Original Broadcast: New Economics Foundation
‘Low-skilled’ or ‘high-skilled’. An ‘economic net contributor’, or ‘a drain on public services’. For decades, immigrants have been treated as scapegoats for everything from failing public services to violent crime. And much too often, as less than human But how did we get here? How did the public conversation about immigration become so toxic? And is there another way forward – an alternative to the hostile environment? This week, New Economics Foundation is at SOAS with a live audience and Maya Goodfellow, author of ‘Hostile Environment: How immigrants became scapegoats’.
Guests: Ayeisha Thomas-Smith,Maya Goodfellow
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by Antoine de Ste. Exupery - read by Boris Pomerantz and first broadcast in late 2016. The epilogue of this remarkably perceptive book, written in the 1930s, should inspire us to help all young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to achieve their potential in adult life.
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At Christmas time our thoughts often turn to a wider perspective. It is indeed a time when faith is celebrated, but many struggle to find a reconciliation between everyday life, what science teaches us about the world, and their faith. This is an attempt to make sense of it all, written by Gavin Oldham some years ago. It’s called ‘Love in Creation’.
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