The Jazz Lounge returns in 2025, hosted and soundtracked by One Jazz, the new global 24/7 jazz radio network.
Start your day with a free newspaper, a coffee, and the sounds of One Jazz DJs while tuning into expert panels and thought-provoking conversations on music and culture.
As the day unfolds, hear the stories behind the music with artist interviews, exclusive discussions, and surprise drop-ins from performers across the festival. With One Jazz DJs spinning throughout the day and a rolling schedule of live content, The Jazz Lounge is your place to dive deeper into the spirit of Love Supreme.
The Environment Editor of The Times, Adam Vaughan, plus a panel of Eco campaigners and experts in the water industry and its regulation ask who’s to blame for the sewage entering Britain’s waters, and what’s to be done? Adam is keen to hear the experiences – hopes & fears – of audience members.
Guardian sketch writer and author John Crace, former stand-up comedian, now Labour peer and Times Radio presenter Ayesha Hazarika plus Sky News Deputy Political Editor Sam Coates ask of Farage, Starmer and Badenoch: Are you being SERIOUS?
Professor David Olusoga asks if everyone from primary school pupils through to pensioners needs to think again about our history. Can examining the past help to create a fairer future?
America through the looking glass, where nothing is as it seems. Some lunatic conspiracy theories may be totally untrue, but they are really damaging. Giant international companies do buy influence & change the world. Conflicts in distant corners of the globe are stoked by shadowy figures in Washington, London and Lausanne. Gabriel Gatehouse, writer & presenter of the award-winning BBC podcast series The Coming Storm unpacks this extraordinary saga.
A look at the Sunday papers’ headlines with author and award-winning LBC presenter Iain Dale, Director of UK in a Changing Europe, Professor Anand Menon. Prolific podcaster & Executive Editor of POLITICO Anne McElvoy, and best-selling author and co-founder of the Women’s Equality Party, Catherine Mayer.
Gordon Corera, host of the award-winning podcast The Rest is Confidential talks about the forces ranged against the UK and how our spooks are working to beat theirs. Gordon, security correspondent for the BBC for ten years and author of several acclaimed books on espionage, will discuss Putin’s murky background in the KGB, how that shapes the way he operates now, and how MI6 & its new director attempt to keep one step ahead.
After a lifetime working closely with 100’s of Britain’s top rock and pop acts, Alan Edwards reveals an insider’s backstage view of the stars.
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