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How I stopped being a problem drinker
Like increasing numbers of Brits, columnist Robert Crampton had a guilty secret: he was drinking more, the older he got. Way more. In a brutally hone…
3 years ago
The spy who infiltrated the ‘New IRA’
Details have emerged in court about how an undercover MI5 agent managed to infiltrate and gather evidence on the political wing of the ‘New IRA’. Den…
3 years ago
The new science of eating well
How should we eat? What should we eat?
Author and epidemiologist Tim Spector says it’s time to ban the D word – ‘dieting’ – lose the calorie counting …
3 years ago
Ukraine and beyond: The world in 2023
After a period of global upheaval unlike any other in living memory, we look back at the year war came to Ukraine, and how its fallout has changed Eu…
3 years ago
Best of 2022: Can an AI bot convince you that it's sentient?
Over the festive period, we’re listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2022.
Google engineer Blake Lemoine brought an unusual concern to h…
3 years ago
Best of 2022: The Falklands, 40 years on: A father and son’s story
In the week between Christmas and New Year, we’re listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2022.
In April 1982, Captain Christopher Craig s…
3 years ago
Best of 2022: The cult of crypto: How $2 trillion went up in flames
In the week between Christmas and New Year, we’re listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2022.
It promised a financial revolution - a lib…
3 years ago
Best of 2022: The real story of Colditz
In the week between Christmas and New Year, we’re listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2022.
It's a legend many of us have grown up wit…
3 years ago
Best of 2022: Why our man in Moscow had to leave
In the week between Christmas and New Year, we’re listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2022.
As the Ukraine war progressed, journalists…
3 years ago
Best of 2022: The South Korean culture machine that conquered the world
In the week between Christmas and New Year, we’re listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2022.
From Squid Game to K-pop to kimchi, South …
3 years ago