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How colour changed our way of seeing

08 Dec 2022
Internationally renowned designer Riccardo Falcinelli reveals the surprising history of how colour came to define the way we see the world around us.
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100 years of British broadcasting

15 Dec 2022
Broadcast historian David Hendy looks back on 100 years of the BBC and reflects on how BBC broadcasting came to be such a central part of the British Christmas experience.
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Journeys through food, faith and culture

10 Nov 2022
Writer and restaurant critic Jimi Famurewa looks through the lens of food, faith, and culture to explore what it means to be Black, African, and British today.
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Edible economics

27 Oct 2022
Celebrated economist Ha-Joon Chang argues that our economic diet is as unhealthy and bland as eighties cuisine, and needs an injection of new thinking and diverse flavour to better nourish society.
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Three centuries of the RSA

12 Jul 2022
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.
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Can we be free in the age of the internet?

23 Jun 2022
How can we protect our right to think freely against the vast influence of the internet? Human rights lawyer Susie Alegre explores the long history and current state of the struggle to set our minds free.
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How we rebuild in the wake of disaster

28 Apr 2022
How do we heal when the worst happens? Disaster response expert Lucy Easthope joins former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams to share stories of human resilience and compassion in the face of catastrophe.
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Artificial intelligence: the creative edge

19 May 2023 Alex Soulsby
How should schools respond to AI? Alex Soulsby calls for a greater focus on the arts to help students develop their creativity, critical thinking, adaptability and emotional intelligence.
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Last word: brand

26 Sep 2022 Sairah Ashman
What lies beneath the surface in a world awash with logos?
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The generations game

13 Jun 2022 Bobby Duffy
The stereotypes that limit us when we think about age groups.