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In the Studio: B-girl Ray Gun
Known to many as breakdancing, breaking sprung up in the economic and social unrest of 1970s New York, as a form of expressive protest. Today, it is …
1 year, 10 months ago
Erasing Hong Kong
Hong Kong's history is being revised and erased - it's early origins, colonial legacy, post 1997 handover period and the crucial years since the mass…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Fifth Floor: Three years of Taliban rule
Three years ago the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. BBC Afghan journalists Shekiba Habib and Shoaib Sharifi were living and following the events…
1 year, 10 months ago
BBC OS Conversations: Protests in Bangladesh
It began as a peaceful student protest against the way some government jobs are reserved for war veterans and their families. The violence that follo…
1 year, 10 months ago
Heart and Soul: Wrestling for redemption in Jordan
Injuries meant wrestler Dan Russell missed out on two opportunities for glory at the Olympics back in the 1990s. But missing the chance to fight for …
1 year, 10 months ago
BONUS: World Book Club - Edna O'Brien
Following the death of the acclaimed Irish author Edna O’Brien, who died aged 93 in July 2024, a bonus edition of World Book Club which was first pub…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bonus: The Global Story - Divorce
In a bonus episode of The Global Story podcast - Divorce: The art of breaking up.
The Global Story brings you one big story every weekday, making sen…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bonus: HARDtalk - The Whistleblowers
In a special edition of HARDtalk Stephen Sackur looks back at some of the guests who have risked their personal freedom to disclose secret informatio…
1 year, 10 months ago
In the Studio: Willard Wigan
Dr Willard Wigan MBE creates the smallest handmade sculptures in the world. He uses high powered microscopes and custom-made tools formed from shards…
1 year, 10 months ago
Las Patronas
We visit the Las Patronas women 30 years on from when the young Romero Vazquez sisters first threw a loaf of bread onto the infamously dangerous La B…
1 year, 10 months ago