Series 5
20/01/2016
Top journalists debate live with Andrew Rawnsley what leading opinion articles should say.
Caring for Children and the Elderly
Chris Mason brings together listeners' contributions on caring for children and the old.
Margot Kaessmann
German cleric and theologian Margot Kaessmann writes about her country's shifting image.
ALEX SALMOND TRIAL DAY 11
Daily report from the High Court in Edinburgh
Week Two Omnibus - From the Abolition of Atlantic Slavery to the Freedom of Information Act
A new series exploring the long history of struggles for liberty in Britain.
Vision of the Future
A computer called Baby, Alan Turing, 25 Nobel prize winners and the wonders of graphene.
Unrepresented
Ben Wright asks whether American electoral democracy needs refreshing.
Omnibus (2/2)
The hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini against Salman Rushdie.
Omnibus - Part 2
Professor David Rothkopf discovers how modern history has changed the face of diplomacy.
Political Landscapes: Best Of 2021
Ben Weisz has a well deserved sit down and revisits some of the best bits of his MP walks.
Episode 3
Michael Portillo examines the past and future of democracy over 2,500 years.
Anti-Semitism with Luciana Berger and Lisa Nandy
Luciana Berger and Lisa Nandy react to the report on anti-Semitism in the Labour party.
Aasmah Mir asks if Scottish society has been split in two by the independence referendum.
The Future for the Environment
Could Covid-19 change individual behaviour and our collective attitude to climate change?
Penny Marshall asks if new super-sized polyclinics will mean the end of the family GP.
Immigration and Skills
The impact changing levels of immigration could have on the economy.
Justice
Tom Fletcher examines how democracies can offer better opportunities than autocracies.
The American Dream: where does the idea come from and how has its meaning changed?
Margaret Thatcher answers questions from listeners of the Russian World Service
Fergal Keane takes a journey through the private notebooks and letters of Nelson Mandela.
Jonathan Freedland addresses the knotty problem of MPs' pay and conditions.
David Goldblatt tells the turbulent story of FIFA, international football's governing body
The story of Nigerian musician and political revolutionary, Fela Kuti.
What really happens in intergovernmental summits? Jonathan Powell investigates.
Dani Garavelli tells the story of a deep schism at the heart of Scottish politics.
How the Korean War forced the US military to desegregate.
With Trump out of office, Leah Sottile on what’s next for America’s far-right.
Ben Wright looks at whether a political crisis will force the Whips to change their ways.
Steve Richards examines the challenges for the Labour Party under Keir Starmer.
Shaimaa Khalil travels across Egypt, hearing the voices of her fellow countrymen.
