The Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Businessman Charlie Mullins)
Charlie Mullins is one of Britain’s best known, and most successful businessmen. He founded Pimlico Plumbing in 1979, turned it into a £50 million-a-year trade empire, then sold it last year for £140 ...
25 Mars 202310min
900 years of St Bartholomew's Hospital
On 25th March 1123 a former courtier of Henry I, a man called Rahere, founded St Bartholomew’s Hospital. In this special episode to mark its 900th anniversary, Kate Jarman, Trust Archivist for Barts H...
24 Mars 202313min
Would Boris Johnson lose a by-election?
Reaction to Boris Johnson’s three-hour grilling by the Privileges Committee. Could a ten day suspension trigger a by-election? Tory Peer warns Boris could lose his seat. Dr Catherine Haddon a Senior F...
23 Mars 202312min
Does Ofsted need replacing?
Teachers and unions call for a pause in inspections following the death of headteacher Ruth Perry. Why school leaders are unhappy with one-word assessments. Calls and petitions to reform Ofsted. Our E...
22 Mars 202312min
Met Police: Why London 'deserves better'
Met Police found to be ‘institutionally sexist, racist and homophobic’. Catalogue of failings recorded infecting every level of the force. How the protection of women had been “thrown out of the windo...
21 Mars 202312min
How banking panic could hit London
Thousands of City jobs are at risk after UBS confirmed a takeover of its arch-rival Credit Suisse in a £2.6 billion deal. Credit Suisse is the most significant recent failure of a 'crisis of confidenc...
20 Mars 202310min
Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Headspace CEO Russell Glass)
This is a bonus episode taken from our business show How to be a CEO. Russell Glass is the CEO of Headspace, the app designed to teach users how to meditate, do yoga, and practise mindfulness more reg...
18 Mars 202312min
Loyd Grossman on London’s original starchitect
Sir Christopher Wren is called the "first modern architect" and designed St Paul’s Cathedral - how does his legacy shape 21st Century London?We speak to former Through the Keyhole and MasterChef star ...
17 Mars 202310min
