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BBC OS Conversations: Beyoncé and the changing face of country music
The latest Beyoncé song, Texas Hold ‘Em, has topped the charts in the US and UK. More significantly, however, this is the first time a black woman ha…
2 years ago
Heart and Soul: The new iconographers
Dr Irena Bradley and Kelly Latimore are both iconographers taking the ancient tradition of iconography into the 21st Century. Both interpret their ic…
2 years ago
Assignment: Botswana - living with elephants
The battle to keep the peace between people and elephants in northern Botswana. The earth’s largest land mammal, the elephant, is an endangered speci…
2 years ago
Trending - The disinformation war in the Middle East
"A flood of disinformation has erupted across social media in the online propaganda battle that’s being waged alongside the physical conflict between…
2 years ago
Storm over a teacup
In the mountainous east of Nepal many communities are dependent on tea. The nitrogen-rich soil of the high-elevation estates allow tea bushes to prod…
2 years ago
In the Studio: Claudia Piñeiro
Claudia Piñeiro is a multi-award winning novelist, with many of her books being adapted for television. She's one of Argentina's most translated writ…
2 years ago
Bonus: The Global Story
A bonus episode from The Global Story podcast. Is #Me Too finally exploding in French cinema?. The Global Story brings you one big story every weekda…
2 years ago
Bonus: Hardtalk - Defying Putin
Russian authorities have announced the death of one of the country’s most significant opposition leaders Alexey Navalny in a remote penal colony in t…
2 years ago
BBC OS Conversations: Ukraine war babies and returning home
It is two years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The war has claimed tens of thousands of lives, left millions of Ukrainians as refugee…
2 years ago
Three Million: 5. Ghosts
The Bengal Famine, particularly the experiences of people in the rural areas who suffered the most, is not well remembered today. There is no memoria…
2 years ago