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The Fourcast

May 31, 2021

It’s half term. It’s nearly the summer. We all need a holiday. But should we go abroad?

Travel bubbles, pre-flight testing, post-flight testing: they’ve all been buzz words for more than a year, and yet we seem none the wiser.

Why didn’t we close our borders? Why did we allow holidays last summer without any...


May 28, 2021

As the number of tigers in Thailand slowly grows, so does the grisly tiger trade.

An illicit network of poachers, dealers and smugglers have made millions from a sinister, sometimes deadly trade in both farmed and wild tigers.

Jonathan Miller has been to Thailand to meet the country’s tiger kingpins. 


May 26, 2021

The current - and one former - occupants of 10 Downing Street are under investigation: one for how he funded his flat renovations and a holiday in the Caribbean, the other for his lobbying dealings after leaving office.

But what exactly are Boris Johnson and David Cameron accused of doing - and what are the possible...


May 24, 2021

From Italy’s triumph to the UK receiving zero points at Eurovision this weekend, what does it really take to win this legendary competition? And can you really separate the politics from Eurovision?

It’s the contest that played a role in a coup in Portugal and was once a vital cultural symbol during the Cold...


May 21, 2021

In the Central American, “Dry Corridor” extreme weather conditions, caused by climate change, have prompted one of the largest human climate migrations the modern world has ever seen. 

Years of drought conditions, followed by two hurricanes, Eta and Jota in November last year, have devastated communities,...