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How Saudi Arabia is buying up the sport of golf

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The launch of the LIV golf tour by Saudi divided the world of professional golf between those who joined, enjoying large payouts to promote it, and ot...

Inside Vogue: Fashion's ultimate power struggle

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

British Vogue’s editor-in-chief Edward Enninful has announced he's stepping down. But why? In the world of high fashion, was his downfall the result...

The criminal charges that could send Trump to prison

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Donald Trump became the first US president to be charged with a federal crime. This came less than three months after he was indicted in Ne...

Inside the operation to bring down Italy's most feared mafia clan

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The ‘Ndrangheta mafia got their start kidnapping for money but now import billions of pounds worth of cocaine into Europe every year. A pan-European...

Is Kim Jong-un’s sister North Korea’s true leader?

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Murmurs are emerging from the secretive state that the force behind the dictatorship is female. Could supreme leader Kim Jong-un’s younger sister, K...

Boris Johnson resigns. Now what?

13 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The immediate events that led to Boris Johnson’s resignation as an MP last week began with a phone call from The Times. A total of three Tory MPs ha...

The NHS nurse accused of murdering babies: Lucy Letby on trial

12 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

33-year-old neonatal nurse Lucy Letby has been on trial since October, 2022 over the alleged murder of seven babies and attempted murder of 10 more at...

Planet Hope: Forecasting volcanic eruptions with Andrew McGonigle

10 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is Planet Hope, a new podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative, hosted by Stories of Our Times as a b...

What to expect from the Covid inquiry

09 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s already been the subject of controversy – causing a row over access to Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages – and it hasn’t even begun. On...

Can Rishi Sunak really stop the small boats?

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to put a stop to small boats carrying migrants across the English Channel and says that his plans to prevent the dang...

Why the Tories are tearing themselves apart over housing

07 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The housing crisis is emerging as one of the key battlegrounds ahead of the general election, especially for millennial voters. But as Labour turns up...

Investigation: The black market behind your takeaway

06 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A Sunday Times investigation has found that drivers for Deliveroo, UberEats and other takeaway apps, are selling access to their accounts to people wh...

Z Generation: Into the heart of Russia's fascist youth

05 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As the war in Ukraine shows no signs of coming to an end, Vladimir Putin is betting on a new generation of Russians to march in step with the regime. ...

Planet Hope: Alleviating human-wildlife conflict with Krithi Karanth

03 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is Planet Hope, a new podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative, hosted by Stories of Our Times as a b...

Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: Daniel Finkelstein on his family’s miraculous survival

02 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a story of covert archives and freezing wastelands, of concentration camps and gulags. In a new book, Times columnist Daniel Finkelstein reveal...

Inside Kenya’s doomsday death cult

01 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the Shakahola forest near the Kenyan coast, a taxi driver turned evangelist pastor told his followers that the “rapture” was coming. Four years...

Why the British Isles still hosts the world’s most dangerous race

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week the 2023 Isle of Man TT race - often dubbed the ‘most dangerous’ race in the world - begins.Six riders died last year at the motorc...

How Russia’s Wagner group took over the Central African Republic

30 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Russia’s Wagner group – already dominant in the conflict in Ukraine – has become the de facto boss in the diamond-rich Central African Republic,...

Photographing five prime ministers

29 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We’re away for the bank holiday, so in the meantime we're bringing you a highlight from another Times podcast, Red Box, in which Matt Chorley presen...

Planet Hope: Predicting the Earth’s climate with Tom Matthews

27 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is Planet Hope, a new podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative, hosted by Stories of Our Times as a b...

Are the water companies really making our rivers cleaner?

26 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Last week water companies pledged to spend £10bn over the next five years to drastically reduce the number of sewage spills going into the country’...

Exposed: How online fraudsters are ripping off Britain

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It took less than an hour on the Telegram messaging app for an undercover Times reporter to infiltrate a network of fraudsters based in the UK. They o...

How Call of Duty became Britain's post-Brexit battleground

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft has found itself in a bitter war of words with both its gaming rival Sony and the UK authorities, over a multi-billion dollar takeover bid o...

What hardcore porn is doing to a generation of teenagers

23 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As a new report from the Children’s Commissioner points to the impact of violent pornography on British children, are the waters around consensual s...

Diamonds and divorces: Are the oligarch sanctions working?

