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The wildlife cameraman, Strictly champion and children’s TV presenter on the value of boredom, what lockdown revealed about our need for the outdoors, and how modern life is squeezing the curiosity out of children too early.
Antony Szmierek: Creativity feels magic to me, something powerful and frightening to the people who need to be frightened
The musician on sensitivity, censorship and why power always fears the arts.
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
The punk legend on accountability, the dangers of cynicism, and protecting Englishness from the far right.
Victoria Bateman: If every woman had the ability to control her own fertility, the world would be a very different place
The historian and Cambridge economist on the myths that erased women from history, the “tradwife” revival, and how control over women’s lives shapes economies.
Kevin McCloud: Consumption doesn’t make you happy
The Grand Designs presenter on resisting commercialism and why sustainability and authenticity go hand in hand.
Sumayya Vally: Gaza has never been allowed to grow like a normal city
The generation-defining South African architect on architecture’s politics, the lessons in traditional building, and speaking up when it’s easier not to.
Nick Mulvey: I didn’t want to be the chief of my life anymore
The UK singer-songwriter on childhood, family, prayer, and the practices that have helped him find his way back to music and to himself.
Theresa Lola: Poetry can transport you to places you’ve never been in ten lines. It’s emotion compressed
The Nigerian British award winning poet on poetry as a way to reclaim language, connect with heritage, and ask questions that don’t need neat answers.
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.
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Axel Scheffler: Picture books should leave children with some sense of hope. Otherwise, what are we doing?
The Gruffalo illustrator and best-selling author on drawing animals, protecting childhood, and staying politically engaged through art.
Matilda Mann: Good storytelling opens things up in ways facts can’t
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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
The chef and author on growing up wild, regenerative farming, and why obesity needs pandemic-level action.
Andy Cato: Farmers manuring town halls and NHS strike action are two symptoms of the same problem: Our food system isn’t working
The Groove Armada DJ who sold his song rights to buy a failing farm and ended up knee-deep in the mess of a food system that’s driving farmers to protest and soils to collapse.
Maddie Moate: We are seeing fewer faces of actual human beings on children's television
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