Affluence and Effluence: England's Failing Water System
New official figures have revealed record sewage spills in in England’s rivers and seas…3.6 million hours of waste dumped in 2023 compared to 1.75 million hours the year before. Sewage works are som...
27 Mar 202420min
Poor Show: Britain's Rising Levels Of Poverty
New UK government figures have revealed the sharpest increase in absolute poverty in the UK for more than 30 years. According to official statistics, 600,000 extra people came into this category las...
22 Mar 202426min
Tragedy Chanting - And The 'Othering' Of Liverpool
Adrian Goldberg explores the wider meaning of 'tragedy chanting' aimed at supporters of Liverpool FC. He's joined by writer Tony Evans, who survived the the Hillsborough tragedy in 1989. Produced in B...
19 Mar 202420min
Ukraine Dispatch: A Near Miss In Kherson.
The apartment where Byline Times correspondent Zarina Zabrisky and war photographer Paul Conroy are living in Kherson has come under attack from Russian rockets. Adrian Goldberg gets their responses ...
17 Mar 202422min
"Vulture Capitalism"
Adrian Goldberg interviews Grace Blakeley about her new book 'Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom". (Bloomsbury) Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg...
13 Mar 202436min
The Bannonisation of British Politics
Steve Bannon – former Chief strategist to Donald Trump - recently shared a platform with Liz Truss in which he called Tommy Robinson a 'hero'. Truss appeared to agree. This was at the Conservative P...
8 Mar 202428min
"NHS privatisation is bad for your health"
New findings from a team at Oxford University suggest that privatisation bad for your health. Researchers looked at 13 long-term studies from well-off countries including the UK to examine what ha...
3 Mar 202426min
Small Earthquake in Rochdale; George Galloway's by election victory
George Galloway has won victory in the traditionally safe Labour seat of Rochdale by election, after standing on a platform opposing Keir Starmer's stance on Gaza. Does Gallwoway’s victory - as he su...
1 Mar 202420min
