Journal features

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Metrics reimagined

25 Jun 2024 Vlad Afanasiev

A new approach to metrics is bridging the gap between scientific measurement and human experience, strengthening civic participation, and laying out a path to thrive through adversity.

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The Welsh way

25 Jun 2024 Jane Davidson

Almost a decade on from its passage, the Well-being of Future Generations Act is a testament to the power of courage in good governance.

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Soul conversations

26 Mar 2024 Judah Armani

A designer’s unorthodox approach is transforming the way education is delivered in prisons across the UK and in the US.

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Young at heart

25 Mar 2024

Becoming a nation with children at its centre in 10 courageous steps.

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King Cole’s blue-sky thinking

21 Mar 2024 Mike Thatcher

Sir Henry Cole’s list of achievements is long and varied — from the first director of the V&A to helping to establish the Great Exhibition. So it is only right that ‘King Cole’ is commemorated by a blue plaque where he lived and worked in London’s South Kensington.

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Power to the people

20 Mar 2024 Leah Clarkson

Fellow AY Young’s music has already delivered energy access to dozens of villages around the world — and he’s just getting started

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50 Famous Fellows

15 Mar 2024 Dan Matthews

RSA Fellows include globally renowned and historically significant individuals across all industries. Here, we cast a spotlight on just 50 of them, ranging from lions of the Enlightenment to contemporary campaigners for justice.

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Take courage

8 Mar 2024 Lucy Kerbel

The arts sector is in crisis. Can a renewed commitment to creativity deliver a bolder future?

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Taking flight

10 Dec 2023 Jonathan Sapsed

A new research hub explores how building corridors of creative industries could accelerate growth across a pan-northern ‘supercluster’.

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Our brains on art

8 Dec 2023 Susan Magsamen

The growing field of neuroarts explores the profound ways in which aesthetic experiences affect our bodies and behaviours