A History of Nostalgia, with Agnes Arnold-Forster
Writer and historian Agnes Arnold-Forster's most recent book, Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion, blends fields such as neuroscience and psychology with social history to explore a feeling th...
2 Juni 202451min
Max Hastings on On the Secret Mission to Defeat Hitler, Part Two
This is the second instalment of a three-part conversation. Military historian, journalist, author and broadcaster Max Hastings comes to the Intelligence Squared stage to recount the remarkable story ...
30 Maj 202439min
Max Hastings on On the Secret Mission to Defeat Hitler, Part One
Military historian, journalist, author and broadcaster Max Hastings comes to the Intelligence Squared stage to recount the remarkable story of Operation Biting and what it tells us about the crucial r...
29 Maj 202436min
The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook China Special, with Keyu Jin
China’s economic power has been growing for decades. The capitalist reforms of Deng Xiaoping quickly transformed China into the world’s fastest-growing major economy, with growth rates averaging 10% a...
26 Maj 20241h 18min
Archive: Debate – The Left has right on its side
Following the recent announcement of a general election in the UK, we revisit our debate from 2018 in which key politicians debated the merits of Left vs Right politics. The political Left often purpo...
26 Maj 20241h 3min
Archive: Western Intervention and the Rise of Guerrilla Warfare, with David Kilcullen
In this archive discussion from 2020, David Kilcullen, former soldier, diplomat, and senior counterinsurgency adviser for the US during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, explains the nature of past Weste...
24 Maj 202454min
The Garden as a Personal Paradise, with Olivia Laing
The acclaimed writer and critic Olivia Laing is the author of seven books distilling challenging topics that should be difficult to wrap beautiful words around. Their latest book is The Garden Against...
22 Maj 202442min
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall & ZOE’s Dr Federica Amati on Eating 30 Plants A Week, Part Two
This is the second instalment of a two-part conversation. In recent years the benefits of eating a diet rich in plants have increasingly been at the forefront of our conversations about food. You may ...
19 Maj 202439min
