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Back to SearchDebate: Save Our Private Schools – VAT Should Not Be Charged On Private School Fees, Part Two
Season 1 Episode 2048
This is the second instalment of our live debate with an expert panel deciding whether the UK's private schools should continue to enjoy their tax advantages. The UK has an education system that perp…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Debate: Save Our Private Schools – VAT Should Not Be Charged On Private School Fees, Part One
Season 1 Episode 2047
In this live debate, our expert panel decides whether the UK's private schools should continue to enjoy their tax advantages. The UK has an education system that perpetuates inequality. Seven per cen…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Fluke: How Chance and Chaos Shapes Our Existence, with Brian Klaas
Season 1 Episode 2046
In a world of chaos and disaster where many of us already feel powerless, it can be humbling to consider the idea of chance and fate having a big hand in all of our destinies, all of the time. But is…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Tim Marshall: How Geography Explains Our World, Part Two
Season 1 Episode 2045
This is the second instalment of our two-part discussion. Tim Marshall is one of the world’s most successful authors on foreign affairs. He’s the writer who put the ‘geo’ into geopolitics with his mu…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Tim Marshall: How Geography Explains Our World, Part One
Season 1 Episode 2044
Tim Marshall is one of the world’s most successful authors on foreign affairs. He’s the writer who put the ‘geo’ into geopolitics with his multi-million selling books Prisoners of Geography and The P…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Sotheby's Talks: Impressionism and its Legacy
Season 1 Episode 2043
In this episode, Helen Newman, Chairman of Sotheby’s Europe is joined by Paul Signac’s great granddaughter Charlotte Hellman, artist Erik Madigan Heck, and the National Gallery’s Christopher Riopelle…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Archive: The Joy of Science, with Jim Al-Khalili
Season 1 Episode 2042
In this archive listen from 2022, Professor Jim Al-Khalili is the physicist who makes science look easy. He’s the author of several books including The Joy of Science, which offers eight core scienti…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Stuck in the Middle? Sociologist Corey Keyes on the Condition of Languishing
Season 1 Episode 2041
Corey Keyes is a sociologist and a professor at Emory University in Georgia who studies positive wellbeing: how humans thrive and flourish. He coined the term “languishing” to describe the opposite o…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Head of TED Chris Anderson and Jon Ronson on Translating Optimism Into Action, Part Two
Season 1 Episode 2040
In Part Two of our double episode discussion, we're once again joined by head of TED, Chris Anderson. He has had a ringside view of the world’s most influential thinkers in action – TED’s annual conf…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Head of TED Chris Anderson and Jon Ronson on Translating Optimism Into Action, Part One
Season 1 Episode 2039
As head of TED, Chris Anderson has had a ringside view of the world’s most influential thinkers in action. TED’s annual conference in Vancouver sees thousands of delegates flock from across the world…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago