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Neuroscientist Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston - How and Why We Should Abolish Death
Can scientists now preserve human minds beyond death - and if so, should they? Australian neuroscientist and science communicator Ariel Zeleznikow-Jo…
1 year, 2 months ago
Vanity Fair’s Lili Anolik - Joan Didion v. Eve Babitz
‘Could you write what you write if you weren’t so tiny, Joan?’ -Eve Babitz, in a letter to Joan Didion, 1972
One was the New York name on literary lip…
1 year, 2 months ago
Lucy Hughes-Hallett - The Brief & Brilliant Life of the Duke of Buckingham
George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham: never had King James I's court seen a man of such exquisite beauty. Capturing the heart of the King, becoming hi…
1 year, 3 months ago
Andrew Roberts - 150 Years of Winston Churchill
Few historical figures in the British political landscape have been as monumental as Winston Churchill. By the time of his death at the age of 90 in …
1 year, 3 months ago
Dr Guy Leschziner - A Neuroscientist's Guide to the Seven Deadly Sins
The seven deadly sins are the vices of humankind that define immorality, the roots of all evil in the world. But do these sins really represent moral…
1 year, 3 months ago
Rory Stewart Meets Saad Mohseni - The Fight for a Free Press in Kabul
In the Kabul offices of Moby Group, Afghanistan's largest media company, hundreds of men and women continue to bring programmes and news to the count…
1 year, 3 months ago
Dr Mithu Storoni - How To Transform the Way You Work
We are expected to operate with industrial-era efficiency at work. But creativity and high-quality ideas can't be generated on the assembly line. So …
1 year, 3 months ago
Cambridge Professor David Spiegelhalter - How to Navigate Change, Ignorance, Risk and Luck
We live in a world where uncertainty is inevitable. How should we deal with what we don’t know? And what role do chance, luck and coincidence play in…
1 year, 3 months ago
Psychologist Alison Fragale - How Women Can Get the Success They Deserve
How do you balance kindness and competence in the workplace? How can you get the success you deserve, earn credit for your accomplishments, and navig…
1 year, 3 months ago
WATCHMEN author Alan Moore - Twenty Six Letters, Infinite Worlds
“With just 26 letters, you can create any conceivable universe.” - Alan Moore
With the rise of new technology, from artificial intelligence to virtual…
1 year, 3 months ago