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The Return
To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first recorded enslaved Africans in Virginia, America, in 2019 Ghana launched the ‘Year of…
2 years, 1 month ago
In the Studio: Poet Fred D’Aguiar
The poet, novelist and playwright Fred D’Aguiar was born in Britain, grew up in Guyana and now lives in Los Angeles. There he came across the story w…
2 years, 1 month ago
BBC OS Conversations: Covid-19 four years later
It is four years since we reported the first cases of an outbreak of a mysterious viral pneumonia in the city of Wuhan in China. Within months, what …
2 years, 1 month ago
Assignment: Bones that speak
In 2016, the Philippines’ newly elected president, Rodrigo Duterte declared there was one, common enemy: the drugs trade. What followed was a bloodba…
2 years, 1 month ago
An octopus's garden
The octopus is prized as the most intelligent of all marine species – immortalised in stories, poems and songs worldwide. In Madagascar it is also a …
2 years, 2 months ago
The Approach
Adriana Brownlee is a mountaineering pioneer. The British woman became the youngest female to summit K2 - the second-highest mountain on Earth - in 2…
2 years, 2 months ago
In the Studio: Manal AlDowayan
Internationally renowned Saudi artist Manal AlDowayan is midway through an ambitious public installation that will be shown in the Valley of Arts, in…
2 years, 2 months ago
HARDtalk: Past notes
A special programme remembering past HARDtalk guests who died in 2023. All of them left an indelible mark on public life and all, in their different …
2 years, 2 months ago
BBC OS Conversation: Adventurers
We have spent the last year here on BBC OS Conversations covering some of the World’s major news stories. As the year draws to a close, however, we t…
2 years, 2 months ago
Assignment: Bolivia’s giant fish intruder
Some people said it was created by Peruvian scientists, that it gorged on the blood of farm animals, that it was a monster. Many myths have grown up …
2 years, 2 months ago