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Building a politics of the common good

Lisa Nandy and Maurice Glasman look afresh at Blue Labour thinking – a prescription for broken politics rooted in people, place and community.
18 Oct 2022
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After the summer of discontent: where next and what’s needed now?

Morgan Wild, Citizens Advice, Katherine Chapman, Living Wage Foundation and Kate Bell, TUC, reflect on the worsening pressures on the cost of living and what Britain’s ‘summer of discontent’ can teach us about the power of collective action.
20 Oct 2022
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The story behind extraordinary success

From resilience, confidence and grit to the odds stacked firmly in your favour, what does it take to achieve extraordinary success today? Bruce Daisley explores the complex story behind success and sets out how we can all unlock our inner strength.
29 Sep 2022
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Social justice and health equity

Landmark inequality review author Sir Michael Marmot calls for evidence-based action to tackle the health gap across the whole of society and at each life stage.
13 Sep 2022
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Is social prescribing the future for healthcare?

Lord Andrew Mawson and Sir Sam Everington, recipients of the 2022 RSA Albert Medal, will talk about creating new contexts for health through social prescribing, the innovative approach now widely used in the NHS.
20 Sep 2022
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If science is to save us

Astronomer Royal Martin Rees argues that if we are to solve the multiple crises we now face, we need long-term, rational, global thinking, guided by values science alone cannot provide.
29 Sep 2022
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Where next for the UK’s local and regional economies?

Combined authority mayors Andy Burnham and Andy Street visit the RSA to discuss how extended local powers and long-term funding will unlock the potential in people and places and improve outcomes for all communities.
05 Jul 2022
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Three centuries of the RSA

What can the RSA’s history tell us about what it takes to make change happen? Join us to celebrate ‘Arts and Minds’, the acclaimed new official history of the RSA, with author, Anton Howes.
12 Jul 2022
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