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Cartoonist Peter Brookes looks back on some of the more memorable images of his almost 30 years at The Times, and walks us through his creative process.
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Guest: Peter Brookes, Times cartoonist.
Host: Manveen Rana.
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Clips used: AP, BBC, CGTN.
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All this week we look back at the biggest stories of the last twelve months. Today: We ask Matt Chorley and Esther Webber to assess the standout moments from the most eventful political year in living memory.
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Guest:
Matt Chorley, writer and broadcaster for The Times.
Esther Webber, Red Box reporter for The Times.
Host: David Aaronovitch.
Clips used: Guardian News online, The Sun online, BBC News, ITV, STV, SIXTY Minutes.
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2020 has been quite the year for all of us, but it has been especially tumultuous in the United States. From the coronavirus pandemic to the Black Lives Matter movement to the election, the year has been full of emotionally charged moments. Our journalists have been on the ground for every twist and turn.
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Guests:
Laura Pullman, New York Correspondent for The Sunday Times.
Henry Zeffman, Washington Correspondent for The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
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All this week we look back at the biggest stories of the year. Today: Coronavirus. How should we separate the science from the conspiracy theories? What have we actually learnt about the virus? And is there now light at the end of the tunnel?
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Guest:
Tom Whipple, Science Editor for The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: Sky News, Talkradio, France 24, Euronews, BBC, ITV, CNA, CNA2.
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Former table tennis player, Matthew Syed, visits a club in Brighton which gets funding from Sported, one of the charities the Times and Sunday Times is raising money for in its Christmas Appeal.
This episode is in support of Sported, one of three charities backed by The Times and Sunday Times Christmas Appeal.
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Guest:
Matthew Syed, Times and Sunday Times' columnist.
Host:Manveen Rana.
Clips used: CNN, Sky Sports News, ABC News.
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David Aaronovitch sits down with Times Radio breakfast show host Stig Abell to share some of their most cherished festive page turners.
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Guests:
Stig Abell - Times Radio Breakfast show host, Sunday Times columnist.
With book recommendations from:
John Witherow - Editor, The Times.
Emma Tucker - Editor, Sunday Times.
Andrew Holgate - Literary Editor, Sunday Times.
Matt Dickinson - Chief Sports Writer, The Times.
Host: David Aaronovitch.
The books:
David:
Selling Hitler - Robert Harris
Out of Pure Rage - Jeff Dyer
Stig:
Things I Learned on the 6.28: A Guide to Daily Reading - Stig Abell
Summer of 1927 - Bill Bryson
A Distant Mirror - Barbara Tuchman
Matt Dickinson:
Moth and the Mountain - Ed Caesar
Emma Tucker:
The Motion of the Body Through Space - Lionel Shriver
Andrew Holgate:
English Pastoral - James Rebanks
John Witherow:
JFK: Volume 1: 1917-1956 - Frederik Logevall
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An investigation by the Times has found that HMRC, the UK’s authority responsible for the collection of taxes used private debt collection companies and letters accusing people left penniless by the pandemic of deliberately avoiding their tax bills.
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Guests:
Paul Morgan-Bentley, Head of Investigations at the Times.
Richard Hull, a self-employed carpenter.
Kirsty Howe, Director of The Firm.
Host:Manveen Rana.
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A Sunday Times investigation reveals a shady supply chain stretching from west Africa’s hazardous gold mines through Dubai and on to Europe. Who are the people who work on the illegal mines and what can we do as consumers to ensure we buy ethical gold?
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Guests:
Louise Callaghan, Middle East correspondent for The Sunday Times.
Desmond Akudbilla, freelance journalist.
Host: Manveen Rana.
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With a week to go before Christmas, Stories of our times hosts Manveen Rana and David Aaronovitch are joined by journalist and wine expert Jane Macquitty, to guide you through five of the best festive wine pairings for Christmas day.
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Guests:
Jane Macquitty, The Times and The Sunday Times Journalist and wine critic.
Hosts: Manveen Rana and David Aaronovitch.
The wines:
Champagne
Waitrose Blanc de Noirs Brut Champagne
White
2018 Domaine Henri Bourgeois Cuvée Le Prieuré des Hublots Sauvignon
Red for goose and game
2017 Villa Antinori Red
Red for turkey
2017 Brazin Old Vine Zinfandel
Port
Kopke Reserve Tawny Port
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The MS Estonia sank into the icy Baltic Sea in 1994, descending alongside the evidence of what happened that fateful night where 852 people died. Nearly twenty-six years later the shipwreck still sits on a shallow sea bed and new evidence has raised questions about what caused it to go down.
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Guests:
- Paul Barney - A Briton who was on board the MS Estonia when it capsized and sank in the Baltic Sea in 1994.
- Henrik Evertsson - Documentary filmmaker and journalist prosecuted for investigating the sinking of the MS Estonia.
- Matthew Campbell - Foreign Correspondent for The Sunday Times, was working in Moscow when the MS Estonia sank.
Host: David Aaronovitch.
Clips used: discovery+. You can watch the full series of Estonia. It is available now on discovery+.
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