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Phillip Lymbery: Those who profit from factory farming prefer us as consumers to stay in the dark
The CEO of Compassion in World Farming on why factory farming is destroying the land, sea and our health and why the solution is simpler than anyone in power wants you to know.
Cressida Cowell: Dragon riding represents humanity’s attempt to control the wild
The How to Train Your Dragon author on why despair stops us imagining solutions, how stories nurture empathy, and what Vikings can teach us about masculinity and leadership today.
Frank Turner: An artist has one responsibility, and one only, which is to their art
The folk‑punk veteran on why he's sceptical of celebrity activism, the causes he champions from the inside, and the two rules his gigs always follow.
Oyinkan Braithwaite: After food and shelter, the next essential thing a child should receive is access to books
The Nigerian-British novelist and writer on growing up between Lagos and London, the loss of community in the UK, and why societies only change when children are taught to imagine lives beyond their own.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Nina Sosanya: Jurassic Park shows what happens when you mess with nature - it bites your head off!
The actor on the shock of how quickly the natural world has thinned out and why we rarely register the change.
Adam Buxton: Sometimes I think, f**k it! And then I think, “Oh no, I’ve let George Monbiot down”
The podcaster on the tightrope of talking about climate as a non-expert.
Benjamin Zephaniah: Most great revolutions start from the bottom and come up
The poet on why we should all aspire to "do the least harm and the most good".
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.
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
Kevin McCloud: Consumption doesn’t make you happy
The Grand Designs presenter on resisting commercialism and why sustainability and authenticity go hand in hand.
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.
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.
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 cheap chicken, political cowardice, and why eating less meat matters more than most people want to admit.
Charlotte Church: Singing is humanity’s most powerful tool for healing and connection
The singer and activist on magic mushrooms, trauma, and building a retreat to help others reconnect with nature and themselves.
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
The BAFTA-winning presenter on climate truths for kids, the problem with animation, and why poo paper gets young minds buzzing.
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