Escaping slavery in modern Britain: Hadi's story
When Hadi took a trip to England, she only planned to stay for a couple of weeks. What eventuated was far more sinister: exploited by British traffickers, she was trapped as a domestic slave. This is ...
23 Okt 202027min
Classical music conductors: Overpaid, oversexed and over the hill?
The Times's chief music critic, Richard Morrison muses over whether a combination of the coronavirus, environmental concerns and the MeToo movement will be the end of the 'maestro' - the classical mus...
22 Okt 202026min
Inside Operation Venetic: Britain's biggest organised crime crackdown
While you and I were locked down in the middle of this year, the UK's National Crime Agency was frantically carrying out an unprecedented operation. By the time it was made public in July, Operation V...
21 Okt 202030min
Extremism in our prisons
A series of attacks by Islamists released from jail highlights the failure to turn them away from extremism. Today: the story of one inmate we know only as 'Jack' and how he was radicalised in a UK pr...
20 Okt 202027min
Westminster and a country in tiers
England's new tiered lockdown system has been in the making for months. How did we get here and what does it mean for the future?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The...
19 Okt 202025min
Investigation: Inside Russia's disinformation war (Pt 1)
In an exclusive investigation, this podcast has uncovered a Russian campaign of disinformation and fake news aimed at discrediting the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine.This podcast was brought to you thanks...
16 Okt 202042min
Could Covid-19 change universities forever?
Halls have been locked down. Students have asked for their money back. And among staff, there have been complaints of coercion from management and rumblings of industrial action. For universities, cou...
15 Okt 202030min
Two Cardinals, the Pope and murky Vatican finances
The latest scandal from the Vatican - between two warring Cardinals - has shone a spotlight on the infighting and internal affairs that Pope Francis has been trying to clear up for the last seven year...
14 Okt 202024min
