British Conservative MP - Bernard Jenkin
Sarah Montague speaks to Bernard Jenkin who has argued for "fundamental change" in Britain's relationship with Europe since he was first elected as a Conservative MP more than 20 years ago. Prime Mini...
24 Jun 201523min
General Secretary of Trade Union Congress, UK - Frances O’Grady
Not since Margaret Thatcher vowed to break the power of organised labour has Britain's trade union movement faced a bigger threat. The new government wants to make it harder to take industrial action....
18 Jun 201523min
President of the Reform Now Movement, Sudan - Ghazi Salahuddin Atabani
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the Sudanese politician Ghazi Salahuddin Atabani. For 25 years he stood beside Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir as a key adviser and party leader. Then, less than two years ago...
15 Jun 201523min
CEO, Russian Organising Committee, World Cup 2018 - Alexei Sorokin
Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium is the venue for the Fifa World Cup final in 2018 – at least it is if Russia retains its status as host nation to the World’s biggest sporting event. The decision to award th...
10 Jun 201523min
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs - Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Barack Obama is due to visit Kenya - his father's homeland - next month. When Obama came to power as the first African-American president of the US, hopes were high in Africa that the continent would ...
8 Jun 201523min
Foreign Policy Advisory Group, Chinese Foreign Ministry - Wu Jianmin
China has been accused by Washington of bullying its neighbours in the South China Sea over disputed territory there. Washington is seeking a new trade pact in Asia that excludes Beijing, whilst China...
3 Jun 201523min
Author - Colm Tóibín
Stephen Sackur speaks to an Irish writer whose intense, lyrical novels have won him awards, acclaim and most importantly millions of readers around the world. Colm Tóibín is not so much a flamboyant s...
1 Jun 201523min
UN Special Representative for West Africa - Mohamed Ibn Chambas
West Africa has perhaps lulled outsiders into a false sense of security. The regional economy has grown fast and key countries like Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal have embraced democratic transitions. But...
27 Mai 201523min
