The Future of Welfare

Should Britain’s social insurance system be more German?

• 28 mins

This Fractured Isle

Edward Stourton asks whether Covid-19 could hasten the breakup of the United Kingdom.

• 30 mins

Who Runs that Place?

Who takes China's big decisions, how are they reached and what power struggles lie ahead?

• 28 mins

Chasing Unicorns

What does the future hold for Silicon Valley's tech start ups in a post-pandemic world?

• 28 mins

Personality Politics

Are we predisposed by our personality to be drawn to certain policies or ideologies?

• 28 mins

Rogue Cops

How can we identify rogue cops?

• 28 mins

Flying Blind

Michael Blastland examines how our collective ignorance affects policy and debate.

• 28 mins

Boiled Rabbits of the Left?

Ex-Labour voters say the party is insufficiently patriotic. So what should it do about it?

• 28 mins

Magic Weapons

What is political warfare and what should we do about it?

• 28 mins

Levelling Up Wakefield

Anand Menon returns to his home city to road test plans to level up the UK economy.

• 28 mins

The Fine Art of Decision Making

Margaret Heffernan explores the fine art of decision making in times of uncertainty.

• 28 mins

Science in the Time of Covid-19

What has the pandemic revealed about science and our relationship with it?

• 28 mins

Global Britain: is there substance behind the slogan?

Post-Brexit, the UK is re-branding itself as "Global Britain", but what does that mean?

• 28 mins