Undercurrents: EU Responses to COVID-19, and the Politics of Celebrity

Undercurrents returns from remote corners of lockdown UK to discuss how the EU has responded to the coronavirus pandemic, and to find out how celebrity interacts with politics.

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Published 16 April 2020

Updated 5 October 2020 — 71 minute listen

Agnes Frimston

Deputy Editor, The World Today

Ben Horton

Former Head, Director’s Office

This week, Ben speaks to Pepijn Bergsen about the economic impact of Europe’s lockdown measures, and the challenges facing the Eurozone as the pandemic continues. Then Agnes meets Greg Jenner to discuss his new book on the history of celebrity.