Amazon: is there any escape?
It’s hard to escape Amazon at Christmas. Even if you haven’t been using them for last minute shopping you will most likely have interacted with the company in some other way. Amazon Web Services is no...
16 Dec 201920min
Tory win: why are you surprised?
It was a result not many people predicted: the Conservatives won their largest majority since 1987, and Labour lost seats in its northern heartlands, despite social media suggesting there would be a ‘...
13 Dec 201924min
Hannah Fry: how scary are algorithms really?
The mathematician Dr Hannah Fry is on a mission to improve the PR of maths. Hannah presents radio and TV shows on how maths runs the world, how data underpins everything we do, and on Boxing Day she’s...
12 Dec 201923min
How come there are protests everywhere?
This year has seen protests spread across the globe, from Latin America, to Hong Kong and the Middle East. While some have specific political origins within their own countries, others have similar ch...
11 Dec 201919min
Will you be judged for who you vote for?
It is two days until we go to the polls in what we are often told is a ‘divided Britain’. But, exactly how we are divided has changed. 50 years ago our social class was the biggest indicator of party...
10 Dec 201922min
Why are young people moving back to Mogadishu?
Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, has been described as the most dangerous city in the world. Many young people from the Somali diaspora who have grown up in countries such as the UK and Canada are n...
9 Dec 201919min
Jia Tolentino: is the internet fuelling self-delusion?
Jia Tolentino is a 31-year-old American writer who is being hailed as the voice of a generation. Her pieces for the New Yorker magazine nail everything from feminism to capitalism and vaping. Jia was ...
6 Dec 201920min
Why is Trump pardoning war crimes?
President Trump’s been in the UK for the meeting of the world’s biggest military alliance, NATO. NATO’s been struggling recently, partly because Trump doesn’t get along so well with America’s traditi...
5 Dec 201921min
