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Almost ten years ago, the world watched as a future king got married. Now, after a bombshell interview, things couldn't feel further removed from that day when the royal family basked in the world's positive attention. How is Prince William planning on reshaping his family's image?
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Guest: Roya Nikkhah, Royal correspondent at The Sunday Times. You can read Roya's piece on Prince William here.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips used: BBC News, CNN, ITV, Royal Family Channel, France 24, Sky News, CBS, NBC, Evening Standard.
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Federico Umberto D’Amato, the former spy who created the country’s culinary bible, is accused of being behind the 1980 Bologna atrocity. Could this decades old mystery finally be solved?
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Guest: Tom Kington, Italy correspondent for The Times.
Host: David Aaronovitch.
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Last week schools in England reopened after months of shutdown due to the pandemic, but has keeping kids out of the classroom come at a social greater cost than we realise?
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Guest: Shingi Mararike, news reporter at The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
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On Saturday night the Metropolitan Police arrested four people at a vigil for Sarah Everard. What went wrong that night? And what does it mean for the police and for women's rights?
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Guests:
- Fiona Hamilton, crime and security editor, The Times.
- Emma Yeomans, reporter, The Times.
- Jack Hill, chief news photographer, The Times.
- Hannah Rogers, fashion writer, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips used: Sky News, Counterfire.org.
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Content warning: this episode contains discussion of eating disorders and mentions of suicidal thoughts.
At times during the pandemic, it's felt like diet and exercise - or at least worrying about them - has become a national obsession. But what if your weight was already an obsession? Today we speak to people struggling with eating disorders, which have been on the rise in the past year, and examine the ways these conditions are still misunderstood.
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Guests:
- Lara, recovering from an eating disorder.
- Dave Chawner, standup comedian, presenter and author of Weight Expectations.
- Dr Agnes Ayton, Chair of the Faculty of Eating Disorders at the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Resources if you or a loved one are struggling:
Clips used: Bloomberg, ITV.
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New variants of COVID-19 have caused spikes in infections around the world and rang alarm bells about vaccine resistance. We speak to two scientists tracking mutant strains of the virus. How are these variants discovered? And just how dangerous are they?
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Guests:
-Sharon Peacock, Professor of public health and microbiology at The University of Cambridge and Director of the COVID 19 Genomics UK consortium.
-Dr Jeffrey Barrett, Director of COVID-19 Genomics at the Wellcome Sanger Institute.
Host: David Aaronovitch.
Clips used: BBC News, UK Government, Sky News, UK Parliament, ITV News, DW News, KTLA, Bloomberg, ABC
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Bitcoin is surging. Last month, it surpassed $50,000 per coin, and big institutions are buying in alongside retail investors. The new frenzy has started, partially due to Elon Musk's Tesla announcing its purchase of $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin. So, why now? And what if the bitcoiners are right, and this is only the beginning?
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Guest:
Nic Carter, Partner at Castle Island Ventures and co-founder of Coin Metrics.
Host: Asya Fouks.
Clips used: CNN, CNBC, and Bloomberg.
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In the final part of our Failures of State series, the Sunday Times Insight team take David Aaronovitch on a hunt for answers.
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Guests:
- Jonathan Calvert, Insight Editor, The Sunday Times.
- George Arbuthnott, Deputy Insight Editor, The Sunday Times.
Host: David Aaronovitch.
Links:
- Failures of State: The Inside Story of Britain’s Battle with Coronavirus by Jonathan Calvert and George Arbuthnott.
- Audiobook of Failures of State.
- 'Revealed: Seven year coronavirus trail from mine deaths to a Wuhan lab', The Sunday Times.
Clips used: BBC, CNA, PBS, CBC, AP, South China Morning Post, Al Jazeera, NBC, France 24, Chatham House, WION, 'Contagion' (2011) / Warner Bros, 'The Whistleblowers' (2007) / Carnival Films.
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For more than a decade Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon were the dream team that dominated Scottish politics, leading the charge for Scottish independence. But damning accusations have brought the pair into the spotlight. And with elections for Scottish parliament looming in May, what does this mean for the future of the SNP and Scottish independence?
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Guests:
-John Boothman, Political correspondent in Scotland for The Sunday Times.
-Stephen Gethins, Former Scottish National Party MP for North East Fife.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips used: Scottish Parliament TV and RT.
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In a bombshell world exclusive interview, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, sat down with Oprah Winfrey and talked at lengths about reasons for their departure from the Royal Family. What's the future for the couples relationship with the palace?
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Guest: Valentine Low, Royal Correspondent for The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips used: ITV Hub, Harpo Productions/CBS, NBC, CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, ABC Australia, ABC.
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