A Brief History of the Truth

The truth is like a vegetable your mother makes you eat, nourishing but it tastes terrible

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Roy Jenkins - Father of the Permissive Society?

Richard Weight explores the key role of Roy Jenkins in the liberal reforms of the 1960s.

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The Myth of Homosexual Decriminalisation

Peter Tatchell on how the 1967 Sexual Offences Act failed to provide equality for gay men.

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Grayson Perry: En Garde

Grayson Perry goes in search of the moment the avant-garde died.

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A Life Less Ordinary

Sandra Gregory

Sandra Gregory revisits her years spent in a Thai jail for attempted drug smuggling.

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A Life Less Ordinary

Alex Currie

The minister who became the reluctant spokesman for a fishing community suffering tragedy.

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A Life Less Ordinary

Lisa Potts

How Lisa Potts became a media hero following an attack by a stranger with a machete.

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Inquiries - Facing Our Failures

Chris Bowlby reveals a rich history of public inquiries from rail crashes to treachery.

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Uses of Literacy Now

The Uses of Literacy - what can a book on class written 60 years ago tell us about today?

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As the Statues Fall

Lawrence Pollard traces the history of tearing down public statues.

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The Mysteries of Punt PI

Steve Punt explores the eternal appeal of a good mystery.

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Who's Looking At You?

Novelist Nick Harkaway says we need to talk about surveillance before it is too late.

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Travels in North Korea

As tempers flare and threats fly, we take a virtual audio tour inside the Hermit Kingdom.

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Driven

A look back at the culture of cars as the driverless era approaches.

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Close to the Edit

Film-maker Mike Figgis explores the age of the edit.

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Missing Isaiah Berlin

Sir Isaiah Berlin died 20 years ago. Where are the Berlins of today? Jonathan Wolff asks.

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The Pound in Your Pocket

Frances Cairncross tells the inside story of the devaluation crisis of 1967.

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The Scandal Machine

The story of scandal, from backstage to front page, printing press to digital age.

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British Jews, Right and Left

Jo Coburn explores the changing political affiliations of British Jews and their salience.

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Return of the Anglosphere

Post-Brexit, could the 'English-speaking world' work together? Jonathan Powell presents.

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Lenny Henry on Richard Pryor: The Making of a Satirist

Lenny Henry explores a transformative moment in the career of late comedian Richard Pryor.

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Good Luck Professor Spiegelhalter

The certainty of chance. Professor David Spiegelhalter investigates Luck.

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Frankenstein Lives!

Christopher Frayling explores the rich and unsettling history of the Frankenstein myth.

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The Medium Is the Message

Douglas Coupland explores the ideas, sound and vision of 1960s media seer Marshall McLuhan

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Back to Vietnam

Julian Pettifer reflects on the Tet Offensive of 1968 as a turning point in world history.

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The Death of Illegitimacy

Has the stigma of illegitimacy died out? Former MP Caroline Flint finds out.

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A Brief History of Cunning

American satirist Joe Queenan explores cunning.

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In the Wake of Wakefield

Adam Rutherford explores the 20-year legacy of a paper linking the MMR vaccine and autism.

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The Bald Truth

Ian Marchant investigates hair loss and why so many men (and some women) care so much.

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Don't Panic! It's The Douglas Adams Papers

John Lloyd uncovers the private papers of the late Douglas Adams.

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