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Why the British Isles still hosts the world’s most dangerous race
This week the 2023 Isle of Man TT race - often dubbed the ‘most dangerous’ race in the world - begins.
Six riders died last year at the motorcycle rac…
2 years, 7 months ago
How Russia’s Wagner group took over the Central African Republic
Russia’s Wagner group – already dominant in the conflict in Ukraine – has become the de facto boss in the diamond-rich Central African Republic, wher…
2 years, 7 months ago
Photographing five prime ministers
We’re away for the bank holiday, so in the meantime we're bringing you a highlight from another Times podcast, Red Box, in which Matt Chorley present…
2 years, 7 months ago
Planet Hope: Predicting the Earth’s climate with Tom Matthews
This is Planet Hope, a new podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative, hosted by Stories of Our Times as a …
2 years, 7 months ago
Are the water companies really making our rivers cleaner?
Last week water companies pledged to spend £10bn over the next five years to drastically reduce the number of sewage spills going into the country’s …
2 years, 7 months ago
Exposed: How online fraudsters are ripping off Britain
It took less than an hour on the Telegram messaging app for an undercover Times reporter to infiltrate a network of fraudsters based in the UK. They …
2 years, 7 months ago
How Call of Duty became Britain's post-Brexit battleground
Microsoft has found itself in a bitter war of words with both its gaming rival Sony and the UK authorities, over a multi-billion dollar takeover bid …
2 years, 7 months ago
What hardcore porn is doing to a generation of teenagers
As a new report from the Children’s Commissioner points to the impact of violent pornography on British children, are the waters around consensual se…
2 years, 7 months ago
Diamonds and divorces: Are the oligarch sanctions working?
Russia's deputy defence minister, Timur Ivanov, was sanctioned by the EU last October. Forty days before that happened, his wife, the socialite Svetl…
2 years, 7 months ago
Planet Hope: Revolutionising the world's plastic waste problem with Miranda Wang
This is Planet Hope, a new podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative, hosted by Stories of Our Times as a …
2 years, 7 months ago