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Episodes with the category Author

Jeremy Bowen

BBC Middle East Editor

10th October 2019

Decades of reporting under fire – and remaining impartial even while witnessing the horrors of war

Melanie Blake

Author and Celebrity Agent

19th September 2019

Behind the scenes of the entertainment industry – and the art of brokering multi-million deals

Alok Jha

Science Correspondent, The Economist

13th June 2019

The ever-changing world of science journalism – and communicating complex ideas to a mass audience

Mark Borkowski

PR and publicity guru

16th May 2019

The master of the publicity stunt shares lessons learned from four decades practising ‘the art of PR’

Tina Brown

Journalist & Editor

21st March 2019

The trailblazing media icon talks us through her career – and how women can “save the world”

James Ball

Journalist and author

24th January 2019

The data journalist and author talks about the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into the NSA security scandal

Elizabeth Day

Author, journalist, and podcaster

17th January 2019

The award-winning author and journalist talks us through her chart-topping podcast, How To Fail

Erwin James

Editor-in-Chief, Inside Time

10th January 2019

The penal reform campaigner and author talks about the role of the prisoners’ newspaper in supporting offenders

Sir Harold Evans

Former Editor, The Sunday Times

20th December 2018

Reflecting on sixty years from journalism’s front line

Miranda Sawyer

Journalist and Broadcaster

13th December 2018

A career in music journalism from ‘Madchester’ to Madonna – and her definitive guide to the mid-life crisis

Sari Botton

Essays Editor, Longreads

19th July 2018

Championing the importance of long form content in a breaking news world

Melissa Kirsch

Editor-in-Chief, Lifehacker

12th July 2018

Growing a global community of over 26 million people – and the best life hack learned along the way

Les Hinton

Former Executive Chairman, News International

21st June 2018

The highs and lows of five decades as Rupert Murdoch’s most trusted lieutenant – building and running his global media empire.

Tim Shipman

Political Editor, The Sunday Times

14th June 2018

A front-row seat at the battle for Brexit, two decades in national newspaper journalism, whether Theresa May can cling on… and could Corbyn actually win?

Stephen Bayley

Author, design critic & columnist

17th May 2018

The original ‘design guru’ on life as critic, columnist – and provocateur

Joanne Lipman

Editor-in-Chief, USA Today

21st December 2017

Leading an iconic American media brand, the journey to the Editor’s chair; the low number of women in media leadership roles – and her personal commitment to help solve the problem.

Iain Martin

Journalist and commentator

28th September 2017

The Times columnist on why Trump and Brexit are encouraging people to support good quality journalism

Richard Bradley

Editor-in-Chief, Worth

21st September 2017

Lessons learned from a lifetime working with the world’s ultra-wealthy – and why President Trump is not as popular among them as you might think

Gavin Hewitt

Chief Correspondent, BBC News

14th September 2017

Behind the scenes covering Brexit and Trump – and now free to say what he really thinks about both

Stephen Cole

Writer and broadcaster

3rd August 2017

Launching four global news channels and why the Middle East is the ‘only story’ we should be giving attention to