Ideas that move us forward

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MORALITY·PLANET

August 19, 2026

Julia Shaw: Why do clever people destroy the planet?

The best-selling criminal psychologist and science writer on why smart people are so good at talking themselves out of feeling guilty.

CEO of Compassion In World Farming, Phillip Lymbery

PLANET·POWER

June 11, 2026

Phillip Lymbery: Those who profit from factory farming prefer us as consumers to stay in the dark

The CEO of Compassion in World Farming on why factory farming is destroying the land, sea and our health and why the solutions are simpler than anyone in power wants you to

Cressida Cowell: Dragon riding represents humanity’s attempt to control the wild

The How to Train Your Dragon author on why despair stops us

Bethany Handley: I soon found myself padlocked out of the countryside

The author, poet and disability activist on the barriers keeping millions out

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall:: My omnivorous habits are under review. I wouldn’t rule out concluding we can’t really afford to eat meat at all

The chef and campaigner on medicine’s nutrition blind spot, the government’s reluctance to touch ultra-processed diets, and why regenerative farming is gaining ground anyway.

January 6, 2025

HEALTH·PLANET

Lucy Siegle:: We need to show people what’s possible, what’s already happening, and what they can do to help

The journalist and broadcaster on the limits of doom narratives, the power of everyday actions, and why climate storytelling needs a complete rethink.

December 24, 2024

EDUCATION·PLANET

Charlotte Church:: Singing is humanity’s most powerful tool for healing and connection

The singer and activist on magic mushrooms, trauma, and building a retreat to help others reconnect with nature and themselves.

December 6, 2024

CREATIVITY·EDUCATION·PLANET

David George Haskell:: Can we know more leaf shapes than corporate logos?

The biologist, environmental scholar, and Pulitzer Prize finalist on why there's more drama in the tree outside your window than anything currently streaming on

September 6, 2024

EDUCATION·PLANET

Adam Buxton: Sometimes I think, f**k it! And then I think, “Oh no, I’ve let George Monbiot down”

The comedian, podcaster, and reluctant naturalist on IMAX skies, the tightrope of talking about climate as a non-expert, and why small, practical wins give

June 6, 2024

MORALITY·PLANET

Nina Sosanya: Jurassic Park shows what happens when you mess with nature – it bites your head off!

he actor on why we're terrible at practising what we preach, why we threw away the cleaner world we glimpsed during COVID, and why

April 3, 2024

CREATIVITY·PLANET

Gillian Burke:: I’d rather go down on a burning planet where we’re all together than have a planet that works for some but not for all

The biologist, television presenter and filmmaker on why 25 years of nature TV failed to save the planet — and what we need to

March 20, 2024

EDUCATION·PLANET

Kumi Naidoo: How did we move people into the struggle against apartheid? Music, dance, and theatre

The human rights and climate justice activist, now President of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative on why climate activism needs art, storytelling, and

March 11, 2024

CREATIVITY·PLANET·POWER