Stephen Sackur

Mar 24, 2025 | radiotimes.com | Stephen Sackur

The BBC, in its wisdom, is closing the show known throughout the world for its unflinching willingness to hold power to account. Citing cost cutting, they’re ending Hardtalk, which has, since its launch in 1997, given us an insight into the minds of some of the most consequential and compelling leaders of my lifetime. Mikhail Gorbachev, Shimon Peres, Emmanuel Macron, Volodymyr Zelensky, even Donald Trump (when he was just a real estate guy) have all subjected themselves to Hardtalk interrogation.

Oct 15, 2024 | threadreaderapp.com | Stephen Sackur

2. and all who believe in the importance of independent, rigorous deeply-researched journalism. At a time when disinformation and media manipulation are poisoning public discourse HARDtalk is unique - a long-form interview show with only one mission:3. to hold to account those who all too often avoid accountability in their own countries.

Apr 12, 2024 | yahoo.com | Stephen Sackur |Smith Creek

Smith Creek in Guyana's far northwest borderland with Venezuela is home to 300 people living in a collection of dilapidated cabins perched precariously on wooden stilts. A gaggle of young children, some naked, play on the muddy bankside of the salty, silty creek. Traditional canoes - carved out of single tree trunks - glide by, carrying families and their supplies. The nearest source of fresh, drinkable water is almost two hours of steady paddling away.

Apr 9, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Stephen SackurHardtalk |Smith Creek |Stephen Sackur

Smith Creek in Guyana's far northwest borderland with Venezuela is home to 300 people living in a collection of dilapidated cabins perched precariously on wooden stilts. A gaggle of young children, some naked, play on the muddy bankside of the salty, silty creek. Traditional canoes - carved out of single tree trunks - glide by, carrying families and their supplies. The nearest source of fresh, drinkable water is almost two hours of steady paddling away.

Jul 1, 2023 | msn.com | Stephen Sackur |Cape Town

South Africans are experiencing worsening blackouts as winter hits and the crisis is fuelling demands for political change in Africa's most-advanced economy. Wiseman Bambatha was indulging in wishful thinking when he named his business Goodhope upholstery. Mr Bambatha re-conditions sofas and chairs in a dingy, one-room workshop in the sprawling Khayelitsha township on the edge of Cape Town. But for hours on end, his battered, electric sewing machine sits idle.