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BBC OS Conversations: Colourism
The issue of colourism was highlighted in a recent BBC news report about a Nigerian woman who bleached the skin of her six young children leaving the…
1 year, 2 months ago
Heart and Soul: Our Sacred Harp
Sacred Harp pioneer and former punk frontman, Tim Eriksen, takes us into the hair-raising sound of shape note singing – an American choral tradition …
1 year, 2 months ago
Braille and me
Built around a game of braille Scrabble, Emma Tracey presents a celebration of braille, 200 years after it was invented. Emma, who’s been blind since…
1 year, 2 months ago
Olympique Lyonnais: The Champions League trailblazers
Olympique Lyonnais is the most successful club in women’s football, dominating Europe over the last 15 years winning eight Champions League titles. O…
1 year, 2 months ago
Assignment: New Zealand: What counts as Maori equality?
Maori have been protesting in large numbers, in a 9-day hikoi or march of defiance, walking from the top of New Zealand down to the capital Wellingto…
1 year, 2 months ago
In the Studio: Steve Reich
For 60 years, New York composer Steve Reich has been one of classical music’s most celebrated revolutionaries. Pioneering minimalism in the 1960s, a …
1 year, 2 months ago
Defeated: How ordinary Germans experienced the end of WW2
On 8 May 1945 Britain, the US and many other countries were rejoicing. Germany had surrendered, and World War Two was over, at least in Europe. Yet i…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Fifth Floor: Stranded in Panama
On his first day as president, Donald Trump signed an executive order shutting down the asylum system at the US-Mexico border. He also promised huge …
1 year, 2 months ago
BBC OS Conversations: The impact of Trump's tariffs
Donald Trump’s decision to slap tariffs on global trade has sent the world reeling. Stock markets have tanked. Gloomy economists have hit the airwave…
1 year, 2 months ago
Heart and Soul: Guns, grief and god
On 4 September 2024, the town of Winder in the US state of Georgia became the latest scene of a school mass shooting. Two students and two teachers w…
1 year, 2 months ago