Best of 2022: Anthony Loyd on his kidnap and escape

In the week between Christmas and New Year, we’re listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2022.

We begin with one of the most riveting stories of the year, from The Times’ war correspondent Anthony Loyd. In their podcast series Last Man Standing, Anthony and Manveen investigated the kidnap of the British photojournalist John Cantlie. Cantlie had been taken hostage by Islamic State in 2012. His fate is still unknown. For Anthony, this brought back memories of his own narrow escape…

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Hosts: Manveen Rana and Anthony Loyd, War Correspondent, The Times.

Clips: BBC and CNN.

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