Would a young Starmer join the Labour party today? Ellen and Alona are joined by Tom Clark, contributing editor at Prospect, who thinks not. From defending misfit environmentalists to denouncing them ...

Is assisted dying moral? Rowan Williams and Brenda Hale in conversation ...

The idea that a substantial number of life peers gained their seats without having really deserved them is deeply embedded in the British subconscious. Intermittent reports of a life peerage granted ...

Why is Donald Trump doing this shock and awe on tariffs? Is it because he wants the tariffs? Or because he wants to use them to force deals—and extract payments—from friends and foes alike? He seems ...

And a new US administration has its eyes on Israel-Saudi normalisation ...

In a deep tunnel driven into a granite hillside, a group of soldiers crouch around a heavy field gun. They are in a fortified emplacement on the island of Greater Kinmen, two miles off the Chinese ...

Alan and Lionel return to answer listeners’ questions on today’s hot topics. With Lionel currently in New York, attention turns to American news coverage. Has US media gone far enough in its coverage ...

While a cross-party group of MPs propose extending access for those with neurodegenerative diseases to having 12 months or fewer to live ...

Kim Leadbeater has just written to all MPs explaining she’s tabled a series of amendments to her assisted dying bill, which concern the role of doctors. The amendments include: A requirement that, in ...

I’m thrilled to be portrayed by Toby Jones—phone hacking victims need his star power The same team who made the incredible Mr Bates vs the Post Office is turning its attention to the phone hacking ...

Last week, the prime minister appeared to be governing against his former self. The barrister who came to public prominence as the (unpaid) representative of two misfit environmental campaigners in ...

No one much wants to mark the fifth anniversary of Brexit this week, despite the event’s seismic significance. For the victors, it was too disastrous; for the losers, it is too painful. It is not just ...