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Journeys through food, faith and culture

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.
10 Nov 2022
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How we let Grenfell happen

Journalist Peter Apps explores the devastating tragedy of Grenfell Tower five years on. What caused the disaster and what kind of housing policy reform is most needed now to ensure it never happens again?
17 Nov 2022
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How to save democracy in a divided world

Best-selling author and journalist Anand Giridharadas introduces the persuaders of US politics, working at the frontline of the fight to change minds, bridge divisions and save democracy.
24 Nov 2022
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How our social connections impact our economic mobility

Harvard economist Professor Raj Chetty and Lucy Makinson, Behavioural Insights Team discuss how connectivity, social cohesion and civic engagement can play a role in shaping income equality and economic opportunity.
23 Nov 2022
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2022 RDI Address

Jo da Silva DBE RDI, global director of Sustainable Development at Arup will give this year’s RDI Address on building resilience in cities and communities to reduce vulnerability and improve social wellbeing.
17 Nov 2022
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2022 Bicentenary Medal Event

2022 Bicentenary Medallist Janine Benyus calls on innovators everywhere to learn from nature to design products, processes and policies that support and create conditions conducive to life.
29 Nov 2022
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Slouching towards utopia

One of the world’s most celebrated economists, Brad DeLong, explains just how and why the long twentieth century’s explosion of technology and prosperity has failed to deliver us a real utopia.
13 Oct 2022
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Edible economics

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.
27 Oct 2022
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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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