Recommendation Engine: Why Are You More Successful Than Me?

Plus NewlyParents, The Epstein Files and Vintage Politics

11:00 AM GMT+1 on April 30, 2026

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Miranda Sawyer in the Observer

The Epstein Files (NBN) - “Aside from the odd mispronunciation (“en-tiss-ments” instead of “en-tice-ments”), the hosts are realistic, chiming in with each other or offering seemingly personal opinion.”
The British Monarchy (Inception Point Ai) - Though any panicking GCSE student could use the six-part series The British Monarchy as a quick summary, it would be no use for proper revision.
Where Should We Begin? (Esther Perel Global Media) - “Perel is impeccable: kind, insightful, but pointed.”
Crime Next Door: The Beast of Birkenhead (BBC Sounds) - Perhaps modern IT techniques would have helped to solve this awful crime. But Graham is local and human (that word again!). No chatbot could ever replicate the glory of a scouse woman in full sail, with a wrong to right and the bit between her teeth.”

Patricia Nicol in the Sunday Times

Life Changing (BBC Radio 4) - “Recently I was stopped short by an episode of Life Changing with Dr Sian Williams on Radio 4 in which a woman from Glasgow, Karine Burns, described the emotional turmoil of trying to trace her birth parents.”
Foundling: Tortoise Investigates (The Observer) - “This is a raw, gripping tale of secrets, longing and lies. But it also stirs questions: about people’s actions in the past and their reactions in the present.”