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Russia's deputy defence minister, Timur Ivanov, was sanctioned by the EU last October. Forty days before that happened, his wife, the socialite Svetla...

Planet Hope: Revolutionising the world's plastic waste problem with Miranda Wang

20 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is Planet Hope, a new podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative, hosted by Stories of Our Times as a b...

The Sunday Times Rich List: Who is Britain's richest person?

19 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Hinduja family leads the Sunday Times Rich List again, having topped it four times before. But who is the man at the head of the family and how ha...

The underground bankers funding people smugglers

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Whilst the government's controversial illegal migration bill moves through parliament, an untraceable and ancient banking system is being used to fina...

Trouble at the Kremlin

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a difficult fortnight for Vladimir Putin. Russia has been losing ground in the key city of Bakhmut, the man in charge of the Wagner gro...

Investigation: How ketamine became the UK’s hidden campus killer

16 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the last decade, ketamine has become one of the most popular drugs among students. Part of its appeal seems to be a false reputation for being comp...

India: The next global superpower?

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

India will soon surpass China as the most populous country in the world. As China’s population slumps, could India’s population rise spell a new c...

Planet Hope: Establishing a healthier global population with Mark Kendall

13 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is Planet Hope, a new podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative, hosted by Stories of Our Times as a b...

Eurovision 2023: A very political song contest

12 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The UK is holding this year’s Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Ukraine which won last year but can’t fulfil its hosting duties because of the ...

Turkey’s knife-edge election: Is Erdogan’s time up?

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As polling suggests the public are losing faith in President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s authoritarian rule, what does this weekend’s election mean for...

An MI6 agent's journey from spy to killer

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A British man was recruited by MI5 and MI6 to infiltrate al-Qaeda training camps – but then brought the horror back home.This episode contains descr...

Qatargate: The inside story of the big Brussels bung

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s part thriller, part farce, starring a glamorous Greek MEP, an Italian toyboy and bundles of euros stuffed in suitcases and hidden under beds. S...

Off Air with Jane Garvey and Fi Glover: How Britain prepared for nuclear war

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're away for the bank holiday, but in the meantime we thought we'd introduce you to one of the newer hit podcasts from the Times stable: Off Air, ho...

Planet Hope: Navigating the Great Spine of Africa with Steve Boyes

06 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is Planet Hope, a new podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative, hosted by Stories of Our Times as a b...

How to crown a King, 2023-style

05 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tomorrow, Charles will be crowned King at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony marked with hundreds of years of tradition. Just how will the coronation rep...

Poison (Pt 4) - UPDATE: Kenneth Law is arrested

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Warning, this episode contains discussions about suicide. On Tuesday night, police in Canada announced the arrest and charge of a 57-year-old man...

The Ukrainian children stolen by Putin

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Thousands of Ukrainian children have been abducted by Russia since the war began. But why? Where are the children being sent? And who’s trying to fi...

The BBC chairman, the top civil servant and Boris Johnson

03 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What began as a Sunday Times investigation into Boris Johnson’s finances soon snowballed into a months-long scandal, which led to the resignation of...

Is an 80-year-old Biden still the best bet against Trump?

02 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With President Biden finally declaring last week that he's running for re-election, and Donald Trump still the leader of the Republican Party, America...

Danny In The Valley: How AI could change medicine forever

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We’re away for the bank holiday, but in the meantime we thought we'd introduce you to another fascinating podcast from the Times stable.The Sunday T...

The swing voters who’ll decide the next election

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Next week millions of voters will go to the polls as more than 8,000 council seats in England are contested in the local elections – the most signif...

Six months of Musk: How Elon changed Twitter

24 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Since Elon Musk bought Twitter, he has brought about sweeping changes – but how successful have they been? And what impact has his purchase of ...

Sudan: The general and the warlord fighting for power

21 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the seventh day of violence in Sudan. Hundreds are reported dead and while civilians flee the capital, two generals - one a former warlord - ar...

Where did all the Poles go?

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Twenty years since their country signed up to join the EU, people from Poland are returning home in the thousands. But why are so many leaving? What d...

What we now know about the Pentagon leaks

19 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The US government is scrambling to assess the damage from a mass leak of defence documents seen as the most harmful intelligence disaster for a decade...

What's going on in the South China Sea?

18 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

China says its army should increase its preparedness for “real combat” after recent military drills around the island of Taiwan. What’s led to t...

