The Holberg Prize is very pleased to announce: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗲: ‘𝗜𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱?’ Date: 9th December, 2025. Time: 17:00, CET / 11:00 AM, EST. Venue: The University Aula in Bergen. On the panel:

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Looking forward to hosting this debate; should be an interesting clash of ideas and styles…

Times Radio Stephen Sackur How the BBC lost Stephen Sackur still beggars belief. Just imagine his contact list. How could the BBC think it was worth pushing out Stephen Sackur, but keeping Gary Lineker ? (whose salary was greater than the cost of the whole team at Hard Talk)

Times Radio Stephen Sackur Getting rid of Stephen Sackur was a huge mistake. I still remember his interview with the Finance Minister of Ukraine.

Don’t put money on it Jools 😂

Times Radio Stephen Sackur The poor decision to axe BBC HARDtalk sums up the current state of the BBC. Madness.

“Without the BBC, our media landscape would move a significant step closer to that seen in Trump's America. Is that what Britain really wants? I don't think so.” President Trump’s threat to the BBC “in a way, provides a moment of clarity” for Britons, says @StephenSackur.

Times Radio Stephen Sackur I do enjoy your monologues - measured and authoritative. I love the BBC, it's one of the things that makes Britain great and i hope it uses the latest crisis as an opportunity to rediscover its values and priorities of impartiality as it returns to entertain, educate and inform.

Thanks for the kind words David, but I’d be a useless DG!

Can’t argue with you John…

I wrote this back in Jan. What is happening to BBC is part of a systemic issue: total information collapse. This is what happens when justified grievance, bad faith actors & Silicon Valley companies converge: erosion of trust in all institutions. 2/ broligarchy.substack.com/p/total-inform…

“It is sending a message to the US that they think the attacks are illegal.” The UK’s halt in sending intelligence to the US is putting “pressure” on Trump HQ to stop strikes on Venezuela boats, says former British diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall. @StephenSackur | #TimesRadio

I listened to the BBC World Service every day on my father's car radio on my way to school in Iraq from 2003 to 2014 And anyone who was educated enough to speak English watched Hard Talk with Stephen Sackur as he challenged our politicians when Iraqi journalist never could

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The Rest Is Politics US Stephen Sackur Anthony Scaramucci Just watched this. Really enjoyed it. Thanks. Stephen Sackur’s upcoming book sounds like a vitally important and timely read.

It’s the affordability, stupid….

Why the Epstein Files might not just be a Trump problem... 👀 Stephen Sackur

My favourite boy band has aged well… 😂