Bradford 12: The Asian youth who took on the ...

Rob Smethurst bought a bankrupt football club while his life was unravelling – then they went on to make football history and save him in the process.Entrepreneur Rob Smethurst never planned to become the owner of a football club. In the grip of alcohol addiction, and on a four-d ...  Show more

Colm Tóibín is a celebrated Irish writer, but as a child words didn't come easily. Navigating grief as a boy when his father died, he developed a stammer. Instead of talking, Colm watched and listened, collecting stories that wove their way into his novels. He's won a string of a ...  Show more

Portland, Oregon, has a reputation as one of the United States’ most liberal and tolerant cities. Since the death of George Floyd, it has been at the forefront of protests and violence as anti-racist demonstrators and far right groups have battled with each other and with the pol ...  Show more

In Episode 83, Robert is joined by Jake Hanrahan to discuss Tommy Robinson.

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Que ce soit dans l’espace public, sur les réseaux sociaux ou dans les médias, le racisme anti-asiatique n’a jamais été aussi visible que durant l’année écoulée, révélé par l’arrivée en Europe de la pandémie de Covid19 début 2020. Aux Etats-Unis, le mouvement # ...

In the summer of 2001 race riots gripped towns in the north of England. They began in Oldham in late May 2001, spreading to Burnley in June, and Bradford in July. All had their own specific local triggers, but all involved clashes between men of white and of South Asian backgroun ...  Show more