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Singled Out
A cultural history of the 'single' with Zoe Strimpel - old maids, Bridget Jones and more.

China in Slogans
How Communist Party slogans reveal the turbulent story of modern China.

Thank You & Goodbye
Jim Waterson tells the inside story of the collapse of the News of the World.

Millions Like Us
We're told Covid is our Second World War. If so, what does that mean for our politics?

The Woman-Machine
Elizabeth Alker celebrates women composers at the forefront of electronic music.

Stewart Lee: Unreliable Narrator
Comedian Stewart Lee considers the problems and possibilities of unreliable narrators.

Covering Edward Said: 40 years of Islam, Media and the West
Exploring the legacy of Edward Said's Covering Islam, published forty years ago.

The Tulsa Tragedy that Shamed America
Alvin Hall tells the story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

Bob Dylan: Verbatim
The many variations of Bob Dylan’s life and music told in his own words.

A Spy in Every Embassy
The Swiss spy machine company secretly owned by the CIA and German BND.