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Living better for longer

21 Mar 2024 Peter Gore
There is an inevitability that we will be able to do less as we get older, but everyone can influence when this happens. Peter Gore argues that we must reject age stereotypes and promote ‘healthy ageing’.
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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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Nine famous female Fellows inspiring inclusion

8 Mar 2024 Dean Samways
International Women’s Day 2024 invites us to imagine a world where all genders enjoy equality. Where prejudice and discrimination no longer exist. This is the world our work is helping deliver to this and future generations.
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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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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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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
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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
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Wild ideas

5 Dec 2023 Lee Baker
When studies showed even images of nature could have a positive effect on wellbeing, Graphic Rewilding, a public art venture on a grand scale, was born.
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Easy as Fy

18 Sep 2023 Dr Debbie Yaver
One company’s quest is to create a system to feed the world in a way that is nourishing for human health and nurturing for the planet’s health.