Should we talk more about grief?
Beyond Today producer Georgia Coan’s younger brother Elliot died at the age of 16 after an accident. Georgia was 19 at the time. Five years on they are still coming to terms with what happened. Chr...
20 Dec 201831min
Why are American spies so scared of China?
China is on the up. We’re starting to see Chinese companies and tech, like Huawei phones and the TikTok video app, in our lives in a way that we just weren’t a decade ago. But American security offi...
19 Dec 201821min
What’s the real impact of the ethnic pay gap?
Over the past year, the gender pay gap has sparked outrage across the country. But another issue considered more uncomfortable and unspoken about is slowly coming to light: the ethnic minority pay gap...
18 Dec 201817min
Is the extreme right the new terror threat?
The sentencing of a couple from Banbury for membership of the banned neo-Nazi group National Action raises questions about how much focus police and security services should put on the far right. The ...
17 Dec 201820min
Laura Kuenssberg: will politics stop for Christmas?
First there was going to be a meaningful vote, and then there wasn’t. Then Theresa May was facing a leadership challenge, and then she wasn’t. And now Europe’s leaders are in Brussels, trying again ...
14 Dec 201817min
Porn bans: who decides what we see?
Next week Tumblr will start blocking pornographic posts. Next year a new law will force porn sites to verify that people watching in the UK are over 18. It’s the first attempt to restrict access to po...
13 Dec 201822min
Mental health: why are young people getting lost in the system?
Mental health services for children and adults are, understandably, separate entities. When you turn 18 you move from one system to the other, but serious gaps are appearing in support for people dur...
12 Dec 201823min
Do we have a problem with successful black men?
Raheem Sterling spoke out this week against the tabloid press for ‘fuelling racism’ with their coverage of his wealth. He sparked a much wider conversation about how much we really support minority su...
11 Dec 201820min
