Daily: Why public schools warp children’s futures — and ours
Should we feel more compassion towards men who are send to public schools? And what do boarding school books reveal about the emotions of society’s elites? With fellow students like Boris Johnson and ...
6 Okt 202119min
From Panic Buying to Panic Lying
Britain staggers into another Winter of Discontent but the atmosphere in the Conservative Party Conference is serenely unworried, says our woman on the spot Marie le Conte. Can anything penetrate Bori...
5 Okt 20211h
Manchester, So Much To Answer For – Start Your Week with Naomi Smith
As the Conservatives convene for their Manchester conference, are there sufficient supplies of Churchillian cosplay, blather about levelling up and performative woke-bashing to cover up their failings...
4 Okt 202121min
Daily: The Artificial Brain and What It Means
In a groundbreaking study, a team of scientists at the University of Dusseldorf have grown mini brains, each with their own sets of “eyes” that can detect light. Dr Jay Gopalakrishnan, the leader of t...
3 Okt 202121min
Culture Bunker: John Cooper Clarke, Foundation, Y: The Last Man, Trunk Records, Shep Pettibone’s 80s bangers
Remember you can hear the music from every Culture Bunker in full on our rolling playlist.On this week’s pop culture roundtable we meet John Cooper Clarke, the William Blake of Salford, on the occasio...
2 Okt 20211h 1min
Daily: Road-trip to the Red Wall – Sebastian Payne and Nick Cohen on Labour’s lost direction
The Red Wall has been the backbone of Labour's vote in the Midlands and the North of England. But in 2019, it dramatically turned blue for the first time in living memory. So what do we get wrong abou...
30 Sep 202128min
Daily: Why “Hobby Politics” is failing us all
For many of us, politics is a hobby. We soak in the gossip, eat up the statistics and tweet our outrage when an unpopular decision is made. But if we want to make change, should we get off our sofas a...
29 Sep 202123min
That Petrol Commotion
Out early for Patreon people…When a government fails to deliver the basics – like getting petrol to the pumps – can it ever win back the confidence it has lost? Is Keir Starmer pulling off the relaunc...
28 Sep 202154min
