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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.

South Centre Artistic Director, Mark Ball

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

Stuart Semple: I’ve met people who say they got to the steps of Tate Britain and were scared to walk up them

The Britsh artist on class wars, cuddling aardvarks and the long overdue democratisation of the arts. His latest work, Bloom, a sea of 5,000

May 5, 2025

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Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg: What does “better” really mean – and for whom? Who defines it?

The UK artist on why “progress” isn’t always progress, why art shouldn’t pretend to have all the answers, and why we need to stop

April 25, 2025

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Fiona Banner AKA The Vanity Press: AI is disembodying language – but it is still of us

The British artist on conflict, control, the false clarity of the picturesque – and why all art is a form of activism.

April 24, 2025

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Sirens of Lesbos:: If we don’t also tackle war, extraction, inequality, then the rest is just cosmetic

The sisters Jasmina and Nabyla Serag behind Swiss music collective, Sirens of Lesbos on community as a survival strategy, why their art is inseparable

April 5, 2025

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Gab Bois: Nature offers a quietness and presence that the online world can’t replicate

The Montréal artist on fast-scrolling culture, disposable trends, and why true creativity requires slowing down.

March 25, 2025

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Jawara Alleyne:: There’s so much influence, but not much is actually influencing

The Jamaican-born, Rihanna-approved designer on fashion’s fixation with speed, the shrinking space for creativity, and why visibility isn’t the same as influence.

March 11, 2025

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