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Chloe Slater: Put that damn phone down and think for a while

The singer-songwriter on why we're mistaking AI for progress, how doom-scrolling erodes the very skills we need to fight injustice, and why our brains

August 5, 2026

MORALITY·POWER

Kamasi Washington: When people say, I want to do what’s best for me, the world starts to feel dangerous

The legendary saxophonist and composer on why conformity kills creativity, what AI might accidentally fix, and the advice he gives to young musicians today.

June 12, 2026

CREATIVITY

Antony Szmierek: Creativity feels magic to me, something powerful and frightening to the people who need to be frightened

The rapidly rising Manchester-based musician on sensitivity, censorship and why power always fears the arts.

November 27, 2025

CREATIVITY·MORALITY·POWER

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

CREATIVITY·EDUCATION

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

CREATIVITY·PLANET

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

CREATIVITY·EDUCATION

Elif Shafak: We live in an age of too much information, very little knowledge, and even less wisdom

The award-winning novelist on water scarcity, vanishing democracies, and why she believes stories are one of the last defences against numbness.

May 26, 2025

EDUCATION·PLANET

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

CREATIVITY·EDUCATION·PLANET

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

CREATIVITY·MORALITY·PLANET

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

CREATIVITY·PLANET·POWER

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Chloe Slater: Put that damn phone down and think for a while

Kamasi Washington: When people say, I want to do what’s best for me, the world starts to feel dangerous

Antony Szmierek: Creativity feels magic to me, something powerful and frightening to the people who need to be frightened

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

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

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

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

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

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

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