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Ruchir Sharma: The Search for Economic Growth

Ruchir Sharma describes his search for the next global economy which can deliver growth.

• 15 mins

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Margaret Heffernan: Whistleblowers

Entrepreneur Margaret Heffernan argues for the value of whistle-blowers to businesses.

• 15 mins

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Colin Murray Parkes: Insecurity and Extremism

Colin Murray Parkes illuminates the importance of secure attachments for human happiness.

• 15 mins

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Mark Vernon: Narcissism

Writer Mark Vernon says narcissism should be rehabilitated as a positive form of self-love

• 15 mins

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Rabina Khan: Redefining Multiculturalism

Rabina Khan calls for a new definition of multiculturalism which avoids simplistic labels.

• 15 mins

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Ben Dyson: Understanding How Money Works

Ben Dyson argues for the need to understand how money works before fixing the bank system.

• 15 mins

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Anna Minton: Fuelling Fear with High Security

Anna Minton argues that higher security creates a sense of fear rather than safety.

• 15 mins

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James Friel: In Praise of the Single Life

James Friel defends the values and virtues of the single life.

• 15 mins

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Ismail Einashe: The Challenge for British Somalis

Ismail Einashe reflects on the causes of violent gang culture among young Somali men.

• 15 mins

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Maria Popova: The Architecture of Knowledge

Maria Popova asks how we can find more information we don't know we want to know.

• 15 mins

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Sara Ziff: The Problem with Fashion

Model and activist Sara Ziff discusses the problems with fashion and modelling.

• 15 mins

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Amber Dermont: The Benefits of an Unhappy Childhood

Amber Dermont explains the benefits of an unhappy childhood.

• 15 mins

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Nancy Lublin: 21st-Century Social Activism

Nancy Lublin argues that the web has transformed social activism for the better.

• 15 mins

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Georgie Fienberg: Saying No to Pity

Georgie Fienberg argues that charities doing development work should want to close.

• 15 mins

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Tom Armitage: The Coded World

Tom Armitage says learning to write computer code means learning to think in a modern way.

• 15 mins

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Sally Kettle: Does hope help?

Adventurer Sally Kettle argues that hope is not helpful.

• 15 mins

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Anwar Akhtar: The Meaning of Pakistan

Anwar Akhtar says British Pakistanis can help Pakistan face its future as an Asian nation.

• 15 mins

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Ranjini Obeyesekere: Lost in Translation?

William Dalrymple introduces Ranjini Obeyesekere in Four Thought in Jaipur.

• 15 mins

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Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy: Forget Impartiality

William Dalrymple introduces Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy in Four Thought in Jaipur.

• 15 mins

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Emma Woolf: Explaining Anorexia

Emma Woolf explores the prospects for a proper explanation of anorexia.

• 15 mins

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Mat Paskins: The future in history

Mat Paskins tells a story of black sand conjuring emotions, which bring history to life.

• 15 mins

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Daniela Papi: The Problem with Volunteering

Daniela Papi explores the dark side of volunteering overseas.

• 15 mins

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Stewart Henderson: Poetry in Politics

Stewart Henderson makes the case for putting poetry back in political rhetoric.

• 15 mins

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Emma Byrne: Why We Swear

Science writer Emma Byrne explores the benefits of swearing.

• 15 mins

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Henry Stewart: Choose Your Boss

Henry Stewart argues that we should choose our own bosses.

• 15 mins

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Anna Woodhouse: Windows to the Soul

Anna Woodhouse explores what looking through glass and glasses means for us.

• 15 mins

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Steven Poole: Think for Yourself

Steven Poole argues that we should resist the idea that humans are irrational.

• 15 mins

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Dick Moore

Dick Moore calls for urgent action to tackle the problems of adolescent mental health.

• 15 mins

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Judith Shapiro

Economist Judith Shapiro believes the next steps towards women's equality will be harder.

• 15 mins

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Jamie Tehrani

Social anthropologist Jamie Tehrani dissects our obsession with celebrity culture.

• 15 mins