Sideways

Appetite for Distraction: 1. Postman's Prophecy?

Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention.

Appetite for Distraction: 2. Have We Always Been Distracted?

Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention.

Appetite for Distraction: 3. Medium and Metaphor

Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention.

Appetite for Distraction: 4. Attention Shortfall?

Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention.

Appetite for Distraction: 5. The Future of Attention

Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention.

Matthew Syed explores whether you can find joy and fulfillment in the single life.

Two people, with a shared painful history, learn to understand themselves in a new light.

Matthew Syed explores the revealing power of masks.

Matthew Syed explores the hidden value in leaving things unfinished.

A New Frontier: 4. With the Gods

Matthew Syed explores the transcendental possibilities of living in space.

A New Frontier: 3. Life on Mars

How commercial companies in space are expanding the possibilities for colonisation.

A New Frontier: 2. For All Humankind?

Matthew Syed goes back to the origins of the space race to question who benefited.

A New Frontier: 1. A Message to Ourselves

Matthew Syed traces humanity’s first attempt to send a radio message to aliens.

Introducing – A New Frontier

Travel into the cosmos for a four-part series about the ethics of space exploration.

A 48-hour fight to survive, lost in a snowstorm. And the data that helps rescuers find us.

Matthew Syed explores the uncomfortable psychological phenomenon of cognitive dissonance.

Meet the former child star who considers mathematics to be 'a balm' for her brain.

Matthew Syed explores the importance and influence of something we all have - our name.

One man’s mission to return lost photographs to their original owners.

A wrestling grudge spills out of the ring and into the real world.

A slamming new season... starting with a pro wrestling grudge that got too real.

How a Cinderella film from 1970s Czechoslovakia became a Christmas tradition across Europe

Matthew Syed asks what happens when we shun excellence and embrace mediocrity.

Matthew Syed hears from a painter who rose to fame by copying the works of others.

Matthew Syed explores how a daughter found connection with the father she never met.

Matthew Syed finds out why our first loves can hold a special place in our hearts.

Is the customer always right? Matthew Syed delves into the world of online reviews.

First loves, harsh critics and a celebration of mediocrity. Six new Sideways stories.

Matthew makes a case for the impact that even the smallest adventures can have on us all.

Matthew Syed explores how music can become a powerful, transformational force.