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EI Talks... The Iliad
A new translation of the Iliad is an opportunity to reassess the first great work of European literature.
Image: Achilles and Memnon fighting in Greek…
2 years, 5 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Jonathan Fenby on the challenge for a totalitarian China
The need to buttress control is the bottom line for Xi.
Image: Portrait of Mao on the street. Credit: Chuck Nacke / Alamy Stock Photo
2 years, 5 months ago
EI Talks... Israel’s harrowing week and the consequences for the Middle East
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn are joined by Suzanne Raine, national security and counter-terrorism expert, and Michael Goldfarb, author and broadcaster,…
2 years, 5 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Kjell Nordström on the future of capitalism
The proletarianisation of knowledge promises a bumpy ride for both us and capitalism as we know it. Read by Leighton Pugh.
The New York Stock Exchange…
2 years, 5 months ago
EI Talks... Autumn
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn discuss the idea of Autumn, a season peculiarly rich in cultural resonances.
Image: Autumn on the Seine, Claude Monet (1840…
2 years, 5 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Maurizio Viroli on the city as a political order and urban space
A good political community can only live and flourish in cities that speak to the soul of the citizens and inspire the love of order. Read by Leighto…
2 years, 6 months ago
EI Talks... the problems and perils of nuclear strategy
Paul Lay is joined by Francis J. Gavin, Director of the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS, to discuss nuclear statec…
2 years, 6 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Gudrun Persson on rewriting Russian history
In modern Russia, the past is being rewritten to suit Vladimir Putin's script. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Image: People carry portraits of their relatives…
2 years, 6 months ago
EI Talks... Clausewitz
Paul Lay is joined by the historian Sir Hew Strachan to discuss On War, the military theorist Carl von Clausewitz's seminal text, and the indispensab…
2 years, 6 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Fraser Nelson on the Intellectual Dark Web
The intellectual dark web will, most likely, be a flicker in history, a reminder of when the West’s conversation was at its most shrill, and when fre…
2 years, 6 months ago