ICYMI: The Children's Book Project has today launched a "bold drive" to gift one million books to children living in book poverty across the UK during the 2025-26 academic year 👇 #BookSky

A captivating biography series where leading artistic figures who create the music, books, plays and art that have become an integral part of our cultural lives, share what has fired their imagination and sparked their creativity.
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The dangerous hunt for the leader of a large people-smuggling gang by BBC journalist Sue Mitchell and aid-worker Rob Lawrie and a powerful and compassionate investigation into a booming trade that profits from vulnerable people who risk everything for the chance of a better life.
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@afuahirsch.bsky.social & @peterfrankopan.bsky.social's brilliant biopic on Dickens for @wonderymedia.bsky.social is perfect for the festive season. Godfather of Christmas, Shakespeare of novelists, champion of social reform, profligate spender and man with a complicated personal life.

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Does Elon Musk, the self-proclaimed champion of free speech, use private investigators and surveillance techniques? In "Elon's Spies" Alexi Mostrous investigates how Musk seeks to shape his own reality behind the scenes when no one else is looking. #podcast
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In Late Fragments, Chloe Fox interviews famous octogenarians on four topics best avoided in polite company: sex, religion, politics and money. Fox’s warmth and her gently probing interviewing style draw out honest reflections on life and the odd major revelation from her guests.
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In Where There’s a Will, There’s a Wake, the fantastically irreverent Kathy Burke invites celebrity guests to plan their funeral as they’d plan a wedding. The results are hilarious, dark and moving.
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The untold story of the murder of a gay police officer in Belfast in 1997. But so much more than just another a true-crime podcast. In piecing together why Darren was murdered, Jordan Dunbar finds stories of bigotry and betrayal but also love and bravery during the Troubles.

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A Very British Cult
A gripping BBC investigation into a mysterious life-coaching company. Shocking revelations over how the company takes over people's lives, tears families apart and intimidates those who try to leave.
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Acquired is a business podcast that deep dives into the story of a company's journey to the top. The hosts' excitement is contagious and their research phenomenal. The Hermès episode is one of the best pieces of storytelling I’ve listened to this year.

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Broomgate
The story of how a scandal involving a performance-enhancing broom rocked the normally convivial world of curling in 2015. A tale brilliantly retold by
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Gay Girl Gone
Gripping tale of love, politics and identity from the 2011 Arab Spring. When a young gay revolutionary blogger is abducted on the streets of Damascus her followers launch a desperate search but find far more than they bargained for.

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Starting tomorrow, 12 brilliant podcasts from 2024...

What a rugby occasion tonight in Paris. From The pre-game build -up spine tingling anthems and the haka in the spotlight. The intensity of the game and the uncertainty to the last seconds. And happily a NH winner.

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The fiction that reform must precede recapitalisation of public services might be the undoing of this govt. The error is expressed in Starmer's 'fix the plumbing before turning on the taps,' metaphor.

Pipes cost money. Even reform that saves cost in long term needs lubricating with upfront spend.

Weirldly most positive aspect of this summer is the outgoings not incomings. Moving on Bambo and Wilkes as well as loaning out Cadamarteri for experience. Hoping off-field investment will follow to really show we are thinking medium to long-term.#SWFC

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