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CONVERSATIONS THAT CONNECT
THIS WEEK
The London-based singer-songwriter on music as therapy, embracing mistakes, and tuning out echo chambers.
MOST READ
Nina Sosanya: Jurassic Park shows what happens when you mess with nature - it bites your head off!
The stage, TV, and film actor on city life vs. countryside, filming floods in a heatwave, and why nature always finds a way.
Adam Buxton: Sometimes I think, f**k it! And then I think, “Oh no, I’ve let George Monbiot down”
The comedian, podcaster, and reluctant naturalist on IMAX skies, positive change, and finding balance in a world of climate uncertainty.
Benjamin Zephaniah: Most great revolutions start from the bottom and come up
The poet, writer, lyricist and musician on living a life that aspires to "do the least harm and most good".
LATEST CONVERSATIONS
Sirens of Lesbos: If we don’t also tackle war, extraction, inequality, then the rest is just cosmetic
The artists behind Sirens of Lesbos on community, nature, creativity, and the urgent need to push back against a system that was never designed for everyone.
Anna McNuff: I would rather have deeper conversations with 100 people than get a fleeting like from 40,000
The adventurer, award-winning author, and self-confessed mischief maker talks about the degradation of experience by social media, how we can connect more as a community, and why everyone should embrace the chaos.
Matilda Mann: Good storytelling opens things up in ways facts can’t
The London-based singer-songwriter on music as therapy, embracing mistakes, and tuning out echo chambers.
Jawara Alleyne: There’s so much influence, but not much is actually influencing
The Jamaican-born designer on fashion’s obsession with speed, lost creative space, and why visibility isn’t the same as real influence.
Gab Bois: You can reinvent the wheel – but first, you need to understand the wheel
The Montréal artist on fast-scrolling culture, the pull of real objects, and how childhood curiosity still fuels her work.
Thomasina Miers: Politicians are cowards when it comes to saying, ‘Eat a bit less meat.’ They won’t touch it. But that’s the issue
The Master Chef winner and Wahaca coufounder on childhood influences, the politics of eating, and why small shifts in behaviour matter more
Chantelle Nicholson: It's shocking we teach children advanced maths but not how to feed themselves properly
The Michelin Green Star chef on why cooking should be as fundamental as reading and writing.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall: My omnivorous habits are under review. I wouldn’t rule out concluding we can’t really afford to eat meat at all
Chef and author Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on growing up wild, regenerative farming, and why obesity needs pandemic-level action.
EDITOR'S PICK
David George Haskell: Can we know more leaf shapes than corporate logos?
The Pulitzer Prize Nominee on reconnecting with nature, tuning into its sounds, sights, and textures, and finding joy in sensory awareness.
Jess 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.
Oliver Jeffers: Science and logic won’t always win somebody over, but stories will
The Lost & Found artist and storyteller on the untapped power of everyday people in the climate fight.
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