Oct 30, 2020
Kim Darroch was a lifelong Foreign Office Diplomat to rose
through the ranks to become British Ambassador to the United States
between 2016 and 2019.
He hit the headlines last year when a private letter he
had written, saying unflattering things about the Trump
administration was leaked.
He talks to Krishnan about...
Oct 23, 2020
Alicia Garza has been campaigning since she was 12 years old.
It’s no surprise then, that when she posted a “love letter to Black
people" on Facebook in 2013, it sparked one of the biggest racial
justice movements in history - Black Lives Matter.
Now the principal of the Black Futures Lab, Alicia has just
released...
Oct 21, 2020
Olivette Otele is an historian who is
currently Professor of History of
Slavery at Bristol University and Vice-President of
the Royal Historical Society. She is the first black female
history professor in the UK.
Her most recent book, 'African Europeans: An Untold History
explores a history that has been long...
Oct 16, 2020
Sir Philip Pullman is an English novelist, best known for
his fantasy trilogy 'His Dark Materials'.
His new book 'Serpentine' is set in the world of 'His Dark
Materials' and explores a small crack he discovered in the series'
character relationships.
He talks to Krishnan about why he doesn't like calling his
books...
Oct 9, 2020
Sparks, the iconic music duo otherwise known as Ron and
Russell Mael. The American genre-defying band have influenced
generations upon generations of musicians over the years from the
glam rock of the 1970s through to indie bands of the 80s and
90s.
Ron and Russell talk to Krishnan about how they have succeeded
in the...