Stop Poking the Bear: The West Needs to Engage with Putin Not Castigate Him
You don’t have to like Vladimir Putin, or doubt that he’s a nasty piece of work, to recognise that the Russian president’s reaction to the crisis in Ukraine is largely justified. The promise that Russ...
5 Jun 201448min
How to Think Like a Freak: Learn How to Make Smarter Decisions with the authors of "Freakonomics"
The books Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics have been worldwide sensations, selling tens of millions of copies. They have come to stand for challenging conventional wisdom using data rather than emot...
29 Mai 20141h 31min
Look West Not East: South America Will be the 21st Century's Superpower
Conventional wisdom tells us that a new star will rise in the East, and all eyes have been looking towards China or India as the 21st century’s new superpower. But remarkable as their recent economic ...
21 Mai 20141h 41min
The Allied Bombing of German Cities in World War Two Was Unjustifiable
No one doubts the bravery of the thousands of men who flew and died in Bomber Command. The death rate was an appalling 44%. And yet until the opening of a monument in Green Park this year they have re...
12 Mai 20141h 29min
Calm Down Dears: State Snooping Is A Price Worth Paying For Our Security
So now we know: our spooks and their spooks are hoovering up and exchanging massive amounts of data on our private lives: not just whom we phone and email but the actual content of our communications;...
7 Mai 20141h 35min
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...
1 Mai 20141h 31min
The Making Of The Modern Middle East: Lawrence of Arabia and King Faisal I
How much blame for the current troubles in the Middle East lies with the decisions made by the West in 1919 – when the Ottoman Empire was carved up arbitrarily into the modern states we know today? Is...
24 Apr 20141h 30min
Britain Should Not Have Fought In The First World War
As we approach the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, books, television documentaries and articles on the subject abound. So do different opinions, especially as to whether Britain’s en...
17 Apr 20141h 42min
