Portugal’s airport chaos and pressure on the UK to hold a coronavirus inquiry early
As our exclusive poll shows the public wants the coronavirus inquiry to start early, we speak to our political editor Joe Murphy and ask if the chaos in Portugal’s airports will add to the pressure. H...
7 Jun 20217min
How urban farms are supercharging school dinners
Securing the future sources of our food, especially in cities, sprouts some critical issues: cost, pesticides, genetically modified crops, delivery miles and ensuring children can access nutritious, f...
4 Jun 20217min
Six: The Musical Covid tried to kill
On March 12th 2020, the cast and crew of Six were preparing to debut their West End smash on the Broadway stage: then the New York governor closed all the theatres to stop the spread of Covid. Now, th...
3 Jun 20219min
Joe Biden’s coming to the UK, can Boris mend relations with him?
Joe Biden is heading to the UK next week for the G7 conference, in his first foreign trip since becoming President. Boris Johnson was the first person Mr Biden called when he picked up the keys to the...
2 Jun 20217min
Anne Boleyn and colour-blind casting
Channel 5’s new Anne Boleyn drama’s launching with black actor Jodie Turner-Smith playing the doomed second wide of Henry VIII.It’s another example of colour-blind casting in period dramas, following ...
1 Jun 20219min
Why 21 million fewer pints than normal could be served this bank holiday
A leading scientist has told the Evening Standard people should enjoy “life that looks vaguely normal” this weekend as temperatures rise for the bank holiday. Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medici...
28 Mai 20215min
Hancock says he’s no liar; did any of Cummings’ ‘truth bombs’ land?
The Evening Standard’s deputy political editor Nicholas Cecil joins the show to look at the impact of Dominic Cummings’ appearance before MPs on the health and science select committees. The Health Se...
27 Mai 20217min
Dominic Cummings vs Boris Johnson: Ayesha Hazarika takes us through the highlights
Evening Standard columnist Ayesha Hazarika discusses Dominic Cumming’s extraordinary evidence to MPs on the Commons Health and Science committees.The former advisor to Boris Johnson claims the Prime M...
26 Mai 20219min
