The Slow Newscast

This is the story of a politician incapable of living within his means but talented beyond measure at finding people to help him live beyond them. It’s the story of how that dependence on others sulli...

29 Mar 202328min

This is the story of a politician incapable of living within his means but talented beyond measure at finding people to help him live beyond them. It’s the story of how that dependence on others sulli...

29 Mar 202327min

Eight months after his daughter’s wedding to Brooklyn Beckham, billionaire Nelson Peltz filed a lawsuit against two wedding planners demanding a refund. So what happens when you treat a wedding like a...

28 Mar 202340min

For five years a British citizen has been locked up in an Indian prison, and the British state hasn’t been willing – or not strong enough – to stand up for himTortoise is a news start-up devoted to sl...

21 Mar 202334min

What happened inside Fox News in those critical weeks following Donald Trump’s election defeat in 2020?Tortoise is a news start-up devoted to slow journalism. To access more of our journalism and get ...

14 Mar 202351min

Warning: This episode describes domestic abuse and a death by falling.When a woman falls out of a window, on an estate that’s been abandoned by the council, how do you find out what really happened? A...

28 Feb 202346min

First they were known as the “little green men”, an anonymous private Russian force appearing first in Crimea, then Syria, then in central Africa. Now, they are on the frontline of Putin’s war in Ukra...

21 Feb 202337min

The Harry show – the bestselling memoir, the Netflix documentary, the rounds of television interviews – isn’t over. In fact, it’s only just begun: the prince’s legal claims against Britain’s biggest m...

14 Feb 202354min