An economy built on fellowship
After this week's budget and Labour's response, James Harding found himself wishing for new ideas for the economy. In this week's Editor's Voicemail he explores the idea of fellowship.To find out more...
8 Mar 20248min
Jacob Rothschild
The financier and philanthropist, who died this week at the age of 87, was an enthusiastic supporter of Tortoise. In this Editor's Voicemail James Harding remembers a man who believed in bringing peop...
1 Mar 20248min
More of the same is different
It's only February and it already feels like the predictions Tortoise made at the start of the year were frivolous and eccentric. In his first Editor's Voicemail of 2024 James Harding tries to make se...
26 Feb 20246min
Ep 6 Xinjiang: The China problem
China stands accused of committing crimes against humanity, and possibly even genocide, against the Uyghur population in Xinjiang. Yet Beijing compares its system of 're-education camps' to the West’s...
1 Feb 202251min
Ep 5 Universities: The China Problem
Universities in the UK rely heavily on students from China, and on Chinese money and academic collaborations. But does it all come at a price? A chipping away of academic freedoms and a gagging order ...
11 Jan 202242min
Ep 4 Hong Kong: The China problem
China's national security law has dismantled freedoms and silenced dissenters in Hong Kong. What does the strangling of freedom of speech reveal about Xi Jinping's China? Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
4 Jan 202243min
Ep 3 Wuhan: The China problem
What does the story of the difficult search for the origins of Covid-19 reveal about China? The unresolved question of whether the virus occurred naturally or escaped from a laboratory, and the contor...
28 Des 202148min
Ep 2 Taiwan: The China problem
How dangerous is China? Are the growing fears that China might attack Taiwan justified, or are the two countries facing an eternal standoff; a prolonged state of fear? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...
21 Des 202145min
