Why does it matter if Jussie Smollett staged his own attack?
The Empire actor Jussie Smollett has been all over the media and internet after allegations that he falsely claimed that he was the victim of a hate crime. The 36-year-old is accused of filing a fake ...
25 Feb 201919min
Grayson Perry: what are the liberal elite afraid of?
Grayson Perry is an award-winning artist and documentary maker who has spent most of his career teasing the establishment. He likes to tackle the big subjects like class, gender and how we deal with d...
22 Feb 201915min
Who are the new drug barons?
Who do you think of when you think about an opiate dealer? Probably not a young woman in China, who dreamed of being an English teacher. This is the story of one woman in her 20s who’s made a career o...
21 Feb 201918min
Oscars: what do you really have to do to win?
It’s the Oscars on Sunday, the pinnacle of awards season. Every year hundreds of films and performances are eligible, so what exactly is it that means some win and others don’t? It’s not enough to j...
20 Feb 201922min
What do we get wrong about female terrorists?
Four years ago, at the age of 15, Shamima Begum ran away from home in East London to marry an Islamic State fighter in Syria. Now she’s 19, has just given birth in a refugee camp - and wants to come h...
19 Feb 201920min
Is the Islamic State really defeated?
When the British teenager Shamima Begum ran away from East London to join IS, the caliphate was at the peak of its powers. It waged war with the West by beheading hostages and carrying out deadly att...
18 Feb 201918min
What’s it like to be attacked at a Trump rally?
This week BBC cameraman Ron Skeans was attacked at a rally for President Donald Trump in Texas. A man in a Make America Great Again hat pushed him over and shouted “F*** the media”. It was a shocking...
15 Feb 201919min
Should we be more scientific about love?
It’s 14 February, in theory the most romantic day of the year, but not so fun if you’re single. Is there a rational way to find love in the era of big data? Justin Rowlatt presents Business Daily on...
14 Feb 201917min
