Talks
In the picture with Heathcliff O’Malley – The World Since 9/11 from Iraq and Afghanistan
Heathcliff O’Malley recently returned from an embed with coalition forces on the front line of the worsening Iraq war where he shot some of the most defining photographs to come out of the region in recent months. He was one of the few photographers in New York at the time of the attacks on the World Trade Centre – the pictures he took that day were seen around the globe as the world tried to take in the magnitude of the attack. Since then he has followed the consequences ever since throughout Afghanistan and Iraq.
Insight with Martin Bell – On Politics, Spin, Wars and Journalism
Martin Bell, maverick politician and one of the most distinguished foreign affairs reporters of his generation, talks about New Labour, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and spin.
Media Talk: Russia – Cold War II?
A year after Anna Politkovskaya’s murder and the beginning of the Litvinenko affair and with just five months to go before presidential elections, Russia’s relations with Britain and other western countries are increasingly strained.
Insight with John Simpson – The World According to Simpson – FULLY BOOKED.
Veteran war correspondent John Simpson talks to John Kampfner about the changes the world has gone through during his life and long career.
Media Talk – Do journalists need a special safety convention?
As an ever greater number of journalists are killed and kidnapped, we discuss whether there is a need for a special international convention to protect journalists working in war and conflict zones.
Feliks Topolski Centenary Celebrations – the Changing Ways of Depicting Conflict
How has modern technology changed our perception of wars and conflict? Are war artists and chronicles now a thing of the past?
The event is organised as part of the Feliks Topolski centenary celebrations and to launch an exhibition of his wartime art at the Frontline Club.
Media Talk: Sri Lanka – the Forgotten War?
With more than 70,000 dead after a conflict between Tamil Tiger rebels and the Sri Lankan government that has lasted for nearly three decades, peace seems further away than ever. How does the media cover this ongoing conflict?
Insight with Lt Col Stuart Tootal and Patrick Bishop: Can the British win in Afghanistan?
Commander of 3 Para Battle Group in Afghanistan, Lt Col Tootal, talks about the challenges the Group faced in Helmand: the fighting and the casualties, the logistics and the ongoing fight to win ‘hearts and minds’.
Frontline Confidential: Selling nuclear weapons to rogue states and terrorists
Investigative journalists Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark reveal a vast nuclear black market sanctioned by Pakistan’s military elite, financed by aid money from the US, Saudi Arabia and Libya and receiving assistance from China.
Media Talk: Pakistan Votes
Elections in Pakistan are due in October and Pervez Musharraf’s position is looking fragile, but he is not ready to give in.
Frontline Confidential – Beslan: Has the truth been told?
Writer Timothy Phillips talks about Beslan three years after the terrible tragedy there. He looks at whether the small tight-knit community been able to overcome the shock of what happened and questions whether we will ever find out the truth about the events of September 2004.
Insight with John Fisher Burns: The longest serving western journalist in Iraq
Winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and the longest serving western journalist in Iraq, John Fisher Burns talks about life in Iraq before and during the war and during the ongoing occupation.
Media Talk. Iraq Surge: ‘Real Gains’ or Fiasco?
With the death toll rising and sectarian violence apparently worsening in Iraq, pressure is building for American and British troops to withdraw sooner rather than later even general Petraeus agrees, but for a different reason.
Media Talk: Afghanistan – Turning the Tide?
As Afghanistan overtakes Iraq as the Foreign Office’s number one priority in the war on terror, we ask whether the current British policy in this conflict-torn country is working.
Insight with Andrew Keen: Is the internet killing journalism?
Silicon Valley veteran Andrew Keen explains why he believes the internet promotes plagiarism and piracy and is killing professional journalism and culture.
In the picture with John D McHugh: On the frontline in Afghanistan
John D McHugh set off in April 2007 for a nine month embed on the frontlines in Afghanistan. 5 weeks later he was caught in a major ambush and captured some rare combat photographs before being shot and seriously injured.
Media Talk: Has western coverage of the China story become stale and cliched?
While the western media focuses on the well-worn stories of economic growth and human rights abuses, China is undergoing a huge economic and social transformation.
Insight with Clive Stafford-Smith: Defending terror suspects of Guantanamo – FULLY BOOKED
British civil rights lawyer talks about the fine democratic line between defending civilians from terrorist attacks and violating the rights of terror suspects, Guantanamo bay and capital penalty.
Insight with Henry Hemming: The Middle East as Art Project
British artist Henry Hemming travels to the Middle East in search of artistic inspiration and finds more than a conflict zone.
Insight with Edna Fernandes: Religious fundamentalism in India
Journalist and writer Edna Fernandes talks to Caspar Melville about why India, home of most of the world’s major religions, also hosts almost every type of religious fanaticism.
Insight with Bridget Kendall: In the shadows of Russia’s glitzy facade. FULLY BOOKED
BBC Diplomatic Correspondent, Bridget Kendall, talks about Russia beyond the glamour of Moscow and St Petersburg and what the Russians think of Vladimir Putin’s rule.
Insight with Marina Litvinenko and Alex Goldfarb: Alexander and the Russian Secret Service – FULLY BOOKED
The widow of the FSB defector Alexander Litvinenko and his best friend talk about the realities of the Russian secret service and share their thoughts on who is responsible for his poisoning.
Media Talk: Is the international community worsening the situation in Palestine?
As the conflict between Hamas and Fatah divides Palestine further we look at whether the international community has helped or hindered solutions to the crisis.
Media Talk: Gordon’s Foreign Policy
With thousands of troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, growing tensions with a resurgent Russia and the threat of terrorism at home and abroad, pressure is mounting on Gordon Brown to define Britain’s new foreign policy.
NEW! Insight with Hussein Aideed: Somalia at the Crossroads
Once an enthusiastic backer of the Ethiopian presence in Somalia and American attacks on the Islamic Courts fighters, Somali Deputy Prime Minister talks to Juliana Rufus about the reasons he split from the current government to form an alliance with the Islamic Courts in Eritrea.
Insight with Hadani Ditmars – Being a Woman in Iraq
Hadani Ditmars, Canadian journalist who has been writing from Iraq since 1997, talks to Fionnuala Sweeney about women in Iraq and how their lives have changed, drawing on her experiences described in her acclaimed book Dancing in the No-Fly Zone.
Insight with Benazir Bhutto: Pakistan on the Brink
Former prime minister of Pakistan and head of the Pakistan People’s Party talks about the future of her country – one of the West’s key allies in the "war on terror".
Media Talk: Cameras in conflict: the changing face of war photography
Two times Pulitzer Prize winner Horst Faas, this year’s winner Oded Balilty and Santiago Lyon from AP discuss the dramatic changes in war photography as both war and camera technology become increasingly high tech.
Frontline Confidential: How to Take on the Pharmaceutical Industry and Win
Investigative journalists Elaine Potter and Philip Knightley relate how an investigatation by the Sunday Times Insight Team led to hundreds of Thalidomide victims winning compensation from drug manufacturers.
Media Talk: RCTV off the air: What’s the full story?
The Venezuelan government’s decision not to renew the broadcasting licence of Radio Caracas Television (RCTV) is changing the face of Venezuelan media.