When a High Court Judge awarded Tatiana Akhmedova a record £450m divorce payout, it was only the beginning of a case that went on to become the most expensive family feud in history…
As the author and feminist campaigner Julie Bindel writes, it’s time we treated it as such.
Alexi and Kirat have been inundated with burning questions since the final episode of Sweet Bobby. So they decided to answer them.
Join us tonight to discuss the UK prime minister, the year he’s had, and what comes next.
Despite recent progress, misogyny is still entrenched in many police forces.
Two very pointed accusations are spoiling the UK government’s run-in to Christmas. The first concerns Afghanistan.
On both sides of the Atlantic, the police have an intractable cultural problem. As a former police chief in the US, Jeff Patterson has seen it first hand. Here he outlines how the force’s treatment of female officers has changed over the years – and why it needs to be improved further still
There is still a deep cultural assumption that indecent exposure is pathetic, or even funny – paying no heed to its traumatising impact upon women
Yet another inquiry into the failure of child protection services will achieve nothing without ministerial commitment, policy imagination and true accountability
The pandemic presented a chance to improve disabled people’s lives. Instead, they’ve yet again been left behind
How well do you know the person you love?
Former Aston Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor has said Newcastle United might struggle to attract big talent because players don’t want to live in the north east. It didn’t go down well – but is he right?
Russia is building up troops near its border with Ukraine. Moscow claims there is a growing threat on its western border. It all feels like a return to 2014… why the renewed tensions?
The rainbow laces campaign is a fixture in the Premier League calendar. But how far can it go to change the game for LGBTQ+ fans and players?
Since the series finished, so many listeners have written to Alexi and Kirat with burning questions. In this bonus episode, they sit down in the studio and answer them. What did the Skype voice sound like? Did the catfisher have burner phones? How did the WhatsApp group work?
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We need to get the world vaccinated as fast as possible. We’re in an arms race: vaccines vs variants. That’s why we’ve launched our Vaccine Tracker along with a campaign to vaccinate the world by the end of next year.
As the world reopens, consumers and airlines want to decarbonise flying. Can it be done? Can we really fly sustainably?
Inflation is going to stick around for a while, and if Rishi Sunak is right and we can’t do anything about energy prices and supply chains, what’s the political response we need right now?
With the UK average salary at £31k, surely MPs are living very comfortably on £81k a year? If that’s the case, why do so many have a second job?
Don your Santa hat and crack open the chocolate orange, we’ve made it to the final ThinkIn of 2021.
Friends of Tortoise members join us for a private preview screening of Operation Mincemeat.
Has progress been made to support those who struggle with their mental wellbeing? What should we be doing to create healthy habits in the workplace?
Flexible working offers greater freedom to those with caring responsibilities or disabilities to work from home – but what can we do to avoid unintended consequences of this freedom?
That’s when the prime minister has said an independent inquiry into the government’s response to Covid will begin. Here at Tortoise, we felt the need was far more urgent – and so, last Autumn, we held our own.
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