Could TikTok be banned?

17 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In recent months pressure on TikTok has escalated over fears about how the app and its Chinese parent company ByteDance handle users’ data. The US h...

Is Trump's indictment hurting or helping him with voters?

14 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, Donald Trump became the first US president -- past or present -- to be charged with a crime. But is this historic indictment turning off vo...

Russia’s wrongful detention of journalist Evan Gershkovich

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Wall Street Journal reporter has been charged by Russia with spying on behalf of the US government and Gershkovich’s detention has been describe...

Could this be the biggest case of art fraud in history?

12 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Known in his lifetime as the ‘Picasso of the North’, Norval Morrisseau was one of Canada’s most revered indigenous artists. But now, police have...

Russian space rescue: Is everyone coming home?

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Seven months ago, three men - two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut - arrived on the International Space Station. But shortly after, a met...

Britain’s first grand portrait of a person of colour is saved for the nation

10 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This bank holiday weekend, we're taking a step back from the news to bring you an update on a story we covered earlier in the year.One of Britain's mo...

How the 'ceasefire babies' forgot the Troubles

07 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

They were supposed to be the ‘ceasefire babies’ – a new generation that grew up in peace – but young people south of the b...

Exposed: How a Tory MP offered to lobby for gambling investors

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

An exclusive undercover Times investigation has found that a Tory MP was prepared to lobby ministers and leak confidential policy documents on behalf ...

Is Starmer vulnerable to a Corbynite comeback?

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Last week Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer confirmed that Jeremy Corbyn would not be allowed to run as a Labour MP at the next general election. But Cor...

The fight for Israel’s democracy

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets over the past three months to demonstrate against a judicial overhaul planned by prime min...

How I broke free from anorexia

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Just after her 14th birthday, Hadley Freeman became achingly aware of her body – specifically, just how ‘normal’ it was compared to a thin class...

France on fire: The protests, explained

31 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The driving force behind protests against President Macron’s pension plans are young people defending their inheritance: retirement at 62. But for m...

The rise and rise of Botox

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Hollywood’s not-so-secret weapon for getting rid of wrinkles, but as the ‘pretty poison’ turns 21, Sarah Ditum asks: Should I or shouldn’...

The woman who investigated the racist, sexist and homophobic Met Police

29 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

London’s Metropolitan Police has accepted findings from a landmark report that found racist, sexist and homophobic behaviour inside the UK’s large...

Are banking tremors the start of a new financial crisis?

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When a regional bank in California collapsed, it sent shock waves through the financial system. A few weeks later, and we're still feeling the ripples...

What two gay dads can teach fathers about parenting

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Even though gender equality has come a long way at work, when it comes to parenting the mother is still viewed as the primary caregiver. But does it h...

Is it over for Boris Johnson?

24 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After swearing an oath on the King James Bible, Boris Johnson spent nearly three and a half hours being quizzed by fellow MPs on the privileges commit...

The hunt for Disease X: What will cause the next pandemic?

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s three years since the then prime minister Boris Johnson announced the first national lockdown in an attempt to halt the spread of covid. So, as...

Iraq 20 years on: Return to Baghdad

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Twenty years on, the invasion of Iraq is widely seen as a fiasco. But still today the conflict has ongoing consequences for Iraq and Iraqis. Times cor...

The race to replace Nicola Sturgeon

21 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nicola Sturgeon’s surprise resignation last month triggered the first election for the leadership of the Scottish National Party in a decade. So, wh...

Iraq 20 years on: The weapons that never were

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In March 2003, Britain, the US and others invaded the cradle of civilisation, promising to end the perceived threat from Iraqi president Saddam Hussei...

Off Air … with Jane & Fi - and Dan Snow

17 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today's Friday episode comes courtesy of our sister podcast: Off Air ... with Jane and Fi, who are joined by historian Dan Snow to talk about his late...

Uncovering the truth: The killing of Mahsa Amini

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On September 16, 2022, Mahsa Amini died after being arrested by the Iranian morality police for allegedly dressing inappropriately, sparking protests ...

48 hours on the NHS front line

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The NHS has had a tough few years: Covid, huge winter demand and now strikes have disrupted services. But even on an average day, the pressure in one ...

Can Jeremy Hunt get Britain growing?

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tomorrow the chancellor Jeremy Hunt will stand up in the House of Commons to deliver his first full budget. With the UK economy at its most stagnant p...

