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August 5, 2026

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 got us into this mess — and can

CREATIVITY·POWER

June 30, 2026

Ben Okri: AI cannot read the spirit of the times. AI cannot catch lightning

The world-renowned writer and poet on why AI has as much chance of conquering the mystical, brilliant and irrepressible human spirit as we have of conquering the sun.

Soulwax: Four idiots making a huge noise in a room together – that’s not something AI can recreate

Stephen Dewaele of Soulwax and 2ManyDJs on why Tom Waits would never

CEO of Compassion In World Farming, Phillip Lymbery

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

Margaret Busby: It is astonishing what you can accomplish when you do not care who takes the credit

The UK’s first Black female book publisher on a British publishing industry that still doesn’t reflect the world it serves and the need to

May 16, 2026

EDUCATION·POWER

Emily Rawson: The music industry still judges women on appearance and age, a double standard that hurts careers

The DJ and founder of London’s longstanding and popular Hiphop & RnB throwback night Supa Dupa Fly on breaking into a male‑dominated world and

April 22, 2026

MORALITY·POWER

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

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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

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 musician and activist on accountability, cynicism and why Englishness can’t be left to the far right.

October 14, 2025

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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

Beth Steel: Deindustrialisation is the great unspoken story behind much of what we see today

The playwright on the political and economic upheavals that turned Labour strongholds into Brexit and Reform seats – and why she refuses to flatten

August 13, 2025

CREATIVITY·POWER

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

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