The social distance between us
The pandemic exposed and intensified the deep-rooted problems gripping the nation – from poverty to precarity to underfunded public services. But social distance has been at the heart of our biggest c...
30 Jun 202245min
Can we be free in the age of the internet?
We unthinkingly grant internet companies access to our homes, relationships, and most private thoughts. This information is used to mould our realities, influencing our everyday choices and actions – ...
23 Jun 202251min
Fighting and fixing systemic gender injustice
From policing and politics to education and the media, systemic gender prejudice is embedded in the pillars of our society. Potential solutions often require change from the women experiencing the pro...
16 Jun 202243min
Dismantling racism in British education
Minority ethnic teachers are still under-represented in all lanes of education, routes into education lack focused training on structural racism and unconscious bias, and exclusion rates for mixed whi...
9 Jun 202236min
Venture capital and the future of innovation
Sebastian Mallaby is one of the world’s most admired and respected financial storytellers. In his new book The Power Law he draws on unprecedented access to insiders and legendary figures of the ventu...
2 Jun 202258min
Feeding the world, saving the planet
Farming is the single greatest cause of environmental destruction: we have plundered our land and pillaged our rivers and oceans to feed ourselves, yet millions still go hungry and our food system is ...
26 Mai 202250min
Tenants – living through a housing crisis
Across Britain, people of all generations are being priced out of homeownership, shut out of social housing options, and required to find a home in the private rental sector. Recent decades have seen ...
20 Mai 202245min
The young disruptors of Sub-Saharan Africa
Youth populations across Sub-Saharan African countries are growing at rapid rates compared to other countries globally. With more than 42% of the population under 14 years old, Nigeria is one of the y...
12 Mai 202228min