How vaping took over Britain

13 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

They are supposed to help adults quit smoking – so why is a Willy Wonka array of disposable vapes being mass marketed to children? The Chartered Tra...

Is Moldova next in Putin’s sights?

10 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A small pro-Russian political party is leading anti-government protests in the former Soviet state amid warnings from Ukraine and Moldovan security se...

Ron DeSantis: The next US president?

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The race for the Republican nominee for the 2024 US presidential race is already underway – with former White House resident Donald Trump throwing h...

Woman, Mother, Fighter: The Ukrainian MP taking on Putin

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As the war in Ukraine enters its second year, one woman is determined that the world doesn't lose interest. To mark International Women's Day we meet ...

Manchester Arena bombing: How MI5 failed to stop it

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Almost six years after a suicide bomber killed 22 and injured hundreds more at the Manchester Arena, the inquiry into the attack has published its fin...

One man’s mission to meet every Second World War veteran

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

25-year-old Rishi Sharma sleeps in a rental car and eats one meal a day. But it’s worth it, he says – as he travels around the world to interview ...

The Final Finkelvitch

04 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David Aaronovitch has left The Times after nearly 18 years at the paper, and after three years on Stories of Our Times. As well as presenting this pod...

Investigation: The hidden schools of Stamford Hill

03 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the strictly isolated Hasidic community of North London, thousands of boys reach the age of 16 without being able to read or speak much Englis...

Could Britain lose the first grand portrait of a person of colour?

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

One of Britain's most important paintings of a non-white subject could leave the UK forever next week as the deadline approaches to submit an offer to...

What Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal actually means

01 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On Monday the prime minister revealed his big Brexit deal with the European Union, which aims to avoid a hard border across the island of Ireland and ...

'Russian warship, go f*** yourself!’ What really happened on Snake Island?

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On the first day of the war in Ukraine, a story emerged of a David and Goliath face-off in the Black Sea, when the Ukrainian soldiers on a small, deso...

Can the Oscars lobbying machine ever be fair?

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week the final round of voting opens for the 95th Academy Awards – and the Oscars are embroiled in a row about diversity again. The latest cont...

Borscht, books and ballet: The battle for Ukraine's identity

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the days before he invaded Ukraine, President Putin used a televised address to attack the country’s sense of nationhood and deny its right to ex...

Haiti: A failed state?

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kidnap, rape, riots and murder have become a part of everyday life in Haiti. Still reeling from successive natural disasters, a cholera epidemic and s...

Artificial intelligence: Bright new future or the end of humanity?

22 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We have entered what many experts are now describing as a golden age of AI. If machines could be our surgeons, our judges and our artists, what would ...

The case for a four-day working week

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After a six-month trial, the results of the world’s biggest four-day working week pilot have been published. It found there was no hit to productivi...

The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The race is now on to find a replacement for Nicola Sturgeon, who resigned as first minister of Scotland last week. A formidable force in Scottish pol...

Nicola Bulley and the TikTok detectives

17 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lancashire Police is facing a backlash this week for sharing personal details about missing mum Nicola Bulley to the general public. The case has rece...

Daisy’s Law: One woman’s fight to send her rapist father to jail

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Children conceived through rape will be recognised as victims of crime under new government plans. England and Wales will be among the first countries...

Who blew up the Nord Stream pipeline?

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When the Nord Stream pipelines - that pump gas from Russia to Germany - were damaged in September it didn’t take long for investigators to determine...

How Italy caught the mafia's last godfather

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After 30 years on the run, Italy's most-wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, was finally caught in January. A prolific murderer, Denaro once boas...

The West Bank children who dream of martyrdom

13 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Turmoil has once again surged in the Middle East. With at least 40 Palestinian deaths and nine Israeli deaths, it's the deadliest start to a year sinc...

Turkey-Syria earthquake: What happens now?

10 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tens of thousands of people have died in Turkey and Syria after two earthquakes on Monday, but time has almost run out to find survivors. In Turkey, c...

Investigation: Why British Gas has been breaking into customers’ homes

09 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A Times journalist went undercover to show that British Gas obtained court warrants to break into customers’ homes to force fit prepayment meters.&n...

Should the UK follow New Zealand’s smoking ban?

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 2021, New Zealand announced it would become the first country in the world to outlaw cigarettes for the younger generation, by raising the age of s...