Programme examining the ideas and forces which shape public policy in Britain and abroad, presented
Timothy Garton Ash examines how free speech is being eroded in the place it should be most secure: i
Timothy Garton Ash asks if religion is a special case where freedom of speech should be curtailed. H
Timothy Garton Ash asks whether we have the media we need to really exercise our right to freedom of
It is often said that our right to free speech is balanced by our right to privacy. Timothy Garton A
In part two of The Deobandis, the BBC's former Pakistan correspondent Owen Bennett Jones reveals a s
The Deobandis are virtually unknown to most British people, yet their influence is huge. As the larg
How did notorious traitor Kim Philby manage to infiltrate MI6 and send its most sensitive secrets to
Phil Tinline finds out what happens when institutions lose their memory and how they can best captur
Andrew Brown of The Guardian asks if the dramatic rise of ad-blocking software will undermine the co
Will devolution bring back the power to England's cities and regions that they once had? And, if so,
Jeremy Corbyn's opposition to the renewal of Britain's nuclear deterrent has opened up divisions wit
How are councils in two of the UK's most multicultural places managing diversity? Back in the 1970s,
Why does inheritance arouse such powerful emotions? Family, death and money make for gripping storie
If the UK leaves the EU, what happens on the island of Ireland? Its people would be living on either
Chris Bowlby explores the shifting balance between two visions of outer space - as a place of harmon
What have the Book of Genesis and the movie Fight Club got to do with GDP? According to the radical
Who and what will be making the global headlines in 2016? Owen Bennett-Jones and leading BBC corresp
The Middle East conflict and other long-running international disputes have so far proved incapable
Looking at the UK, reunified Germany and the European Union, the former Conservative Cabinet Ministe
Carnivore and steak-lover Jo Fidgen attempts to work out whether killing cows for food can be morall
