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How 1970s California created the modern world
What happened in California in the 1970s played an outsized role in creating the world we live in today – both in the United States and in large part…
1 year, 4 months ago
Guittone d’Arezzo, Dante’s forgotten muse
At a time of moral and political crisis, the medieval poet pioneered a daring and emotive vernacular style which inspired generations of Italian lite…
1 year, 4 months ago
The writer's right to speak freely
While we may think we have moved beyond the censorship of the past, writers' artistic freedoms are still constrained. Read by Helen Lloyd.
Engelsberg …
1 year, 5 months ago
Fredrik Logevall on the Vietnam War
EI's Angus Reilly discusses the history and legacy of the Vietnam War with Fredrik Logevall, author of Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the M…
1 year, 5 months ago
Kori Schake on the price of freedom
The arc of history only bends towards justice when people of goodwill grab hold of it and wrench it in the direction of justice. Read by Helen Lloyd.…
1 year, 5 months ago
Paul Lay on Thomas Gage, a man of unintended consequences
His intense faith led Thomas Gage to switch his religious allegiance during the tumultuous 17th century - he went on to have an enormous impact on Br…
1 year, 5 months ago
David Butterfield on Epicurus, Lucretius, and the myth of mythlessness
Myths frame and tailor the past in a way that can ground and stabilise a community, however large or small. By situating them within the fabric of hi…
1 year, 5 months ago
The problem with VAR
EI's Alastair Benn discusses how technology is transforming the world of sport with Daisy Christodoulou, education expert and author of I Can't Stop …
1 year, 5 months ago
Elisabeth Braw on the importance of understanding the West's adversaries
With deterrence and compellence becoming more crucial than they have been in over three decades, understanding what makes foreign leaders tick is of …
1 year, 6 months ago
Andrew Roberts on Brendan Bracken, ‘more Churchillian than Churchill’
Andrew Roberts profiles Brendan Bracken, Winston Churchill's faithful and most trusted political adviser. Read by Sebastian Brown.
Engelsberg Ideas i…
1 year, 6 months ago