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
Hold your horses: Should Cheltenham Festival have gone ahead?
Cheltenham Festival was the last major sporting event to take place prior to the national lockdown in the UK. But should it ever have happened? The four-day fixture took place in March and has since b...
30 Apr 202029min
Donald Trump and the corona protests
Donald Trump is under pressure as libertarian demonstrators insist their freedom is being infringed by lock down. Has the virus revealed the gap between the President's rhetoric and the reality of gov...
29 Apr 202024min
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson’s return to No 10
How has the government fared enforcing their mantra of: 'stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives'?Guests: Caroline Wheeler, Deputy political editor of The Sunday Times.Rosamund Urwin, Senior reporte...
28 Apr 202026min
Coronavirus and ethnic minorities
Times writer Sathnam Sanghera goes on a personal journey to find out why people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds are suffering disproportionately from Covid-19.Guest: Sathnam Sanghera...
27 Apr 202026min
