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EI Talks... Cricket
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn discuss the deep meaning of Cricket in light of the forthcoming Ashes series between England and Australia, and the recent…
2 years, 9 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Do we know the truth about the Thirty Years’ War? By Dick Harrison
Different perspectives and eye-witness accounts reveal historical fallacies and myths about the war. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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2 years, 9 months ago
EI Talks... the problem with Classical music
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn discuss the future of Classical music.
Image: String quartet playing in the Saint Nicholas Shopping centre, London. Credit:…
2 years, 9 months ago
EI Talks... strategy, resilience and defence
Paul Lay and Alastair Benn discuss the London Defence Conference and the return of strategic thinking to the Western alliance.
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2 years, 10 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Each Charter’d Street: Taking the long view on urban planning by Nicholas Boys Smith
For as long as there have been cities they have attracted admiration and fear. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: Eighteenth century map of London. Credit…
2 years, 10 months ago
EI Talks... AI
In the first episode of the Engelsberg Ideas editorial podcast, EI Talks..., Iain Martin, Paul Lay and Alastair Benn discuss Artificial Intelligence …
2 years, 10 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — The geopolitics and grand strategy of Alfred Thayer Mahan by John H. Maurer
Alfred Thayer Mahan's writings on naval warfare have overshadowed his contributions to geopolitics. His theories, however, are clearly playing out to…
2 years, 10 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — The cultural conversation of mankind by Christopher Coker
Isolationist thinking and exceptionalism is on the rise and our global culture is the poorer for it. Our civilisations thrive when in conversation wi…
2 years, 10 months ago
EI Weekly Listen — Epic news by Jessica Frazier
What are myths for? More than entertainment alone, these epic tales helped the Ancients follow current affairs. Read by Leighton Pugh.
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2 years, 10 months ago
Worldview — A Sacred Coronation for a Secular Nation
Adam Boulton is joined by Paul Lay, Senior Editor of Engelsberg Ideas, Agnès Poirier, journalist and author, and Royal biographer Hugo Vickers, to re…
2 years, 10 months ago