It was the year Donald Trump returned to power. It was the year that the Conservative Party lost power for the first time in 14 years. It was a year when war spread across the Middle East, from Gaza to Lebanon. And it brought joy in the form of the Olympics, Brat Summer, and the announcement of an Oasis reunion. katherine vinersays the editor-in-chief of the Guardian. Helen Pitt What these big changes look like from the editor's chair.
She describes how she felt when she saw Labor win the UK general election. “The Guardian's reporting showed how desperate life was on the ground. It was a real moment.” How will the Guardian report on Trump's inauguration as president for a second term?
Earlier this year, Duchess Kate met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. It was a great experience, she says, with a man who had “incredible charisma and a kind of wartime fortitude.” In addition to the chaos and horror of the war in Gaza, she says, there was also joy in the Olympics and Blatt's troubling summer.
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- This is the last episode of 2024. Thank you to everyone who listened this year. We'll be back with new episodes on January 2, 2025.
