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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

Maddie Moate: We are seeing fewer faces of actual human beings on children’s television

The BAFTA-winning CBeebies presenter on climate truths for kids, the problem with animation, and why poo paper gets young minds buzzing.

February 27, 2024

EDUCATION·PLANET

Jessica Fostekew:: I knew I wanted to be a funny loud angry b*tch screaming in favour of clean air

The comedian on trolling, ULEZ, and why making climate change funny might be her toughest gig yet.

February 6, 2024

CREATIVITY·HEALTH·PLANET

Lily Cole: How do I live with integrity and mindfulness and take small actions where I can but not self-flagellate in the process?

It feels like we’re in the midst of a kind of collective insanity whereby we have everything at our disposal to transform our world

June 6, 2022

MORALITY·PLANET

Benjamin Zephaniah: Most great revolutions start from the bottom and come up

Most people in the world are deeply involved in a struggle to live. You may talk about people in the developing world struggling to

June 6, 2022

CREATIVITY·EDUCATION·PLANET

Tim Smit: Middle-aged men are the most dangerous thing on this planet

The man behind the Eden Project on the dangers of mediocrity, the politics that neutered environmentalism, and why he thinks the next clean-meat giants

June 6, 2021

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