Ep. 30 | Decadence, Dictators and Death - The Scandalous Mitford Sisters
Six girls and one boy, raised in aristocratic luxury in the years before World War Two, became the most famous - and most scandalous - family in Britain. Their lives were captured in a much loved book...
31 Jul 202351min
Ep. 29 | Covid 19 and the Chinese Virus Laboratory
In the early days of the pandemic a lot of attention was paid to the fact that the Chinese city of Wuhan, from which the virus emerged, contained a biological research laboratory that had been experim...
24 Jul 202347min
Ep. 28 | Prince Andrew & Sarah Ferguson - a Scandalous Double Act.
The Duke and Duchess of York have been in the public eye for decades. Once widely admired for their freshness and sense of fun (and his record in the Falklands War) their lives became tangled in a ser...
16 Jul 202339min
Ep. 27 | Kate and Meghan - a Right Royal Feud? with Valentine Low
The Times royal correspondent returns to the podcast for a second interview. This time we’re highlighting the new work he has done for the latest edition of his widely acclaimed book COURTIERS, which ...
10 Jul 202336min
Ep. 26 | The Scandalous Boris Johnson - with Tom McTague
A once popular British Prime Minister brought down by scandals, after a career in politics with more than its fair share of controversy.Is it too soon to write Boris Johnson off? What can we learn fro...
3 Jul 202343min
Ep. 25 | An SAS Scandal - with Chris Masters
After winning the Victoria Cross and numerous other medals, Australian SAS veteran Ben Roberts Smith became a national hero. But then allegations started to circulate - of bullying within his unit and...
29 Jun 202341min
Ep.24 | Britain’s Looting of India - with William Dalrymple
Andrew and Phil discuss the remarkable - and remarkably shocking - story of the East India Company. How did a handful of men in a small office in London come to rule India, transforming the histories...
19 Jun 202343min
Ep.23 |The Great Global Banking Scandal - with Andy Verity
The global financial system almost collapsed in 2008. Afterwards there was understandable anger at the behaviour of major private and national banks. A series of investigations resulted in many trader...
12 Jun 202341min
