Ayesha Hazarika
@ayeshahazarika.bsky.social
Broadcaster, author, political nerd, after dinner speaker, occasionally funny - aka Baroness Hazarika of Coatbridge
Happy bank holiday Sunday! We’re still busy bees here at Times Radio Weekend Drive. Join us 4-7pm for lots of news, politics, debate & some culture including the very funny Rory Bremner on his new tour & playwright Conor McPherson on his excellent play The Brightening Air which I loved!
May 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Happy bank holiday Sunday! We’re still busy bees here at Times Radio Weekend Drive. Join us 4-7pm for lots of news, politics, debate & some culture including the very funny Rory Bremner on his new tour & playwright Conor McPherson on his excellent play The Brightening Air which I loved!
Join me on Times Radio 4-7pm for lots of news, politics, business, comedy & my special guest the very smart funny Matt Forde on his new topical R4 show
May 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Join me on Times Radio 4-7pm for lots of news, politics, business, comedy & my special guest the very smart funny Matt Forde on his new topical R4 show
Join me on @TimesRadio 4-7pm for all your Sunday pottering. Lots of news & politics plus a very special Culture Hour guest at 6pm - the fabulous Ruth Jones aka Nessa on life after Gavin & Stacey & her new book By Your Side.
May 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Join me on @TimesRadio 4-7pm for all your Sunday pottering. Lots of news & politics plus a very special Culture Hour guest at 6pm - the fabulous Ruth Jones aka Nessa on life after Gavin & Stacey & her new book By Your Side.
Join me on Times Radio today 4-7pm. Lots of great guests including a joint interview w Af Dubs AND Jacob Rees Mogg on why stripping Shamima Begum of her citizenship was wrong. Plus lots of political chat including analysis of Starmer’s immigration & island of strangers speech.
May 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Join me on Times Radio today 4-7pm. Lots of great guests including a joint interview w Af Dubs AND Jacob Rees Mogg on why stripping Shamima Begum of her citizenship was wrong. Plus lots of political chat including analysis of Starmer’s immigration & island of strangers speech.
Greetings! Join me on @TimesRadio from 1-4pm where we will be discussing assisted dying, immigration & return hubs, Ukraine, Tom Whipple picks his science stories, Katherine Birbalsingh on grit in schools & @annemcelvoy & @hoffman_noa talk politics.
May 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Greetings! Join me on @TimesRadio from 1-4pm where we will be discussing assisted dying, immigration & return hubs, Ukraine, Tom Whipple picks his science stories, Katherine Birbalsingh on grit in schools & @annemcelvoy & @hoffman_noa talk politics.
Good Morning Britain!
May 15, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Good Morning Britain!
Very fun evening at the TV BAFTAs last night. How it started. How it ended…
May 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Very fun evening at the TV BAFTAs last night. How it started. How it ended…
Hello from a glorious Times Radio. We continue our local election geekery with some top political guests incl Curtice, Toynbee, Crick, Montgomerie & Trevor Philips. LOADS to dissect. Plus the usual blend of news, business & a spot of comedy. Join us 4-7pm
May 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Hello from a glorious Times Radio. We continue our local election geekery with some top political guests incl Curtice, Toynbee, Crick, Montgomerie & Trevor Philips. LOADS to dissect. Plus the usual blend of news, business & a spot of comedy. Join us 4-7pm
We’ve also busted out these bad boys
May 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
We’ve also busted out these bad boys
We’ve broken into the chocolate 🍫
May 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM
We’ve broken into the chocolate 🍫
Here we gooooo! On Sky News for overnight coverage. Exciting!
May 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Here we gooooo! On Sky News for overnight coverage. Exciting!
DISCO nap done & ready to geek out over next 16 hours or so on air covering local elections. Catch me overnight on Sky, Jeremy Vine on Ch & presenting on Times Radio 1-4pm & then on Saturday & Sunday 4-7pm. Lots to discuss!
May 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
DISCO nap done & ready to geek out over next 16 hours or so on air covering local elections. Catch me overnight on Sky, Jeremy Vine on Ch & presenting on Times Radio 1-4pm & then on Saturday & Sunday 4-7pm. Lots to discuss!
Join me 4-7pm on Times Radio. Lots to chew over as Trump’s tariffs bite. Reaction from Kim Darroch, Michael Heseltine & Oliver Shah. We also discuss sentencing guidelines. Plus our Saturday comedy panel & Jonathan Pie also joins us. Hope you can too!
April 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Join me 4-7pm on Times Radio. Lots to chew over as Trump’s tariffs bite. Reaction from Kim Darroch, Michael Heseltine & Oliver Shah. We also discuss sentencing guidelines. Plus our Saturday comedy panel & Jonathan Pie also joins us. Hope you can too!
Join me on Times Radio 1-4pm. LOTS to discuss. My guests include Jeremy Hunt, Lord Billamoria & the Norwegian Ambassador on Trump’s tariffs. Sir Anthony Seldon on 5 years of Keir. MP Preet Gill on bins. Baroness Finlay on assisted dying. Ian Dunt & Henry Hill on politics.
April 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Join me on Times Radio 1-4pm. LOTS to discuss. My guests include Jeremy Hunt, Lord Billamoria & the Norwegian Ambassador on Trump’s tariffs. Sir Anthony Seldon on 5 years of Keir. MP Preet Gill on bins. Baroness Finlay on assisted dying. Ian Dunt & Henry Hill on politics.
