Is shielding ending too soon?
At the start of the pandemic, two million of the most vulnerable people in England were told to 'shield' in order to remain safe. This week, the national shielding programme is being put on pause. Wit...
27 Jul 202028min
Fishing in warzones: A rough guide
On today's programme we take a break from the news. Anthony Loyd is The Times' foreign correspondent, and one of the most experienced and respected war reporters of his generation. When he goes off to...
24 Jul 202021min
Russian sports doping: The whistleblowers who risked their lives
While Westminster deals with the fallout from one Russian affair, today’s Stories of our Times podcast is about the couple who blew the whistle on Russia’s state sponsored doping operation in sport. T...
23 Jul 202034min
Britain and China: a new cold war?
China has cracked down in Hong Kong, Britain has banned the Chinese technology giant Huawei from its 5G network, and there’s growing disquiet about human rights abuses against China’s Uighur minority....
22 Jul 202022min
Scotland's zero-Covid strategy
Over the last fortnight, Scotland has recorded many fewer deaths from Covid-19 compared to the UK as a whole. Does Scotland have a strategy the rest of Britain can learn from? Guests: Mark McLaughli...
21 Jul 202030min
Investigation: The burglary tourists from Chile
A spate of high profile burglaries in expensive neighbourhoods and a mountain of stolen goods lead investigators to discover hundreds of burglars, all on holiday in the UK to commit their crimes. The ...
20 Jul 202030min
'Kill-ology': Training US police officers on how to kill
David Grossman is one of America's most prolific and controversial police trainers. His courses on 'kill-ology' put violence and the act of killing at the heart of law enforcement. In the aftermath of...
17 Jul 202025min
Dominic Cummings vs Whitehall
Dominic Cummings has promised that a ‘hard rain’ will fall on the civil service. And last month Sir Mark Sedwill, Britain’s most senior civil servant, stood down. Has the pandemic created a moment for...
16 Jul 202031min
