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David Harewood: Return to Othello
The espionage TV series, Homeland, brought David Harewood international fame but he is also known as the first Black actor to play Othello at the UK’s National Theatre when he was in his early 30s. N…
Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago
'Looking American' to avoid deportation
Drone surveillance, sign language and 'looking American' are all suggestions that Brazilian immigrants are making to each other as ways to avoid being deported. Since the beginning of President Donal…
Published on 3 weeks ago
Living with motor neurone disease
Former England ruby captain Lewis Moody recently revealed he had been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND), and our conversations give an insight into how lives can be overturned by this muscle…
Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago
The Right Thing: A deal with God
***This programme contains references to imprisonment, child abandonment and references to suicide which some listeners may find upsetting***
Since the 1950s, North Korea has been an authoritarian, i…
Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago
G-Land: Surfs and spirits
Off the coast of Java, Indonesia, lies G-Land, one of the world’s most legendary surf breaks, framed by a dense forest that was once home to the now-extinct Javan tiger. Alas Purwo (which literally m…
Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago
The Last Cowboys
Humorous and tender, this BBC World Service documentary takes a long-haul view of the lives of modern truckers in Europe – exploring working-class masculinity on the road, all-nighters, and long jour…
Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Bonus: The Global Story - A Gazan journalist's diary
Reporting on the war in Gaza has only been possible because of the work of Palestinian journalists, because the Israeli government will not let foreign broadcasters – including the BBC – inside the t…
Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Carl Brandon Strehlke: My search for the 15th Century artist Beato Angelico
Art historian Carl Brandon Stehlke is a world expert on the great 15th Century Florentine painter Fra Angelico, and this is his dream project: a historic, once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of the artist'…
Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago
A people’s history of Gaza
The back-story of Gaza, from the 1940s to the 2010s, told through the personal experiences of a wide variety of ordinary people - a teacher, a smuggler, a bird-watcher, musicians, doctors and others.…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Reporting the impact of the Gaza ceasefire
Following the ceasefire in Gaza, this week has seen the release of hostages and prisoners on both sides and the beginning of the return of the remains of some of the deceased. Over the past two years…
Published on 4 weeks ago