Hello hello. Join me on Times Radio this afternoon 4-7pm. All the usual goodies but extra political treats as we dissect the fall out of the Spring Statement with a wealth of guests including Kwasi Kwarteng & a bumper hour long political geek out (6-7pm). Plus we discuss why people have affairs!
March 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Hello hello. Join me on Times Radio this afternoon 4-7pm. All the usual goodies but extra political treats as we dissect the fall out of the Spring Statement with a wealth of guests including Kwasi Kwarteng & a bumper hour long political geek out (6-7pm). Plus we discuss why people have affairs!
Hellooo! Join me on @TimesRadio from 1-4pm today. Lots to discuss. Spring statement fall out with @Samfr & @Tanni_GT Trump eyes up Greenland & Ukraine’s minerals. The Estonian Ambassador. Lots of politics & science guru @whippletom explains why men love boobies!
March 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Hellooo! Join me on @TimesRadio from 1-4pm today. Lots to discuss. Spring statement fall out with @Samfr & @Tanni_GT Trump eyes up Greenland & Ukraine’s minerals. The Estonian Ambassador. Lots of politics & science guru @whippletom explains why men love boobies!
Happy Sunday from @TimesRadio. A packed show for your afternoon pottering. Lots of news, our MPs’ panel & Culture Hour features Retrograde a brilliant play about Sidney Poitier, and Jack Thorne - writer & creator of Adolescence, the hit show everyone’s talking about. Join us 4-7pm…
March 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Happy Sunday from @TimesRadio. A packed show for your afternoon pottering. Lots of news, our MPs’ panel & Culture Hour features Retrograde a brilliant play about Sidney Poitier, and Jack Thorne - writer & creator of Adolescence, the hit show everyone’s talking about. Join us 4-7pm…
Join @LukeTryl & me for the @SkyNews paper review on your telly now!
March 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Join @LukeTryl & me for the @SkyNews paper review on your telly now!
Join me on @TimesRadio 1-4pm today. Lots of great guests incl Ilya Ponomarev - ex Russian MP in exile, @VictimsComm Baroness Newlove & @EmilyThornberry chair of the foreign select committee. Plus all the news & political analysis you need.
March 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Join me on @TimesRadio 1-4pm today. Lots of great guests incl Ilya Ponomarev - ex Russian MP in exile, @VictimsComm Baroness Newlove & @EmilyThornberry chair of the foreign select committee. Plus all the news & political analysis you need.
Happy Sunday. Lots to discuss on Weekend Drive. We discuss benefits with Fraser Nelson. Lots of politics with our MPs’ panel. Plus the brilliant playwright James Graham on his new work Punch, we review The Years & some live jazz. Join us 4-7pm @TimesRadio
March 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Happy Sunday. Lots to discuss on Weekend Drive. We discuss benefits with Fraser Nelson. Lots of politics with our MPs’ panel. Plus the brilliant playwright James Graham on his new work Punch, we review The Years & some live jazz. Join us 4-7pm @TimesRadio
Join me from a very spring like @TimesRadio towers from 1-4pm. Lots to discuss on defence including guests including Tobias Ellwood & Tan Dhesi. Should Reeves consider taxing the super rich? Social media & young people. Plus science guru Tom Whipple & lots of political chats.
March 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Join me from a very spring like @TimesRadio towers from 1-4pm. Lots to discuss on defence including guests including Tobias Ellwood & Tan Dhesi. Should Reeves consider taxing the super rich? Social media & young people. Plus science guru Tom Whipple & lots of political chats.
Join us on Sky News now!
March 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Join us on Sky News now!
Greetings from @TimesRadio towers this Sunday. Busy show. All the news & politics you need plus a theatre focused culture hour including a great play about comedy legends Cooper, Monkhouse & Morecombe - The Last Laugh plus top critic @eggsbened.bsky.social Join us 4-7pm
February 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Greetings from @TimesRadio towers this Sunday. Busy show. All the news & politics you need plus a theatre focused culture hour including a great play about comedy legends Cooper, Monkhouse & Morecombe - The Last Laugh plus top critic @eggsbened.bsky.social Join us 4-7pm
Join us on Times Radio Weekend Drive this afternoon 4-7pm. Lots of news, politics, business, analysis & a spot of comedy. Great guests including @AnasSarwar & @mattgreencomedy
Plus what do progressive activists need to learn from doing so badly?
Plus what do progressive activists need to learn from doing so badly?
February 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Join us on Times Radio Weekend Drive this afternoon 4-7pm. Lots of news, politics, business, analysis & a spot of comedy. Great guests including @AnasSarwar & @mattgreencomedy
Plus what do progressive activists need to learn from doing so badly?
Plus what do progressive activists need to learn from doing so badly?
After a week of the dreaded lurgy, I’m back at work. Join me on the airwaves 1-4pm @TimesRadio. Lots of discuss including defence spending, German elections, Scottish Labour, Raneem’s Law plus the Finnish Ambassador, an opposition Ukrainian MP & science guru Tom Whipple.
February 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
After a week of the dreaded lurgy, I’m back at work. Join me on the airwaves 1-4pm @TimesRadio. Lots of discuss including defence spending, German elections, Scottish Labour, Raneem’s Law plus the Finnish Ambassador, an opposition Ukrainian MP & science guru Tom Whipple.