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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

Eva zu Beck: I used to think success was a luxury penthouse in London

The travel and adventure filmmaker, author and presenter on how a life online and years of travel reshaped everything she thought she knew about

May 25, 2026

CREATIVITY·MORALITY

Vikki Heywood: At a fundamental level, we are social and creative beings who need each other

The former Executive Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal Court Theatre turned author on how theatre and literature can help bridge the gap

May 11, 2026

CREATIVITY·MORALITY

Frank Turner: An artist has one responsibility, and one only, which is to their art

Marking 20 years since his first headline tour, the folk‑punk veteran explains why he's sceptical of celebrity activism, the causes he champions from the

April 21, 2026

CREATIVITY·MORALITY

Maria Alyokhina: Dictators will always do two things when they want more power – oppress women and ban jokes

The Russian political activist and Pussy Riot member on life under Putin, how repression works, and the cost of dissent in Russia.

November 29, 2025

POWER

Mary Portas: Every pound spent is a vote for the world you want

The businesswoman, broadcaster, author, and activist on community, consumerism and why buying less is the most radical choice we have.

November 28, 2025

CREATIVITY·PLANET·POWER

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

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

Victoria Bateman: If every woman had the ability to control her own fertility, the world would be a very different place

The economist and historian on the myths that erased women from economic history, the politics of fertility, and the cost of excluding half the

September 5, 2025

EDUCATION·HEALTH·POWER

Phoebe Smith: Nature has saved my life – more than once

The adventurer, author and outdoor advocate on growing up shut out of wild places, the night under the stars that changed everything, and why

May 3, 2025

EDUCATION·PLANET

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

Eva zu Beck: I used to think success was a luxury penthouse in London

Frank Turner: An artist has one responsibility, and one only, which is to their art

Mary Portas: Every pound spent is a vote for the world you want

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

Victoria Bateman: If every woman had the ability to control her own fertility, the world would be a very different place

Phoebe Smith: Nature has saved my life – more than once

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