Coronavirus: cheating death in ICU
Some 10,000 people in the UK have needed critical care to deal with the virus already. What's it like to be in an ICU with Covid19?Guests: Roger Boyes, Diplomatic Editor and columnist for The Times.Dr...
12 Maj 202034min
How to recover from a coronavirus recession
As we begin to relax the lockdown, the UK is facing its biggest economic shock for 300 years. Can past recessions teach us what to do next? Guest:David Smith, Sunday Times Economics EditorAnn Pettifor...
11 Maj 202025min
Victory over coronavirus: the lessons of VE day
What can the jubiatilion and uncertainty of VE day teach us about what 'victory' over coronavirus might look like?Guest:Ben Macintyre, associate editor, columnist and a writer-at-large for The Times.H...
8 Maj 202025min
Europe: life after lockdown
This weekend Boris Johnson is expected to talk about the UK's exit strategy and outline the beginning of the end of lock down. But what can we learn from other European nations and their approach?Gues...
7 Maj 202025min
The US and China: the coronavirus conspiracy theories
In recent weeks the world’s two biggest superpowers have been playing a blame game around the global pandemic. What do the Chinese communists and the American Republicans stand to gain from the spread...
6 Maj 202024min
Have the Taliban won the Afghan war?
Four decades of war have ravaged Afghanistan, cost America $2 trillion and left more than one million dead. As US troops prepare to withdraw, what next for a nation more divided than ever?Guest: Antho...
5 Maj 202030min
The Hound of Hounslow and the Flash Crash
An extraordinary story about the man who helped trigger one of the biggest financial crashes in US history - ten years ago this week - from his bedroom in a West London semi-detached house. Guest: Lia...
4 Maj 202030min
Policing a lockdown
Under lockdown, police have been given extraordinary new powers. What do the new rules mean for bobbies on the beat, and how will they change our relationship to the police force? Guest: John Simpson...
1 Maj 202023min
