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Why social connectivity matters

16 Feb 2024 Andy Haldane
Social connectivity was a theme of the 695th Lord Mayor’s Lecture Series. In it, our CEO, Andy Haldane, explored the role of social capital and connectivity in nurturing health, wealth and happiness, among other things.
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The slow death of classical music education

29 Jan 2024 Ray Coyte
Classical music is becoming a niche activity not helped by the fact that fewer and fewer state school pupils are learning to play orchestral instruments. It’s time to reassess our priorities, argues Ray Coyte.
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Is art the highest form of hope?

9 Jan 2024 Linda Bryant
Art can have a transformative effect on mental health and wellbeing by providing hope both for the creator of the art and the person experiencing it. Linda Bryant discusses this healing effect and calls for an evolution of art in hospitals.
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Anoushka Sinha: Featured Fellow Q&A

13 Dec 2023 Gamini Sethi
Anoushka Sinha is the visionary founder of the Anupam Foundation, a youth-led organisation addressing gender equity, accessible education, and climate change. Read our Featured Fellow Q&A with Anoushka here.
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What’s trust got to do with it?

10 Dec 2023 Nathan Kinch
Internal initiatives to improve organisational trust and reputation are often unsuccessful. Leaders need to step back and question their organisation’s purpose, values and principles, and redesign decision-making to explicitly act in the public interest.
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Leading for a brighter urban future

29 Nov 2023 Joan Munro
UK Urban Futures Commission Leadership Researcher Joan Munro discusses how long-term government support could help council leaders and their partners move further and faster.
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A manifesto for the long term

23 Nov 2023 Phillip Ward
The crises facing the world through climate change, biodiversity loss and inequality are crying out for long-term decisions, but we seldom get them. Phillip Ward offers his Manifesto for Change.
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Sophie Hague: me and my education

17 Nov 2023 Sophie Hague
Sophie Hague, a 2022 Student Design Award winner, explains how design helped to identify the learning techniques that worked for her.
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Zita Holbourne: Featured Fellow Q&A

15 Nov 2023 Gamini Sethi
Zita Holbourne discusses her inspiring work, the fight to achieve equality and representation, success and what it looks like for her, and her advice to aspiring activists.