Shakespeare on Merseyside
Thanks to its links to Shakespeare and his players that were until recently a well kept secret, a deprived suburb of Liverpool is to house a new playhouse. Local investors have high hopes that it will...
8 Okt 201911min
European court sets precedent on hate speech
Europe’s top court has ruled that individual countries can force Facebook to take down illegal content, including hate speech, both inside the EU and across the world. Malcolm Moore discusses the impl...
6 Okt 201913min
The call that triggered a US impeachment inquiry
Many US Democrats had pushed for an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump after the Mueller probe into Russian meddling in the last US election released its findings. But it took a July telephone c...
2 Okt 201915min
John Ruskin's message for our times
John Ruskin was a towering figure in the Victorian era: an art critic, social reformer and all round thinker who had a huge influence on British society. After his death he fell out of favour. Yet muc...
29 Sep 201912min
Why would Iran attack Saudi Aramco's oil facilities?
A devastating missile and drone attack on Saudi oil installations last week highlighted the vulnerability of global oil supplies to the threat of regional unrest. The attack was claimed by Houthi rebe...
26 Sep 201914min
UK judges overrule PM on suspension of parliament
We have seen a historic day for British politics as the Supreme Court ruled that Boris Johnson’s decision to prorogue parliament for five weeks was unlawful. Siona Jenkins discusses what the ruling me...
24 Sep 20198min
As world leaders meet to discuss emissions, how is China doing?
As the world’s largest carbon emitter, China will be in the spotlight at this week’s UN climate summit in New York. Beijing has taken steps to tackle its pollution problems in recent years, but is it...
22 Sep 201911min
Memoirs of a whistleblower
In 2013, Edward Snowden was responsible for one of the biggest US intelligence leaks ever. He’s just published a memoir offering his version of the events. Janine Gibson was the Guardian’s US editor a...
20 Sep 201916min
