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The Best Is Yet To Come...

The Best Is Yet To Come...

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On Sir John Tusa's 90th birthday, he is starting a podcast.


John was one of the founding members of BBC Newsnight, he went on to run the BBC World Service and subsequently became managing director of the Barbican Arts Centre. He's lived an incredible life, both personally and professionally, spanning the very best in arts, architecture, culture and politics, and there's still plenty more he wants to do.


Speaking to other people in their 90s who have lived equally impressive lives, he shows that although nonagenarians can share stories that traverse generations, they have rich insights for the modern day that we need to listen to.

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Episodes
  • Witnessing the Fall of the Soviet Union

    Witnessing the Fall of the Soviet Union
    May 10 2026

    What did Mikhail Gorbachev identify as the key problem within the Soviet Union? How should the British Ambassador in Moscow manage their relationship with the Kremlin? And was it the experience of working in the KGB that made Vladimir Putin such a ruthless operator?


    In this week's episode, John Tusa speaks to diplomat and former British Ambassador to the USSR, Rodric Braithwaite.

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    51 mins
  • Everything Starts With Learning A Craft

    Everything Starts With Learning A Craft
    May 4 2026

    What does it take to become a conductor? Are great conductors always open to feedback? Why has the teaching of music in schools been underfunded for decades, and what has this meant for British culture?


    This week, John speaks to conductor, John Carewe

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    43 mins
  • Escaping the Nazis: Life After The Kindertransport

    Escaping the Nazis: Life After The Kindertransport
    Apr 26 2026

    How did an Englishman organise the rescue of over 600 Jewish children from the Nazis in Czechoslovakia? Did the children receive a warm welcome in Great Britain? And what was the fate of the parents who were left behind?


    In this week's episode, John speaks to Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines MBE, who escaped the Nazis as part of the Kindertransport in 1939.

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    38 mins
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