Is ‘the Trojan Horse affair’ the new serial podcast?
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Who is the consultant who investigated the Trojan Horse letter?
Ian Kershaw, the consultant Albert Bore brought in to investigate the Trojan Horse letter for Birmingham City Council. We pressed him on the Adderley dispute. Did you read up about that situation at Adderley that was developing at the time?
What is the difference between Clarke’s Trojan Horse Report and prison reports?
The prison reports are annotated, full of statistics, whereas in his Trojan Horse report, you kind of have to take his word for it. Even claims that were based on something that did occur, there was often more to the story than what Clarke reported. For example, Clarke writes that there were attempts to stop Christmas celebrations at Park View.
How many episodes in Serial Trojan Horse?
eight-“The Trojan Horse Affair,” an eight-episode series produced by Reed, Syed, and Rebecca Laks, is in many ways a study in perspectives.
What should I listen to after The Trojan Horse Affair?
8 Great investigative podcasts to listen to after The Trojan...S-Town. The breakout hit that set the investigative podcast mode for the next decade, S-Town is a gripping, twisty, intensely characterful listen. ... Bellingcat. ... The Tip-Off. ... How It Happened. ... Where is George Gibney? ... A Very Fatal Murder. ... The Walkers Switch.
Who is Hamza Syed?
Journalism student Hamza Syed was thrust into the media spotlight by the launch of his debut podcast, The Trojan Horse Affair which he produced for the New York Times alongside Serial Productions' Brian Reed. Hamza will talk to us about the response to his series and the vexed topic of journalistic impartiality.
When did The Trojan Horse Affair podcast come out?
There's such a deference to power and authority. The podcast is supposed to demonstrate how things can go so wrong if that's your attitude as journalists in Britain. It's the same phenomenon that created the Trojan Horse affair in 2014, and now the same thing is happening with the podcast.
Did the Trojan horse actually happen?
Actually, historians are pretty much unanimous: the Trojan Horse was just a myth, but Troy was certainly a real place.
Was Achilles real?
There is no proof that Achilles existed or that any of Homer's other characters did. The long answer is that Homer's Achilles may have been based, at least in part, on a historical character; the same is true of the rest of Homer's characters.
What's the story of the Trojan Horse?
The story of the Trojan Horse is well-known. First mentioned in the Odyssey, it describes how Greek soldiers were able to take the city of Troy after a fruitless ten-year siege by hiding in a giant horse supposedly left as an offering to the goddess Athena.
Which of the following is an example of Trojan Horse?
Examples of govware trojans include the Swiss MiniPanzer and MegaPanzer and the German "state trojan" nicknamed R2D2. German govware works by exploiting security gaps unknown to the general public and accessing smartphone data before it becomes encrypted via other applications.
Was the Trojan War real?
Was the Trojan War real? There has been much debate over historical evidence of the Trojan War. Archaeological finds in Turkey suggest that the city of Troy did exist but that a conflict on the immense scale of a 10-year siege may not have actually occurred.
Who Won the Trojan War?
The GreeksThe Greeks finally win the war by an ingenious piece of deception dreamed up by the hero and king of Ithaca, Odysseus – famous for his cunning. They build a huge wooden horse and leave it outside the gates of Troy, as an offering to the gods, while they pretend to give up battle and sail away.
Who was Achilles in Troy?
Who was Achilles? In Greek mythology, Achilles was the strongest warrior and hero in the Greek army during the Trojan War. He was the son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, and Thetis, a sea nymph. The story of Achilles appears in Homer's Iliad and elsewhere.
Which of the following is an example of Trojan Horse?
Examples of govware trojans include the Swiss MiniPanzer and MegaPanzer and the German "state trojan" nicknamed R2D2. German govware works by exploiting security gaps unknown to the general public and accessing smartphone data before it becomes encrypted via other applications.
What's the story of the Trojan Horse?
The story of the Trojan Horse is well-known. First mentioned in the Odyssey, it describes how Greek soldiers were able to take the city of Troy after a fruitless ten-year siege by hiding in a giant horse supposedly left as an offering to the goddess Athena.
Who wrote the Trojan horse?
HomerHistorian Michael Wood dates the Mykonos vase to the eighth century BC, before the written accounts attributed by tradition to Homer, and posits this as evidence that the story of the Trojan Horse existed before those accounts were written.