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The Bigger Picture: The Autumn Statement, the failing NHS & the ideology of nationalism

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The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture: The Autumn Statement, the failing NHS & the ideology of nationalism
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University says the Autumn Statement has no vision, will make a difficult situation worse and will be hated by Conservative voters. He predicts that Labour will outflank the Tories as a moderate, pro-business party and that there will be no more than 100-150 conservative MPs. He feels the NHS, with falling output and productivity despite extra funding, is in uncharted waters with Labour calling for greater partnership with the private sector. And he admires Gordon Brown's insights on nationalism, which is weaponising trade to the detriment of us all.
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Professor Tim Evans


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The Business of Film: Black Panther 2 – Wakanda Forever, Enola Holmes 2 & Spirited

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The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: Black Panther 2 – Wakanda Forever, Enola Holmes 2 & Spirited
James Cameron-Wilson looks at the UK box office where a 119% jump is entirely down to the release of Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever with Letitia Wright in the lead. Despite good performances, he found it OTT and overlong. Other films suffered heavily from its amazing £12.4m weekend take. On Netflix, James enjoyed the rollicking yarn that is Enola Holmes 2 with Millie Bobby Brown. He found Christmas Carol knockoff Spirited, with Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds (both paid $20m), squirm-inducing, mawkish and crude.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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Gadgets & Gizmos: Robotic sewage spiders, sharks with cameras & the first laser weapon

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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets & Gizmos: Robotic sewage spiders, sharks with cameras & the first laser weapon
Steve Caplin discusses the latest tech news with Simon Rose. As well as some bizarre Twitter blue ticks, there are Japanese robotic spiders to check sewers, cameras strapped to sharks to map seagrass meadows off the Bahamas, rats dancing to Mozart, the Ministry of Defence firing the first-ever real laser weapon, a Swedish wooden choir, a desk to facilitate using a laptop outdoors, a Japanese mission to collect moon dust and crowdfunding the monitoring of the modal frequencies of bridges to warn of possible collapse.
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Steve Caplin


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The Financial Outlook For Personal Investors: Dividend traps and the investing Holy Grail

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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors

The Financial Outlook For Personal Investors: Dividend traps and the investing Holy Grail
Russ Mould of A J Bell looks at the housebuilders, hit by inflation, mortgage problems and dwindling demand with some cutting dividends. Pointing out the dangers of double-digit yielding shares, he wonders if the sector might be worth looking at soon. Although investors often go for growth or income, the Holy Grail, he says is a company that grows its dividend consistently, which will then produce both outcomes. How to find them? Do your homework with proper research.
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Russ Mould


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The Business of Film: Living, All Quiet On The Western Front & Causeway

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The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: Living, All Quiet On The Western Front & Causeway
James Cameron-Wilson laments a box office falling another 34% (ahead of next week's Wakanda Forever). The Banshees of Inisherin is strong at #3 with over £6m while Living, with Bill Nighy, enters at #4. James (and Simon) adore the film and hope Nighy will finally get the Oscar recognition that has eluded him. On Netflix, James thinks the German remake of All Quiet On The Western Front is a masterpiece while he finds Causeway, on Apple+, full of wonderful performances, including that of Jennifer Lawrence.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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Gadgets & Gizmos: Twitter & Meta, edible drones, origami mice and artificial whipped cream

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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets & Gizmos: Twitter & Meta, edible drones, origami mice and artificial whipped cream
Steve Caplin updates Simon Rose on the latest tech news, with problems at Twitter, Tesla and Meta in the news. He marks 10 years of Candy Crush then drones on about drones seeing wifi devices through walls, edible drones, autonomous emergency rescue drones, undersea drones and ashes released by drones. There's an origami mouse, a discussion about how we might talk to aliens when we can't even chat to whales and an attempt to produce whipped cream without the high fat content.
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Steve Caplin


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The Bigger Picture: Gavin Williamson, Matt Hancock, Sunak & COP and US mid-terms

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The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture: Gavin Williamson, Matt Hancock, Sunak & COP and US mid-terms
Political commentator Mike Indian discusses the bullying allegations against Gavin Williamson and asks if Parliament gets these things right. He also explains why Matt Hancock should not have gone into the jungle and, in the wake of his about-turn on COP27, suggests that Rishi Sunak needs to develop a persona of his own. With the US mid-terms still not finalised, he points out that the Republicans failing to do as well as expected may have an effect on Trump's comeback hopes.
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Mike Indian


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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: US & UK interest rate rises & the latest from Sainsbury's

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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors

The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: US & UK interest rate rises & the latest from Sainsbury's
Richard Hunter, head of markets at Interactive Investor, updates Simon Rose on the latest 0.75% interest rate rises from the US Fed and the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee. As he explains, markets have reacted badly, more in response to the statements about the future, than to the rises themselves. He assesses Sainsbury's half-year numbers which show just how difficult times are for the supermarkets, with the discounters becoming ever more of a problem. Although the shares reacted positively, it is after a decline of around 30% over the last year.
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Richard Hunter


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The Business of Film: Barbarian, Bros, Hilma & The Good Nurse

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The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: Barbarian, Bros, Hilma & The Good Nurse
Despite the box office declining another 14%, James Cameron-Wilson finds several films worthwhile. At #8 is enjoyable & unpredictable horror Barbarian. Bros, a studio LGBT romcom at #11 has been a financial bomb but James found it witty & compassionate. Hilma, the tale of abstract artist Hilma af Klint is, he thinks, Lasse Hallström's best film and one to seek out. He also admires the intelligent psychological drama The Good Nurse on Netflix with Eddie Redmayne & Jessica Chastain.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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Gadgets & Gizmos: Magnetic north comes to the UK, robot falcons and the tiniest of TVs

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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets & Gizmos: Magnetic north comes to the UK, robot falcons and the tiniest of TVs
Share Radio's technology editor Steve Caplin talks to Simon Rose about Elon Musk and Twitter, the arrival of magnetic north in the UK, a new data speed record, a robot falcon, how to defeat self-driving cars, the tiniest of tiny TVs, a self-boiling Thermos flask and how Google hopes to develop AI for the top 1,000 (out of 7,000) languages worldwide.
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Steve Caplin


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