Company vs Country
Michael Robinson asks what lies behind the boom in companies suing governments.
30 Mars 201528min
Two-Nation Britain
Jeremy Cliffe of The Economist asks if our real political divide is between those who feel comfortable in liberal, diverse, urban Britain and those who do not - the cosmopolitans vs the rest. He argue...
23 Mars 201528min
Caring in the New Old Age
Is it time to rethink how we care for older people, to enable them to have fulfilling lives? In recent years the media has highlighted terrible cases of paid carers abusing and neglecting vulnerable, ...
16 Mars 201528min
The End of Development
Over recent decades, the richer world has poured money towards poorer countries, in the form of aid and loans for development over many decades. But is this top-down solution really effective? Anthrop...
9 Mars 201528min
When Robots Steal Our Jobs
Technology has been replacing manufacturing jobs for years. Is the same about to happen to white-collar work? Will new faster, smarter computers start destroying more jobs than they create?Technologis...
2 Mars 201528min
Artificial Intelligence
Should we beware the machines? Professor Stephen Hawking has warned the rise of Artificial Intelligence could mean the end of the human race. He's joined other renowned scientists urging computer prog...
23 Feb 201528min
Downward Social Mobility
Social mobility is a good thing - right? Politicians worry that not enough people from less-privileged backgrounds get the opportunity to move up in life. But are we prepared to accept that others los...
16 Feb 201528min
You Can't Say That
Does free speech include a right to cause offence? Many thinkers have insisted that it must - but debate has raged for millennia over where the limits to insult can be set. While some maintain Enlight...
9 Feb 201528min
