The week in audio: Cover: Stakeknife; From Bomb to Ballot: The History of Sinn Féin; The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show – review

Freddie Scappaticci, AKA Stakeknife, who worked at the highest levels of the IRA and for British intelligence, is the subject of 5 Live’s ‘riveting’ Stakeknife. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

Cover: Stakeknife (Radio 5 Live) | BBC Sounds
From Bomb to Ballot: The History of Sinn Féin | Daily Mail
The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show (Radio 2) | BBC Sounds

Two interesting podcasts concerning the north of Ireland this week: one from the BBC, and one, unexpectedly, from the Daily Mail. Both are led by informed, experienced, dedicated journalists and both are pretty indispensable. I’m always surprised by how little people outside Ireland know about what is sometimes called the “situation” in the north. (I’m married to a man from the outskirts of Belfast, so, you know, I’ve been told.) But that’s down to education. Only a few British schools teach anything to do with it. Everyone knows about the Tudors though!