Stop Brexit
It’s time we came to to our senses. Brexit is a disaster and must be stopped. Leave campaigners promised our exit from the European Union would herald a glorious new era – the sunlit uplands of ‘globa...
30 Mar 20181h 3min
If You Believe You Are a Citizen of the World, You Are A Citizen of Nowhere
When Theresa May uttered these words at the Tory party conference in 2016, there was uproar. May was targeting the liberal establishment, who flit business class from Mayfair to Monaco, from Davos to ...
23 Mar 20181h 4min
Disruption Ahead: Will Future Transport Systems Benefit Society Or Drive It Apart?
A transport revolution in our cities is under way. Ride-sharing schemes, driverless cars and electric vehicles look set to bring us all kinds of benefits, such as lower pollution, faster flowing traff...
16 Mar 201857min
The Power of Poetry, with William Sieghart, Jeanette Winterson and Helena Bonham Carter
Poetry is the perfect medication against some of life’s challenges, so William Sieghart has found. In this accessible and warming exchange, from tea towel poems to T.S. Eliot, Sieghart brings to life ...
9 Mar 20181h 26min
Western Parents Don't Know How to Bring Up Their Children
Why are there so many Chinese maths and music prodigies? Because Chinese mothers believe schoolwork and music practice come first, that an A-minus is a bad grade, that sleepovers, TV and computer game...
2 Mar 20181h 2min
The Left has right on its side
Letís be honest. Itís the political Left that has societyís best interests at heart, that works for the good of all. It has always been the Left that has struggled to protect the weak from the strong,...
23 Feb 20181h 3min
James Rhodes And Armando Iannucci on the Transformative Power of Music
Armando Iannucci and James Rhodes met on the Intelligence Squared stage to discuss the transcendent power of music, using the concert grand at Cadogan Hall to help tell their remarkable stories. The c...
16 Feb 20181h 3min
Ten Years On: The Financial Crisis and the State of Modern Capitalism
It’s been ten years since we saw suddenly unemployed Lehman Brothers bankers carrying their possessions out of their offices in boxes; since whole neighbourhoods in suburban America turned into empty ...
9 Feb 20181h 3min
