One story is dominating the British media today – and the BBC itself is at the heart of it. There’s huge controversy about the BBC’s decision to invite a far right politician onto its flagship political discussion show, ‘Question Time’. This ‘Best of the BBC’ post enables you to follow the controversy in Britain.
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Israeli Rami Elhanan and Palestinian Bassam Aramin have both lost daughters in the conflict between their peoples. But instead of demanding revenge, they are working together for peace and reconciliation. Rami and Bassam are part of a 500 strong group called The Circle of Bereaved Parents. Their stories are told in a book called “Nine Lives.” On the BBC’s Outlook program, Matthew Bannister talks to both men about their inspiring journey.Download MP3North Korea’s recent nuclear test has received condemnation from around the world. But North Korean residents themselves make of it? Despite the difficulties of investigating inside a closed society like North Korea’s, a Japanese magazine called ‘Rimjingang’ managed to get a glimpse behind the facade, helping a few brave people to film inside North Korea. BBC correspondent Roland Buerk went to Osaka to meet the man behind the project, Jiro Ishimaru.
The record label that brought Bob Marley, Roxy Music and U2 to the world’s attention has turned 50 – and as part of the celebrations a month-long exhibition, Island Life, opened in London on May 22nd. With the help of archive interviews with Island Records’ founder Chris Blackwell, and artists including Bryan Ferry, Jimmy Cliff [...]
