31 Okt 202430min
Ellie Jackson on Medieval Women
Wondering what medieval women did for us anyway? Or how we even know what they did, given back then only the monks could write? Then get yourself to the British Library's new exhibition, Medieval Wome...
29 Okt 202422min
Joanna Scutts and the lost firebrands we should read
Literary critic and feminist historian Joanna Scutts’s latest book, Firebrands, showcases 25 pioneering women writers you should have heard of – but probably haven’t. Why? Well, in this episode, Joann...
28 Okt 202423min
Kate Summerscale unpacks the truth in true crime
Kate Summerscale’s bestselling narrative nonfiction The Suspicions of Mr Whicher was made into big telly, starring Peter Capaldi and unraveling a murder that took place in the 1860s. Her latest book i...
25 Okt 202423min
The Bush Telegraph: Shiny happy people leaving jail
Mick and Jen are on news duty this week, talking cynical steps – or is it honourable intentions? – as social media companies try to get to grips with the Online Safety Act. Elsewhere, there are smilin...
24 Okt 202429min
Rated or Dated: The Last Seduction (1994)
Is The Last Seduction your average "bitches be crazy" film? Why no more roles for Linda Fiorentino? Can anyone bear that much jazz? The answers to these and many more questions lay within. Learn more ...
23 Okt 202427min
Eloise Pennycott's telling More... Ghost Stories
After the success of last year's Ghost Stories by Candlelight tour, HighTide Theatre is back with a new production – More... Ghost Stories by Candlelight – showcasing four up-and-coming writers, inclu...
21 Okt 202422min
