Sex work in Sierra Leone: A street child’s story
Two weeks after yet another attempted coup, veteran Times war correspondent Anthony Loyd returns to Sierra Leone, the West African country he first visited 26 years ago amid civil war. There he encoun...
19 Des 202326min
How Italy’s hard-right claimed JRR Tolkien
This weekend, Rishi Sunak was in Rome meeting Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni. As well as being a fan of the British PM, she's also a devotee of one of the UK's most famous writers - author of T...
18 Des 202324min
Investigation: How the tobacco industry has secretly bankrolled vaping
A Times investigation has found that tobacco companies have been engaged in a secret lobbying campaign to try and boost their e cigarette sales. They've bankrolled scientific papers playing down the r...
15 Des 202326min
What happened to the boy who killed James Bulger
Jon Venables was ten years old when he and another boy tortured and killed two year old James Bulger. He’s now been refused parole on his imprisonment for a separate charge. So how did he end up here?...
14 Des 202335min
Criminal or artist? The trial of the rapper Young Thug
He's one of the most popular rappers in America: Young Thug is facing up to 120 years in prison for allegedly being the head of a violent criminal gang. State prosecutors in Georgia are using lyrics f...
13 Des 202326min
Rishi in the dock: Covid and Rwanda
With no fewer than five separate Tory factions meeting to discuss whether or not to back the government on its revised Rwanda policy, Rishi Sunak finds himself fighting for his political reputation on...
12 Des 202336min
China’s deadly role in America’s fentanyl epidemic
America’s opioid crisis is now in its third decade and has killed more people than the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Vietnam combined. Fentanyl, the most commonly used synthetic opioid, is up to 50 ti...
11 Des 202326min
Covid Inquiry: Boris on trial
Over the past two days, Boris Johnson faced a grilling at the Covid Inquiry. His appearance came after weeks of testimony from senior officials, politicians and scientific advisers who hadn't held bac...
8 Des 202330min
