A year in stories
For our final episode of the year, we look back on our best stories of 2021. Basia is joined by Tortoise editor-in-chief James Harding, and colleague Ceri Thomas, to chat through what we've learned as...
23 Dec 202125min
School 49
China’s transformation into an economic powerhouse has come at a cost to its children, under enormous pressure to succeed. Now the country is wondering if the price has been too high. Reporter Poppy S...
16 Dec 202144min
The super divorce
London's courts play host to some of the world's most high-profile divorces. In the sorry case of Akhmedov vs Akhmedova, a family feud turned into a costly game of hide and seek... Hosted on Acast. S...
9 Dec 202141min
A place for Elliott
This is a story about a boy called Elliott – trapped in time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2 Dec 202145min
Retreat from Kabul – Part 1
Over a handful of chaotic days this summer, Western forces withdrew from Afghanistan. The legacy of the decision to leave after 20 years has been wretched for many Afghan people, and a brutal lesson f...
25 Nov 202150min
Retreat from Kabul – Part 2
In Kabul, the Taliban’s takeover was assured. In London, an ignominious retreat, and the betrayal of former comrades in the Afghan army, was more than a group of ex-soldiers, now MPs, could stomach......
25 Nov 202149min
Who is REvil?
Who are the people behind a spate of multi-million dollar ransomware attacks on financial institutions, schools and hospitals? When Nicky Woolf began to investigate the highest-profile ransomware outf...
18 Nov 202146min
Nazanin: trapped in Whitehall
Since 2016, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held hostage in Iran. Ceri Thomas investigates how a long-forgotten debt could be the real reason behind her incarceration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
11 Nov 202140min
