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EI Talks... the future of tourism
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn discuss the explosion of tourism in the modern era and what might come next.
Image: Travel poster encouraging tourists to v…
2 years, 8 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Wealth and poverty in Renaissance Florence by Antony Molho
This celebration of wealth, its frequent elevation to an almost religious level, and its justification not only in terms of its social utility but al…
2 years, 8 months ago
EI Talks... anger
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn calmly discuss the uses and misuses of anger.
Image: Thai mural in the temple of the Emerald Buddha, Bangkok. Credit: Saben…
2 years, 8 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — The public realm and the language of architecture by John Simpson
We must rescue our cities from a culture of ugliness. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Image: Sol House, Northampton. Credit: Paul Hanson / Alamy Stock Photo
2 years, 8 months ago
EI Talks... Sully, Richelieu, Mazarin
Paul Lay and Iskander Rehman discuss masters of early modern statecraft: the Duke of Sully, Cardinal Richelieu, and Cardinal Mazarin.
Image: Cardinal …
2 years, 8 months ago
Can warfare ever be considered modern? By Rob Johnson
Even with all its data and technology, contemporary conflict fits uneasily with our definitions of modernity. Read by Leighton Pugh
Image: Mosul's old…
2 years, 9 months ago
EI Talks... AI and the threat to the arts
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn are joined by Times columnist James Marriott to discuss whether Artificial Intelligence poses an existential threat to the…
2 years, 9 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — War and statehood by Philip Bobbitt
Warfare made the early modern state. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Image: Renaissance-era woodcut of King Louis IX of France and his army disembarking at Dam…
2 years, 9 months ago
EI Talks... Machiavelli
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn are joined by Alexander Lee, biographer of Niccolò Machiavelli, to discuss the Renaissance thinker's foundational contribu…
2 years, 9 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Clashing histories and present-day tensions in East Asia by Rana Mitter
As China ramps up its military spending, the government in Beijing plays up its role in the Second World War. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Image: Chinese po…
2 years, 9 months ago