Audio & Video
Bettany Hughes on the slave girl who negotiated with Elizabeth I
Former concubine Safiye Sultan sorted a trade deal then asked the Queen for make-up tips.
- Bettany Hughes on the slave girl who negotiated with Elizabeth I
- Nicholas Hytner: How Iraq shaped audience reaction to Henry V
- Bettany Hughes: Protest has always happened in Istanbul
- Ian Rankin: Read crime fiction to find out about a culture
- Ian Rankin: The origins of Rebus
- Bettany Hughes: Istanbul has been sheltering refugees for 1,700 years
- Helen Fielding: I can say it now, Bridget Jones was me
- Ed Balls: My embarrassing Strictly faux pas
- Nadya Tolokno: What you need to know about Putin
- Hay we go!
- Stephen Fry: We all just need to grow up
- Stephen Fry: The Enlightenment bit itself on the backside
Featured Collections
Act Videos
- Bernie Sanders
- Bettany Hughes
- Bill Bailey
- Charlotte Rampling
- Chris Riddell
- Christina Lamb, Helena Kennedy, Rachael Jolley and Joan Bakewell
- Colm T贸ib铆n
- David Mitchell
- Ed Balls
- Elif Shafak
- Frank Cotterell Boyce
- Garry Kasparov
- Graham Norton
- Helen Fielding
- Ian Rankin
- James Rhodes
- Jeanette Winterson
- Lemn Sissay
- Lucy Worsley
- Michael Sheen
- Nadya Tolokno
- Neil Gaiman and Stephen Fry
- Paul Beatty
- Paula Byrne
- Philippe Sands
- Stephen Fry
- Stephen Fry, Bettany Hughes, Lawrence Krauss and Martin Rees
- Tom Daley
- Tony Robinson
- Tracey Emin
- Will Self