Page-Turner: A History of the Notebook
Roland Allen is a publisher and author whose new book is a history of that everyday essential, the humble notebook. His book – The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper – explores how the notebook'...
18 Mar 202442min
Reimagining the Life of Mary, Queen of Scots, with Flora Carr
Debut novelist Flora Carr's new book, The Tower, looks at the life Scotland's 16th-century monarch Mary, Queen of Scots. In this tale of desire and friendship, Carr weaves in figures that have been lo...
17 Mar 202433min
The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook with Martin Wolf
2024 is set to be a seismic year. A win by Donald Trump in the US presidential election could upend the world economy, ongoing military conflicts could continue to escalate and the race to develop AI ...
15 Mar 20241h 18min
Can You Put a Price Tag on a Life? with Jenny Kleeman
It’s often said that you can’t put a price on a life but in the name of business many organisations do it everyday. Drawing from the themes of her latest book, The Price of Life, journalist and broadc...
13 Mar 202433min
The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler, with Peter Pomerantsev
Peter Pomerantsev is the journalist, author and academic who specialises in disinformation and the more covert mass communication techniques of our geopolitical age. His latest book is How to Win an I...
11 Mar 202438min
Debate: Save Our Private Schools – VAT Should Not Be Charged On Private School Fees, Part Two
This is the second instalment of our live debate with an expert panel deciding whether the UK's private schools should continue to enjoy their tax advantages. The UK has an education system that perpe...
10 Mar 202441min
Debate: Save Our Private Schools – VAT Should Not Be Charged On Private School Fees, Part One
In this live debate, our expert panel decides whether the UK's private schools should continue to enjoy their tax advantages. The UK has an education system that perpetuates inequality. Seven per cent...
8 Mar 202455min
Fluke: How Chance and Chaos Shapes Our Existence, with Brian Klaas
In a world of chaos and disaster where many of us already feel powerless, it can be humbling to consider the idea of chance and fate having a big hand in all of our destinies, all of the time. But is ...
6 Mar 202436min
