Daily: IAN DUNT starts your week
As promised, here's our new thing! What’s coming up this week? IAN DUNT tells us what to watch out for as Conservative Conference ends in a welter of COVID incompetency news, Priti Patel gets nastier,...
5 Okt 202021min
Telling the stories of COVID’s victims
Uncovering the personal stories of people who died from COVID-19, Sirin Kale’s Guardian series Lost To The Virus has become one of the most moving reporting feats of the year. She tells Dorian Lynskey...
2 Okt 202020min
COVID in the courts: The future of Britain’s justice system
Arbitrary Coronavirus regulations and the Government’s brinkmanship over international law are putting the justice system under unprecedented strain. Criminal barrister JOANNA HARDY tells Nina Schick ...
1 Okt 202026min
The Art of the Steal: Trump’s Tiny Tax Returns
As The New York Times exposes Donald Trump’s microscopic tax returns, will the revelations have any impact on November’s election? With barmy conspiracy theory QAnon making inroads into the UK, will B...
30 Sep 202053min
Imperial Hangover: Dr SAMIR PURI on the legacy of Empire
Although it’s over 50 years since most colonies achieved their independence from Britain, on these shores we still seem to living in the shadows of the Empire. Dr SAMIR PURI, author of ’The Great Impe...
29 Sep 202027min
Why does GERMANY do everything better? JOHN KAMPFNER knows
Britain might enjoy a (worsening) love-hate relationship with Germany but the UK still can’t understand why they’re so much better than us in industry, political debate and social cohesion. Former BBC...
28 Sep 202025min
Is competition killing us?
Whatever else they argue about, most politicians agree on one thing: competition just makes everything better. But does it? In her new book Competition is Killing Us: How Big Business is Harming Our S...
25 Sep 202023min
Will we be OK? Facing the Climate Emergency
Could there be cause for optimism on climate change? Do individuals have power over our planet’s future? Paul Behrens, author of new book The Best Of Times The Worst Of Times, tells Ros Taylor about t...
24 Sep 202022min
