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June 30, 2026

Ben Okri: AI cannot read the spirit of the times. AI cannot catch lightning

The world-renowned writer and poet on why AI has as much chance of conquering the mystical, brilliant and irrepressible human spirit as we have of conquering the sun.

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June 17, 2026

Nilüfer Yanya: Most people are just living side by side, getting on, being nice to their neighbours

The singer-songwriter on why she thinks the world’s divisions are overstated, why she’s been staying off social media, and the trade-offs that come with a life on the road.

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Mark Ball: Creativity is everywhere. Opportunity is not

The Southbank Centre’s Artistic Director on culture as the last defense against

Soulwax: Four idiots making a huge noise in a room together – that’s not something AI can recreate

Stephen Dewaele of Soulwax and 2ManyDJs on why Tom Waits would never

Kevin McCloud: Consumption doesn’t make you happy

The Grand Designs presenter on authenticity, the value of making and the lessons he learned on a Tuscan farm about what it means to

August 27, 2025

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Tom Morton-Smith: When you create something for children, you need to speak to something deeper than distraction

The playwright on bringing My Neighbour Totoro to the stage and what he thinks children, adults and theatre are missing if art loses its human

August 18, 2025

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Beth Steel: Deindustrialisation is the great unspoken story behind much of what we see today

The playwright on the political and economic upheavals that turned Labour strongholds into Brexit and Reform seats – and why she refuses to flatten

August 13, 2025

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Marcus Du Sautoy: Sidelining arts in the national curriculum is impacting a generation of scientists

The mathematician, author and broadcaster on primes, Pollock and why sidelining the arts is holding science back.

June 13, 2025

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James Murray: The simplest and most powerful thing anyone can do is to take the story and pass it on

The actor, artist and campaigner on polluted rivers, the race to save wild salmon and why most activism should always begin with a story.

June 5, 2025

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Sophia Ray: A 90-second film can’t radically change someone’s mind, but it can plant a seed

The filmmaker on AI’s creep into cinema and the quiet rebellion back to lo-fi.

June 2, 2025

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Theresa Lola: Poetry can transport you to places you’ve never been in ten lines. It’s emotion compressed

The poet on anglicising her name as a teenager, rediscovering her oríkì, and writing a collection about what names reveal and erase.

May 31, 2025

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Axel Scheffler: Picture books should leave children with some sense of hope. Otherwise, what are we doing?

The Gruffalo illustrator on why he prefers fairy tales and imagined landscapes to anything that looks too close to the real world.

May 28, 2025

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Nick Mulvey: I didn’t want to be the chief of my life anymore

The UK musician on the personal breakdown behind his latest album Dark Harvest – Pt. 1, why he moved to Ibiza, and the faith

May 28, 2025

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Ed Vere: Being compassionate, kind, gentle, empathetic and creative isn’t a weakness, it’s part of being a fully rounded human being

The author-illustrator on teaching children to notice things, why boredom is underrated, and how the fences we build – on farms, in classrooms, around

May 6, 2025

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