ROYALS, RACISM AND THE TABLOIDS
After Prince Harry and Meghan Markle spoke to Oprah Winfrey, two mighty institutions faced allegations of racism - the Royal Family and the British tabloid press. Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu ...
10 Mars 202146min
THE LONG SHADOW OF EMPIRE
This week we examine The Long Shadow of Empire in the company of Sathnam Sanghera (author of Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain) Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu and Professor K...
4 Mars 202145min
NAZIR AFZAL'S COVID CAMPAIGN
Nazir Afzal, the tenacious Crown prosecutor credited with bringing perpetrators of child abuse to justice in Rochdale, shares the story of his Coronavirus crowdfunding campaign exclusively with the By...
3 Feb 202146min
BREXIT BETRAYAL
Boris Johnson's Brexit withdrawal deal was heralded by the PM as "a present to the nation" but for many it's an unwanted gift - including some of those who were keen to leave the EU, including the Sco...
21 Jan 202146min
TRUMP'S NEW CIVIL WAR
Donald Trump has become the first US President to be impeached for a second time but Byline Times global correspondent CJ Werleman believes he'll be remembered for something else - inciting a new Amer...
13 Jan 202134min
COVID DENIERS AND LOCKDOWN SCEPTICS
Despite the scale of the Coronavirus pandemic, Covid "deniers" and "lockdown sceptics" enjoy significant access to the airwaves in newspapers, on TV and radio, and on social media. Professor David Ol...
6 Jan 202144min
SWEDEN'S COVID CRISIS
Sweden's laissez fair response to the Coronavirus crisis has won plaudits from populists in the US and UK, but its death rate from the pandemic is four times greater than in neighbouring Denmark, Norw...
24 Dec 202046min
THE "DAD'S ARMY" BREXIT
How far was Brexit powered by Britain's yearning for an Imperial past that can never return? And how useful to the populists who promoted it is imagery like the opening credits of Dad's Army, which s...
9 Dec 202035min
