Podcast
The role of prime minister from Gladstone to Johnson
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart on how the role of the Prime Minister has changed in the past 200 years
The evolving role of Prime Minister
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about how the role of prime minister evolved in its first one-and-a-half centuries
Has China initiated a Cold War against Britain and the United States?
Sir Iain Duncan Smith gives his assessment to Graham Stewart
Joined-up strategy?
Professor Jeremy Black discusses with Graham Stewart how US and British defence and security reviews depart from, or continue, a coherent western strategic worldview
The cancelled charity boss who wants to be mayor
David Scullion speaks to Nick Buckley about his ambitions for Manchester
Conspiracies: theory and practice
Jeremy Black talks with Graham Stewart about the many conspiracies and secretive plots that really did shape the course of events
Born digital
Graham Stewart talks to Alex Story and Robert Wigley about the dangers of our addiction to digital information
Which political diaries are worth taking seriously?
Professor Jeremy Black discusses with Graham Stewart the craft and value of the political diarist
Churchill as warlord – how good a strategist was he?
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss Winston Churchill’s role in shaping British and the Allies’ military strategy in the Second World War
How the government has exploited our human response to danger
Olivia Hartley speaks to Laura Dodsworth about face masks, religious faith, and how public health has become a criminal justice matter
London has lost its soul
National renewal must start with the capital
Mental illness is more complex than we think
There are no easy answers when it comes to mental health
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
AI is a terrible poet
It has no sense for true meaning and beauty in language
How long can Ireland’s gender equality hold?
A gender divide in voting is not as clear as in other countries — but that could change
The Bard at Christmas
It is impossible to appreciate Shakespeare without acknowledging his Christian foundations
Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe
We cannot complacently depend on the US
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
Don’t patronise female students
It’s insulting to think that women have to be treated with kid gloves
Keir-y-e-Liason
Rob tries to stay awake at the Liazzzzzzon committee
