Some Podcasts

A Russian Tale
Over the past few months a number of journalists and critics of the Russian government have died in mysterious circumstances. Are these deaths coincidental or do they tell us something about the state of Russian democracy? A story that has more twists and turns than a John Le Carrie novel - Russian democracy since the fall of the Soviet Union

Borderline Personality Disorder - Challenging the label
Self harm and self-denigration. Radical mood swings, and diabolical, destructive behaviours. For those labelled as having Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) - life is intolerable. Not the least because it's a diagnosis often stigmatised by the very profession responsible for giving it. Of the estimated 1-2% of the population said to have the disorder, most are women. But are these difficult women, or women with dreadfully difficult histories?

The Asian Financial Crisis Revisited: Challenges Over the Next Decade
Janet Yellen speech

The Private Sector`s Role in Post-Conflict Economic Recovery
Karen Ballentine, Project Manager, Fostering Post-Conflict Economic Recovery, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, UNDP; Co-editor, Beyond Greed and Grievance: The Political Economy of Armed Conflict

John Slavin on opera's words and music

Rumi
For the 800th anniversary of the great Persian Sufi poet Jallalidin Molavi, known in the west as Rumi, UNESCO has declared 2007 the International Year of Rumi.

Tree Rings and Hockey Sticks

Marsupial lions and the death of the megafauna

Postmodernism reconsidered

Female orgasm

Is the French model of citizenship working?

Mystery shrouds UK sailors' saga