In front of an angry audience somewhere in Latin America, a North American discloses the secret network that used the World Bank, payoffs, extortion and sex, military coups and political ...

Despite an improvement in near-term prospects, the global outlook remains subdued by historical standards. In 2024-25, growth is set to underperform its 2010s average in nearly 60 percent of economies ...

This programme looks at how historical events from the past can shed light on real-world economic problems we face today. To tackle today’s current global economic problems, we need to understand how ...

Explore the drivers of global inequality, poverty, and financial turmoil. Learn from leading economic historians at the forefront of the field. Why are some countries rich and others poor? What forces ...

Plus more of listener’ letters from the Parish Notice Board and another archive story in ‘Confession From The Crypt’.

When the clever but socially-awkward Tetê joins a new school, she'll do anything to fit in. But the queen bee among her classmates has other ideas.

Imagine it's 2035 and our outstanding research attracts leading talent and increased funding. Help us shape our strategy. The Nobel Prize-winning ‘wonder material’, was first isolated by Professor Sir ...

Shannon Elizabeth stars in a cutesy romantic comedy as Samantha Hoyt, a 30-year-old ad exec who isn't prepared for the anxieties that go along with getting married to the man of her dreams ...

Sex farce about a window washer (Robin Askwith). Anthony Booth, Sheila White. Mrs. Lea: Dandy Nichols. Lea: Bill Maynard. Elizabeth: Linda Hayden. Directed by Val Guest.

China’s economic-growth figures ... from analysts was that the third-quarter figure kept China in the hunt to hit its annual growth target, helped out by some positive monthly data for September.