Iraq: 20 Years On | Tony Blair on Trial
Tony Blair is the man who reinvented Labour, won a landslide majority in 1997 and went on to win three elections, becoming Labour’s longest-serving prime minister. He is also the man accused of lies, ...
24 Mar 20231h 3min
Iraq: 20 Years On | ISIS, Terror and Extremism
How did the Iraq war fuel terror and extremism around the world? What is the connection between Al-Qaeda and ISIS? How did figures like Abū Muṣʻab Zarqāwī and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi become such prominen...
23 Mar 202348min
Iraq: 20 Years On | Loss of a Nation
Over the last twenty years, award-winning Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, has watched his nation disappear time and time again. Sectarian division, ethnic division, and military intervention have ...
22 Mar 202337min
Iraq: 20 Years On | Invasion, Occupation and Failures
What happened in Iraq once the Americans and the British arrived? Why was the transfer of power a far from smooth operation? And what else went wrong in what should have been the mission for liberatio...
21 Mar 202343min
Iraq: 20 Years On | The Road to War
Exactly twenty years ago today on the 20th March 2003, the US along with its allies launched a shock and awe bombing campaign on Iraq. It marked the start of the invasion - and occupation - of Iraq - ...
20 Mar 202348min
Greece vs Rome, with Boris Johnson and Mary Beard
In 2015, Intelligence Squared staged the ultimate clash of civilisations: Greece vs Rome. Boris Johnson, at that time Mayor of London and ardent classicist, made the case for Greece; while Mary Beard,...
19 Mar 20231h 4min
Checking Out: The Industry That Takes Care Of The Dead
Ever since she was a young child, journalist Hayley Campbell has been fascinated by death. It's the theme of her new book, All the Living and the Dead: An Exploration of the People Who Make Death Thei...
17 Mar 202348min
What Exactly Is Western Civilisation?
We tend to imagine Western Civilisation as a golden thread connecting ancient Greece to modern Europe, from Plato to NATO. But what if the idea itself is deeply flawed? Historian and archaeologist Nao...
15 Mar 202344min
