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Join us for Trendy Live to make sense of the local election results
Tortoise is hosting a special live edition of Trendy on Wednesday 8th May.
Join hosts John Curtice and Rachel Wolf in the Tortoise newsroom for this s…
1 year, 8 months ago
News Meeting: Brexit, austerity and how Labour could fix Britain
Episode 242
In the nineties Will Hutton wrote about the role of government and the free market post-Thatcher. Now, after more than a decade of Conservative-led g…
1 year, 8 months ago
Sensemaker: Britain’s mouldy homes
Episode 241
Yeremiah Bizimana has been living in a hotel for almost nine months because his council house has problems caused by damp and mould.
To find out more …
1 year, 8 months ago
Sensemaker: Why the internet is arguing about flooding in Dubai
Episode 240
A storm that brought record rainfall and flooding to parts of the United Arab Emirates led to a wave of speculation online about the dangers of ‘geo-…
1 year, 8 months ago
News Meeting: Sunak’s Rwanda showdown and the Met’s apology to an anti semitism campaigner
Episode 239
What propels something to the top of the news agenda? James Harding is joined by three guests who each pitch the story they think should lead the new…
1 year, 8 months ago
Sensemaker: Vinicius Jr: the Real Madrid star’s fight against racism
Episode 238
During an emotional news conference the Real Madrid footballer Vinicius Junior broke down in tears as he described the racist abuse he faces whilst p…
1 year, 8 months ago
Editor's Voicemail: David Cameron inspires a rethink
Episode 237
Although Lord Cameron’s turn as Foreign Secretary hasn’t redeemed his reputation for Brexit, it has made James think again - not just about the forme…
1 year, 8 months ago
News Meeting: Christiana Figueres on the Dubai floods and Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban
Episode 236
Former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres joins the Tortoise team to tell them what she thinks should lead the news.
Plus, Kevin Sullivan and Mary J…
1 year, 8 months ago
Sensemaker: The Swiss women who went to court over climate change and won
Episode 235
A group of Swiss women who are all over the age of 64 took their government to court over climate change and won. How did they do it?
To find out more…
1 year, 8 months ago
Trendy: What London Thinks
Episode 234
Forty years ago London was in decline. Now it’s a global megacity with a growing population and a large economy, but it’s quite socially conservative…
1 year, 9 months ago