Sunday - Epstein Files; Michelangelo; Apocalypse Tropics
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The Epstein files has raised big questions beyond politics, Sunday explores the moral dimension of the latest revelations.
Documents reveal that in 2017 the financier and convicted paedophile was sent fragments of a cloth used to cover the Kaaba - also known as the House of God - in the Great Mosque of Mecca. Edward Stourton discusses the revelation with Leicester imam Sheik Ibrahim Mogra.
A hammer price of 23 million dollars is quite a lot to pay for a small chalk drawing of a foot. Michelangelo sketch was part of a study for the magnificent Sistine Chapel fresco. Jarda Da-man, a specialist in Old Masters at Christies, describes it for the Sunday audience.
The BAFTA awards are a fortnight away and the documentary 'Apocalypse in the Tropics' is in the running. It is a story of religion and right-wing politics set in Brazil, and focuses on the rule of Jair Bolsonaro, who was the country's president from 2019 until 2023, before he was replaced by President Lula da Silva. Petra Costa directed the film and details the rise in evangelical Christianity against the setting of Brazilian politics.
Presenter: Edward Stourton
Producers: Bara'atu Ibrahim & Katy Booth
Studio Managers: Lynsey Akehurst & Phillip Halliwell
Editor: Tim Pemberton
Published on Sunday, 8th February 2026.
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