Changed: My dad and the virus
Last March, Geoff Woolf went into hospital. He returned home 306 days later
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The Slow Newscast
The Slow Newscast takes news slowly. We investigate, we report, and every week we try to focus on the stories that really matter in the UK and around the world. Your host is Basia Cummings, once of the Guardian and Huffington Post, who takes stock with the help of colleagues from Tortoise and invited guests.
Episodes
The money hunt
They occupied a world of high-rolling hunting parties and complicated gifts – until it went seriously wrong.
Fight on
How an unprecedented legal case could change the way the courts approach domestic abuse.
No going back
The astonishing case of Emily Whelan, and decisions and delays that cannot be undone
A killer, twice missed
How a police force’s failure to notice a pattern led to two tragic deaths
Hidden in plain sight
The life and death of 21-year-old Katie Wilding, and her mother’s remarkable fight against the police
This was a coup
Ten former defense secretaries recently signed a letter warning about Trump’s attempts to subvert the US election result. Then, on 6 January, we saw more clearly than ever what they meant
Shot in the dark
The vaccine is an incredible scientific achievement. But some of the political decision-making behind its rollout is rather less impressive.
Crossing the Channel
A former army base outside Folkestone, Kent, is now the epicentre of the migration story
Did it have to be this bad?
The past nine months have been marked by trial, error and tragedy, so we held an inquiry into what went wrong – and right
Contract tracing
Why did a month-old company land a couple of big-money contracts for PPE? And what does it reveal about the British government’s response to the pandemic?
Clipped wings
Inside the rise and fall of The Wing, the feminist empire that got found out
The Split
Is Scotland on an unstoppable march to leave the UK?
Lockdown meltdown
Fear, delays, mistakes and recrimination. On 31 October, we looked to Boris Johnson’s government for certainty – they served up a nightmare
Hero of the financial revolution
Can the Chinese Communist Party learn to live with Jack Ma?
JK Rowling and the Unfinished Business
Why did a famous author wade into the debate over trans rights?
Blessed are the deal-makers
Evangelicals have been key to Donald Trump’s presidency, and to his bid for re-election
Recession 2021
Alistair Darling and Mervyn King, who were both at the centre of the 2008 crisis, talk to James Harding about what’s coming next
Happy – the elephant you will never forget Part III
Courtroom drama: Happy’s case goes to the top
Happy – the elephant who knew who she was Part II
This is the story of an elephant. It’s a family saga, and a courtroom drama.
Happy – the elephant in the courtroom Part I
This is the story of an elephant. It’s a family saga, and a courtroom drama.
It’s about how we live with animals, what we do to them and what they are entitled to expect from us.
The golden egg
Young women are being offered the chance to delay the menopause. The question is: does it work, and does anyone even want it?
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