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Green Thinking: History of climate summits
Emissions, reputation and shame: what does the history of climate conferences tell us about what to expect at COP26? Professor Paul Harris and Profes…
4 years, 2 months ago
Rationality & Tradition
Do we value the right ideas? Two concepts come in for close scrutiny in this edition of Free Thinking: Rationality and Tradition. So, what are they, …
4 years, 2 months ago
Green Thinking: Landscapes
How have we shaped the landscapes around us, and how have landscapes shaped us? From flooding in Cumbria to community groups in Staffordshire, how ca…
4 years, 2 months ago
New Thinking: Black British Theatre. An Afro-Cuban star
Who complained about Olivier's Othello? Stephen Bourne has been mining the archives to find out who raised questions about Laurence Olivier's blacked…
4 years, 2 months ago
Green Thinking: how we see nature
Should we consider nature economically, socially, spiritually or culturally? What is the financial worth of bees? And do whales value each other? Dr …
4 years, 3 months ago
Sugar
Could the modern world be built on the back of our craving for an addictive substance? Matthew Sweet marshals historians Mimi Goodall and Dexnell Pet…
4 years, 3 months ago
Colour
A novel about Matisse, hand glazed ceramic panels, red ochre to Yves Klein blue, the story of female pioneers of colour theory: Laurence Scott is joi…
4 years, 3 months ago
Frieze: Museums in the 21st century
The National Gallery in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut were among t…
4 years, 3 months ago
Green Thinking: Health
Climate change presents new challenges to human health. As temperatures rise, tropical and sub-tropical diseases are already becoming more widespread…
4 years, 3 months ago
Choice
The theme of this year's National Poetry Day is choice. Shahidha Bari is joined by Marvin Thompson, winner of this year's Poetry Society National Poe…
4 years, 3 months ago