Stephen Fry and Friends on the Life, Loves and Hates of Christopher Hitchens
In this historic event, Stephen Fry and other friends of Christopher Hitchens came together to celebrate the life and work of this great writer, iconoclast and debater. Fry was joined on stage by Rich...
15 Joulu 201747min
Words that Changed The World, with Jeremy Irons and Carey Mulligan
To celebrate some of the most influential and impactful speeches ever made, we invited Barack Obama’s director of speechwriting, Cody Keenan and Tony Blair’s former speechwriter, Philip Collins, to di...
8 Joulu 20171h 40min
Brave New World vs Ninety Eighty-Four
Dystopian books and films are in the zeitgeist. Reflecting the often dark mood of our times, Intelligence Squared are staging a contest between two of the greatest dystopian novels, Brave New World an...
1 Joulu 20171h 34min
Michael Lewis On How Behavioural Economics Changed The World
Michael Lewis is one of the most successful non-fiction authors alive. He has been acclaimed as a genius by Malcolm Gladwell and as the best current writer in America by Tom Wolfe. In a series of titl...
24 Marras 20171h 6min
Jaron Lanier on the Future of Our Digital Lives
Jaron Lanier is one of the foremost digital visionaries of our times. One of Silicon Valley’s key early innovators, this dreadlocked digital prophet has been dubbed the ‘father of virtual reality’ and...
17 Marras 20171h
Neville Chamberlain did the right thing: Appeasement of Hitler was the best policy for the British government in the 1930s
If ever a politician got a bum rap it’s Neville Chamberlain. He has gone down in history as the British prime minster whose policy of appeasement in the 1930s allowed the Nazis to flourish unopposed. ...
10 Marras 20171h 3min
Me, My Selfie and I: Self-Expression in the Digital Age
We are living in the age of selfie mania. Everyone from the Pope to Obama has appeared in one. In the past, only a handful of people were able to propagate their own images, whether it was artists lik...
3 Marras 20171h 1min
Warfare: The New Rules - The Cyber Threat to States, Businesses and All of Us
We are at war: cyberwar. Cyber attacks are becoming the weapon of choice for states, terrorists and criminal organisations. Through the fragile, interconnected structure of the web, anything can be ha...
26 Loka 20171h 3min
