The NHS’s moment of truth – with guest Roy Lilley
Britain’s vaccination programme is undoubtedly working. Do we have to grit out teeth and admit our political opponents have done at least one thing right? Healthcare commentator Roy Lilley tells us th...
2 Feb 202152min
Start Your Week: VACCINE PEAKS with Yasmeen Serhan
Vaccination steps up, Trump’s legal shenanigans, Paul Dacre to OFCOM, Myanmar, Navalny and the fallout from the EU’s terrible decision on vaccine exports. Yasmeen Serhan of The Atlantic tells Andrew H...
1 Feb 202119min
Special: The SPANISH FLU and You – with Nick Cohen and Laura Spinney
What can the Spanish Flu of 1918 tell us about coping with Coronavirus – and maybe the next pandemic too? Nick Cohen of The Observer talks to Laura Spinney, author of Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu Of 19...
31 Jan 202123min
Daily: Northern Powerhouse – MAXÏMO PARK’s Paul Smith rocks down in lockdown
How does a band make widescreen, forward-thinking communal rock music when they’re suddenly locked down miles away from one another? And when your keyboard player has moved to Australia? Paul Smith of...
29 Jan 202123min
Daily: “This is battlefield medicine” – Frontline COVID Doctor Rachel Clarke
How does it feel to work in the thick of the pandemic and spend time with patients you know will die? Rachel Clarke is a doctor in Oxfordshire who works in palliative care and her new book is Breathta...
28 Jan 202123min
Daily: “A death sentence for live music” – FISH ex-Marillion on the Brexit red tape nightmare
The Government’s shoddy EU Deal means the live music business will have to cope with mountains of red tape it thought was in the past. Singer FISH, ex- of prog rock legends Marillion and now a success...
27 Jan 202120min
Shadows Of The Empire with guest Sathnam Sanghera – plus VACCINE NATION
Is the UK’s vaccination effort finally an actual British success story… for the NHS, not the Government? Exactly how are the vaccines different and how do they work? Special guest Sathnam Sanghera joi...
26 Jan 202155min
Start Your Week: LOCKDOWN SHOWDOWN with Naomi Smith
As Britain approaches the horrific landmark of 100,000 COVID deaths, will lockdown hawks force the Government to reopen the economy too soon – again? Plus the worsening mess in customs, import and exp...
25 Jan 202126min
