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Howard Marks: Nice Memories
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- Howard Marks
Howard Marks (AKA Mr. Nice) presided over one of the most notorious drug empires in recent generations. While petty dealers fretted over ounces and pounds, Howard oversaw a 30 tonne…
Asifa Lahore: The Boy Behind the Burqa
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- Asifa Lahore
In this entertaining, yet highly personal talk, Asifa discusses her journey into drag – via mosques, arranged marriages and even death threats. Despite all these experiences, it was the need…
SCOTTEE: I’ve Been Radicalised
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- Scottee
It’s rare for Scottee to give a lecture, but took to the stage following an incident where a group of men hurling abuse at him. What starts as a lighthearted…
Andy Zaltzman: This Isn’t Working
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- Andy Zaltzman
Andy Zaltzman has been putting politicians in their place for over a decade. One of the UK’s leading satirists, few people, places or topics have been spared his jibes: from…
Andrew Kalleen: Protest Music
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- Andrew Kalleen
Andrew is a rock star in every possible sense. As well as being one of the city’s finest buskers, he’s also an activist, who’s stared down police intimidation, faced arrest…
Elizabeth Pisani: The Role of Corruption
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- Elizabeth Pisani
Elizabeth Pisani is one of the world’s leading epidemiologists, her incendiary book, The Wisdom of Whores, argued for a total reappraisal in our approach to AIDS (ruffling quite a few…
Adventures in Modern Russia
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- Peter Pomerantsev
Peter Pomerantsev has gone where few producers dare tread: Russia. Throwing himself headlong into a world of bureaucracy, corruption and brutality, Peter accepted a job making documentaries for network TV…
Dronestagram
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- James Bridle
James shares his work on surveillance and aerial art including his project Dronestagram which documents sites of drone attacks using Google Earth. He also shares his sketches of drone outlines…
Hack Attack
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- Nick Davies
Nick has gone where countless politicians, journalists and police officials dare not tread: the Murdoch Empire.