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Assignment: Ireland’s phone-free town
Greystones made global headlines a year ago when, concerned by rising anxiety levels among their pupils, the headteachers from all the primary school…
1 year, 10 months ago
In the Studio: Senua's Saga - Hellblade II
Released in 2017, the video game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice saw players take control of dark-age warrior Senua as she battled to rescue the soul of…
1 year, 10 months ago
Greening the Hajj
The Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, the Hajj, attracted no fewer than two million pilgrims in 2023. But this pilgrim boom has an environmental downside: …
1 year, 10 months ago
The forgotten people of the Ravi River
For the hundreds of people who live in a cluster of villages between India and Pakistan, a map drawn up long ago still causes daily struggles. Punjab…
1 year, 10 months ago
Stories from Mexico
The election of Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum is a moment of history. For the first time, a woman is in charge of the country. Host James Reyn…
1 year, 10 months ago
Heart and Soul: Losing my religion
'Spiritual but not religious’ is the fastest growing faith category amongst Gen Z and Millennials around the world. However, in Nigeria, where most p…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Fifth Floor: For the love of football
Why is football such a universal language? Three BBC World Service journalists and football fans - Matias Zibell Garcia, Pooria Jafereh and Njoroge M…
1 year, 10 months ago
Bonus: What in the world - Africa and FGM: When will it end?
Female genital mutilation affects around 230 million women and girls globally, with rates highest in Africa. FGM is considered a human rights violati…
1 year, 10 months ago
Whose Truth?: Online women haters
Attacked on social media - how Nobel Prize laureate Maria Ressa came under fire for doing her job as a journalist in the Philippines, covering the pr…
1 year, 10 months ago
Whose Truth?: Climate change denial
Nobel Prize laureate Sir Paul Nurse wants science, not politics, to guide the debate surrounding climate change. But how do you convince the denialis…
1 year, 10 months ago