Alain de Botton: do we need God back?
At the end of another overwhelming week of news, it’s time for bit of perspective. Ten years ago philosopher Alain de Botton founded The School of Life, a collective of psychologists, writers and ph...
27 Sep 201925min
Sexual assault: what happens after students speak out?
There were more than 700 allegations of sexual misconduct at British universities over the last academic year, according to an investigation by the BBC’s File on 4 programme. Since that documentary ai...
26 Sep 201919min
Sexual assault: why reveal your name?
On January 17 2015 at California’s Stanford University a young woman went to a party. A few hours later, she was found unconscious beside a bin. She had been sexually assaulted. To protect her identit...
25 Sep 201918min
Will fear save the planet?
Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg made a passionate speech at the UN this week, accusing world leaders of failing to act on climate change. She told them: "You are failing us. But the young people ar...
24 Sep 201922min
What’s happening in the Supreme Court?
On Tuesday we’re expecting that the judges of the highest court in the land will rule on whether Boris Johnson’s decision to shut down parliament ahead of next month’s Brexit deadline was legal or not...
23 Sep 201922min
Emma Barnett: why talk about periods?
Emma Barnett’s becoming one of the most respected broadcasters in the country. She presents for 5 Live and Newsnight, and can make her interviewees - often politicians - feel very awkward just by aski...
20 Sep 201923min
Cryptoqueen: why did she disappear?
Dr Ruja Ignatova is the founder of the cryptocurrency One Coin that promised to change money forever. Within two years of launching the company she claimed to have 3.5 million members and hundreds o...
19 Sep 201922min
Did one family create the opioid epidemic?
Purdue Pharma is the company that has become synonymous with the opioid epidemic in the United States. The firm, which is owned by the wealthy Sackler family, produces the highly addictive and highly ...
18 Sep 201922min
