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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

June 30, 2026

CREATIVITY·POWER

Hollie McNish: We pretend we’re free, but we follow rules we never chose

The poet and author on why more us should interrogate things society tells us are normal.

November 1, 2025

CREATIVITY·MORALITY·POWER

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

CREATIVITY·EDUCATION

Miranda Cowley Heller:: We have this terrible need to own everything

The Paper Palace author on disappearing wildness, rising skittishness about the outdoors, and a culture more comfortable scrolling than stepping outside.

April 23, 2025

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

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

Miranda Cowley Heller:: We have this terrible need to own everything

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

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Billy Bragg: If you don’t make a pitch for inclusivity around the space we call England, you leave it open to the far right

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

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

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