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Kevin McCloud: Consumption doesn’t make you happy

The Grand Designs presenter on authenticity, the value of making and the lessons he learned on a Tuscan farm about what it means to

August 27, 2025

CREATIVITY·MORALITY·PLANET

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

Sophia Ray: A 90-second film can’t radically change someone’s mind, but it can plant a seed

The filmmaker on AI’s creep into cinema and the quiet rebellion back to lo-fi.

June 2, 2025

CREATIVITY

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

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

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

Jenny Beavan: I’m horrified and fascinated how we are absolutely slaughtering the planet

The costume designer behind Mad Max and The King’s Speech on waste, wild weather, and why now might be the moment for proper nature

March 6, 2024

CREATIVITY·PLANET

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Kevin McCloud: Consumption doesn’t make you happy

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

Sophia Ray: A 90-second film can’t radically change someone’s mind, but it can plant a seed

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

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

Jenny Beavan: I’m horrified and fascinated how we are absolutely slaughtering the planet

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