Voters are looking for entertainers, but where do we draw the line?
Psychedelic philosophy
Professor Justin Smith-Ruiu on how magic mushrooms gave him a deeper understanding of ideas he’d studied for decades
Q&A: How to resist the far-right in Britain
Nick Lowles of Hope Not Hate says we need our political leaders to defend Britain’s multicultural society
You think you know me?
Comedian Olga Koch talks class, culture and how to deal with parasocial relationships
Q&A: How porn influences pop culture
A Q&A with Sophie Gilbert on porn and pop culture
‘Most nations are starting to talk about space as a domain of warfare’
Security expert Mark Hilborne talks to us about space warfare – and how it could be the deciding factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict
“Replace the House of Lords with a new House of the People”
Danny Sriskandarajah, author of “Power to the People”, talks to us about how to revive Britain’s democracy
“We need an expansion of free speech”: Q&A with Tomiwa Owolade
We talk to the author of “This Is Not America” about race, freedom of expression, and what is at risk when Britain blindly emulates the US
Thinzar Shunlei Yi on Myanmar’s future
In February 2021, a coup by Myanmar’s military triggered nationwide protests. Conflict followed, with hundreds of civilian armed groups forming. Many fought the military alongside ethnic armies, while a National Unity Government was formed in exile by members of the deposed civilian government and ethnic minority leaders. Thinzar Shunlei Yi, a Burmese pro-democracy activist and […]
Q&A: Richard Dawkins on our immortal genes
We talk to the renowned evolutionary biologist about “The Genetic Book of the Dead” and how we can read the history of life on Earth through modern genes