Ideas that move us forward

PLANET

MORALITY·PLANET

August 19, 2026

Julia Shaw: Why do clever people destroy the planet?

The best-selling criminal psychologist and science writer on why smart people are so good at talking themselves out of feeling guilty.

CEO of Compassion In World Farming, Phillip Lymbery

PLANET·POWER

June 11, 2026

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 solutions are simpler than anyone in power wants you to

Cressida Cowell: Dragon riding represents humanity’s attempt to control the wild

The How to Train Your Dragon author on why despair stops us

Bethany Handley: I soon found myself padlocked out of the countryside

The author, poet and disability activist on the barriers keeping millions out

Ny Oh: A quiet voice repeating the same thing over a long period of time is far more powerful than loud voices that run out of steam

The UK-born, New Zealand-raised, musician who toured with Harry Styles on why playing to three people in a forest is more meaningful than playing

March 11, 2026

CREATIVITY·MORALITY·PLANET

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

Hamsa Yassin: My dream is that kids could name five trees before they can name five Kardashians

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

November 20, 2025

EDUCATION·PLANET

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

Tom Morton-Smith: When you create something for children, you need to speak to something deeper than distraction

The playwright on bringing My Neighbour Totoro to the stage and what he thinks children, adults and theatre are missing if art loses its human

August 18, 2025

CREATIVITY·MORALITY·PLANET

Sumayya Vally: Gaza has never been allowed to grow like a normal city

The South African architect on segregation built into cities, Gaza’s stop-start existence, and the older building traditions that understood climate and materials better than

July 23, 2025

MORALITY·PLANET·POWER

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

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

Ed Vere: Being compassionate, kind, gentle, empathetic and creative isn’t a weakness, it’s part of being a fully rounded human being

The author-illustrator on teaching children to notice things, why boredom is underrated, and how the fences we build – on farms, in classrooms, around

May 6, 2025

CREATIVITY·EDUCATION·PLANET