Rethink – The harm of macho leadership; Athlete A
Today’s Rethink essay comes from the musician and artist Brian Eno, he asks what the response to the pandemic has taught us about leadership, and how what we want and need from our future leaders migh...
26 Jun 202047min
I May Destroy You
Michaela Coel’s new drama “I May Destroy You” on BBC 1 is receiving rave reviews on Twitter and in the papers. The story centres around a writer called Arabella who is drugged and sexually assaulted b...
25 Jun 202045min
R4 Rethink: How might our relationship with our bodies and appearance change after the pandemic?
Rethink is a series of essays and discussions across BBC Radio 4, 5 Live and the World Service that looks at how the world might change after the coronavirus pandemic. Today's essay features the polit...
24 Jun 202044min
The Prison Doctor, Public Speaking, Holiday Clubs, Contraception & Lockdown
Theresa May has made a million pounds on the speaker circuit since she stood down as Prime Minister just under a year ago. We discuss how she’s done it and whether she might have a long career ahead o...
23 Jun 202051min
R4 Rethink: how might we design our world better post Covid?
Today Radio 4 launches Rethink - a series of essays and discussions right across BBC Radio that ask how the world might change after the pandemic. We begin with an essay from Stirling Prize winning ar...
22 Jun 202051min
Naomi Campbell, Equality at home, Susie Dent
Naomi Campbell the model, icon, and activist, who’s been at the summit of the fashion industry for over three decades tells us how she believes the fashion and beauty industry needs to play its part i...
20 Jun 202055min
Author Rachel Edwards, Equality in the home, Explorer Vanessa O’Brien
Bernadine Evaristo’s bestseller Girl, Woman, Other is on plenty of reading lists after winning the 2019 Booker Prize, but what books are getting her through lockdown? One of them is Darling by Rachel...
19 Jun 202043min
Naomi Campbell, US Elections, Women Farmers and a 1970's recipe book
Naomi Campbell is an actress, an innovator, an icon, an activist, and a philanthropist who’s been at the summit of the fashion industry for over three decades. When Pat McGrath signed her up to be th...
18 Jun 202043min
