What is Hezbollah and can anyone avert all-out war?
As fighting intensifies between Israel and Hezbollah, who is the Iranian-backed group and could this new conflict break out into a wider, regional war?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the sup...
26 Sep 202432min
Investigation: The families living in Britain's ‘slums of the future’
When Sydney and her 23-month-old son turned to the council for temporary accommodation, they were housed in an old office converted into a studio flat. A Sunday Times investigation into her block foun...
25 Sep 202427min
Is Keir Starmer’s honeymoon over?
The prime minister has told his party’s conference that there is ‘light at the end of this tunnel’. But after weeks of bad press about his top adviser’s pay and freebies - are Labour in danger of beco...
24 Sep 202429min
How Sally Rooney became the voice of a generation
Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney is a publishing sensation and became a huge star whilst still in her twenties. Her new book Intermezzo, published today, follows two gr...
23 Sep 202428min
Slackers or grafters? The truth about working from home
As Labour’s party conference gets into full swing in Liverpool this week, we look in detail at a key part of the government’s employment rights package: working from home. Keir Starmer says flexible a...
22 Sep 202426min
Exploding pagers and Israel's new phase of war
Exploding pagers and walkie-talkies targeting Hezbollah members have killed dozens of people and injured thousands in Lebanon and Syria. Israel hasn’t commented on the blasts, but the country’s Defenc...
19 Sep 202425min
The British missile that Putin fears
At the UN General Assembly next week, Ukraine's President Zelensky will present his 'plan for victory' to world leaders. Key to that victory, he thinks, is being allowed to shoot British-made 'Storm S...
18 Sep 202425min
The King’s Prince Andrew problem just got bigger
As a new TV drama re-examines Prince Andrew’s controversial 2019 BBC Newsnight interview, it's understood King Charles is losing patience with his brother over his financial support of him. What is th...
17 Sep 202423min
