How did normal get so weird?
In the past few years what we think of as normal has changed completely. Ideas and personalities once considered fringe have become mainstream and extreme attitudes seem more acceptable. So who defin...
1 Feb 201920min
What can one building tell us about Venezuela?
Once a futuristic symbol of all that Venezuela could become, a building called El Helicoide in the country’s capital is now the headquarters of the intelligence services and a prison for political pri...
31 Jan 201918min
Apple: is the iPhone era over?
Apple reported falling sales of the iPhone this week. A category-defining product since its launch in 2007, other smartphone makers have largely been playing catch up. The company is blaming a slowdow...
30 Jan 201919min
R.Kelly: is #metoo closing in on music?
We’ve been hearing a lot about R. Kelly since a documentary came out in the US earlier this month detailing allegations of abuse and sex with underage girls, spanning several decades. These are allega...
29 Jan 201919min
Are we getting more allergic to food?
When 15 year old Natasha Ednan-Laperouse died after eating a baguette from Pret containing sesame seeds, a campaign to get better food labelling was launched. Now the Government has started a cons...
28 Jan 201918min
BTS: Who made Korea cool?
Korean culture is increasingly playing a bigger role in our lives: We eat Korean BBQ, watch Korean dramas, and buy Korean cosmetics. But the big drive behind the Korean wave is Korean Pop, better know...
25 Jan 201921min
How do you walk away from your ultra-religious community?
Izzy Posen looks and seems like a normal student. But his life before university was far from the norm. He grew up in an ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish community in North London, speaking no English a...
24 Jan 201919min
Should the James Bulger story win an Oscar?
When toddler James Bulger was abducted from a shopping centre in Merseyside in 1993 and murdered by two ten-year-old boys the country was appalled. Now a new short film has been made and nominated for...
23 Jan 201922min
