Krishnan Guru-Murthy , Presenter

We spoke to royal historian Professor Anna Whitelock and Professor David Olusoga, the historian and documentary-maker who appears in the Netflix series.

The NHS isn’t the only part of the public sector facing strike action. University lecturers are already staging walkouts and teaching unions are balloting for action. We spoke to Education Secretary Gillian Keegan following an announcement that the government is giving universities and colleges £490 million to invest in facilities – and asked her if…

When he made his name in Star Trek as Lieutenant Sulu, actor George Takei had already lived a life worthy of a Hollywood movie. 

Only yesterday the Green Party MP Caroline Lucas was tweeting a welcome to the news of the government’s U-turn on onshore wind development. But she also warned that if it was meant to ‘buy off’ giving the green light to the Cumbria coal mine, it would be ‘totally and utterly shameless’. 

Mark Jenkinson, is the Conservative MP for Workington in Cumbria, the same region where the government has given permission for a new coal mine in Cumbria.

His hits, including Lonely and Smack That, topped the charts around the world during the noughties, and made the US-Senegalese singer Akon one of the most successful African musicians of all time. In the last few days though, it’s his support for Kanye West, whose recent praise of Hitler sparked outrage, that’s generated headlines.

We’re joined by Dr Alan Stout, who’s Chair of the British Medical Association’s GP Committee, and is himself a GP, based in Belfast.

If the political chaos of the last year has benefited anyone, it’s probably the comedian Rosie Holt. 

The former Chancellor and Health Secretary Sajid Javid has added his name to the list of Conservative MPs who will not be standing at the next election – he did not explain why, but hinted it would “not mark the end of my Parliamentary activity”.

From combatting online harms and safeguarding privacy – to the economic challenges of Brexit, and the war in Ukraine – tech giants like Google are already predicting a “year like no other” in 2023.

In this episode Twitter comedian Rosie Holt joins Krishnan to discuss life as a social media sensation, women in media and why we should laugh at things that make us angry. 

A former lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth, has resigned after being accused of racist remarks at an event in Buckingham palace for a domestic abuse charity. Mandu Reid, the leader of the Women’s Equality Party witnessed the whole exchange at Buckingham Palace last night.

As police cells are requested to hold prisoners, we spoke with the Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, about how bad things really are in prisons right now.

We spoke to Dr Francis Fukuyama, the political scientist and senior fellow at Stanford University.

Rishi Sunak will give his first major foreign policy speech since he became Prime Minister, calling for a “robust pragmatism” towards China and Russia.