Talking … Peter Mandelson and New Labour w/Helen Thompson
In today’s episode David and Helen Thompson explore the tortured relationship between Peter Mandelson and the New Labour project that he helped to create and now seems finally to have destroyed. How h...
26 Apr 56min
PPF+: A Taste Of What You’ve Been Missing (Taster 2)
In today’s extra episode some more highlights from the PPF+ archive in another selection we first put out last summer: here are a few more excerpts we think you might enjoy. In this episode you’ll he...
24 Apr 1h
PPF+: A Taste Of What You’ve Been Missing (Taster 1)
In today’s extra episode some more highlights from the PPF+ archive in a selection we first put out last summer: here are a few more excerpts we think you might enjoy. In this episode you’ll hear Dav...
23 Apr 54min
PPF+: A Taste Of What You’ve Been Missing (Taster 3)
Today’s episode features some recent highlights from PPF+ where we have just released our 50th bonus episode. In this selection you’ll hear philosopher Paul Sagar talking about his personal experience...
22 Apr 1h
Orwell’s War: Frozen In Time (1942-43)
Today’s episode in our series about how George Orwell tried – and failed – to make sense of WW2 looks at his response to the vast lurches of fortune from 1942-43 as Hitler’s plans for world domination...
19 Apr 57min
Orwell’s War: False Dawn (1940-41)
Today’s episode in our new series about how George Orwell tried – and failed – to make sense of WW2 as it was happening looks at the events of 1940 and 1941, from the collapse of France to Hitler’s in...
15 Apr 56min
Orwell’s War: The Nightmare (1938-39)
Today’s episode is the first in a new series about how the greatest political writer of the 20th century tried – and failed – to make sense of the central political event of the century. How did Georg...
12 Apr 1h 1min
Live Film Special: Metropolitan w/James Marriott
Today’s episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Regent Street Cinema in London: David talks to author and journalist James Marriott about Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan, which dissects t...
8 Apr 1h 1min
