The politics of hair: Why are students calling uniform policies racist?
Students at Pimlico Academy in Westminster, have used boycotts and walk-outs to express their dissatisfaction over policies about their dress code, policies which they say are racist because they disc...
8 Jul 202131min
Dark channel: The people smugglers and their clients
Increasing numbers of people from Iran are being sold an escape package out of Turkey and then onto the UK. Who are the men, women and children risking their lives crossing the world's busiest shippin...
7 Jul 202127min
South Africa: Jacob Zuma on trial
One week ago, South Africa's Constitutional Court found former President Jacob Zuma guilty of contempt for defying its order to appear at an inquiry into his alleged corruption. Who is the man behind ...
6 Jul 202131min
The new Cold War: What really happened in the Black Sea?
Two weeks ago tensions bubbled up in the Black Sea as a British warship, HMS Defender, sailed through Ukrainian waters and encountered Russian forces. What really happened during those 36 minutes? It ...
5 Jul 202126min
Critical race theory and the war for America
It started 40 years ago as an academic movement to critique how historical racism may still be preventing people of colour in the United States from achieving true equality, now it's dividing America....
2 Jul 202126min
Next slide, please: The enigmatic Chris Whitty
As the pandemic was changing all of our lives, the most private of men was forced into the pressure cooker of public life, facing increasing public harassment. Sixteen months on, how well do any of us...
1 Jul 202127min
By-election: Welcome to Batley and Spen
Tomorrow voters in Yorkshire’s Batley and Spen constituency head to the polls for the fourth time in five years. The previously safe Labour seat is under threat and this by-election is seen as a test ...
30 Jun 202136min
The fall of Matt Hancock
It's not often that CCTV footage changes the political landscape. What does the scandal surrounding Matt Hancock tell us about the way government works? And what does his departure mean for the NHS an...
29 Jun 202130min
