Jesus Would Have Voted Democrat
Remember the rich man and the eye of the needle? Blessed are the meek? The last shall be first? Jesus didn’t hold much truck for wealth or power, nor was he exactly a supporter of family values. He di...
3 Juli 20141h 43min
Shakespeare vs Milton: The Kings of English Literature Debate
Nearly four centuries after his death, no writer has come close to matching Shakespeare’s understanding of the world – or his gift for dramatic poetry. It’s not just kings and queens that he captured ...
26 Juni 20142h 14min
A Journey Into Outer Space, With Brian Cox
Are they out there? Intelligent beings from another world. Will we ever make contact with them? Is it even sensible to make guesses about whether life exists in other galaxies billions of light years ...
19 Juni 20141h 56min
VS Naipaul in Conversation With Geordie Greig
Nobel laureate and giant of Western letters, Trinidad-born V. S. Naipaul has excelled in both fiction and non-fiction. His latest book The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief is a travelogue ...
12 Juni 20141h 20min
Stop Poking the Bear: The West Needs to Engage with Putin Not Castigate Him
You don’t have to like Vladimir Putin, or doubt that he’s a nasty piece of work, to recognise that the Russian president’s reaction to the crisis in Ukraine is largely justified. The promise that Russ...
5 Juni 201448min
How to Think Like a Freak: Learn How to Make Smarter Decisions with the authors of "Freakonomics"
The books Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics have been worldwide sensations, selling tens of millions of copies. They have come to stand for challenging conventional wisdom using data rather than emot...
29 Maj 20141h 31min
Look West Not East: South America Will be the 21st Century's Superpower
Conventional wisdom tells us that a new star will rise in the East, and all eyes have been looking towards China or India as the 21st century’s new superpower. But remarkable as their recent economic ...
21 Maj 20141h 41min
The Allied Bombing of German Cities in World War Two Was Unjustifiable
No one doubts the bravery of the thousands of men who flew and died in Bomber Command. The death rate was an appalling 44%. And yet until the opening of a monument in Green Park this year they have re...
12 Maj 20141h 29min
