"You never know how bad we would have been!" - former Chancellor Ken Clarke reflects with naughtiej on never quite getting the top job, his 50 year career at the top of UK politics, and the similarity between Labour and Conservatives on the economy. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Writer and broadcaster Lindsay Johns, a University of Oxford alumnus, is proud to have endowed the Clément Olympe Lavanne Prize for work in Francophone literature at Oxford. The prize was awarded for the first time in July 2023.

Who should be a refugee? Suella Braverman is far from the first to ask, as Katy Long showed in our 2021 series 'One Hundred Years of Exile' for BBC World Service bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

“A time so foundational it is effectively a history of the present” Take a listen as I present episode 1 of #TheMandates -How French and British rule shaped the modern Middle East… Now available to stream & download on BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… Producer Giles Edwards

Ewan has a fantastic talent for telling unlikely football stories brilliantly

What can the story of a 750 year old Jewish prayer book tell us about the possibility of living together? Dr Farrah Jarral has always been fascinated and for BBC World Service she and I visited Sarajevo to find out. You can listen here bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

Louise Casey is making some of the most important radio for years, 'Fixing Britain' manages to avoid party politics and uses a word we never use properly in how we approach societal problems: Love. Do listen. 💕 bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/…

Thanks Mishal Husain Was proud to make this series in 2033 with the brilliant Tom Bateman. Commissioned months before it became so tragically timely by @djoeclarke

Thanks David Yelland - love is a theme throughout the series, and if you haven't had a chance to listen yet, the first two episodes - on hunger and rough sleeping - are available now on BBC Sounds

The Deadly Business of Democracy: 'Four recent MPs reveal how serious threats against them, their families and staff are now corroding Britain's democracy.' Both left and right are guilty. Our open democratic culture is at stake. #politicslive bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Here’s a thing I made for BBC Radio 4 which is on tonight if you want to loiter round your wireless. Or more likely catch up on BBC Sounds. A sneak peak of what goes on behind the scenes on election night programmes, when the voting public produce the show. 🕺 🗳️

If you're looking at US politics and wondering how it got here and what comes next, naughtiej and I have been in the swing state of Arizona for BBC Radio 4 to explore how debates over immigration and abortion have reshaped politics. You can listen here bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Ishmael Reed is one of America's great writers - a literary and political iconoclast who is still creating at 86 years old. Lindsay Johns and I travelled to his Oakland home to talk about his remarkable life - bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

🚨I’m delighted to report that former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be breaking his silence and giving his first major interview on his time in office since leaving Downing Street in conversation with me for 2 special editions of Political Thinking with Nick Robinson.

Very much looking forward to discussing my new book ‘The Art of Delivery’ with Sir Michael Barber on 25 March 1830 The Strand Group Biteback Publishing will be selling copies of the book on the evening and I’ll be there to ✍️ Do join us! Details on how to sign up below 👇

Today is the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bomb. A couple of years ago Emma Barnett and I went to Oklahoma for BBC World Service and spoke to people who were generous in sharing their remarkable stories. We found a city shaped by tragedy. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Some good news to announce. My series of extended reflective conversations with those who shape our political thinking - whether politicians, campaigners, trade union leaders or diplomats or the occasional archbishop, chief constable, writer and influencer - is being extended to

You can watch the interview with ⁦Joe Biden⁩ on @bbciplayer or YouTube or listen on ⁦BBC Sounds⁩ bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…