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The shape of 2026

29 Jan 2026 Great Room, RSA House
Discover how education, culture and public attitudes are shaping Britain in 2026. Join experts at RSA House for insights on identity, AI learning and civic debate.
Public talks

Disinformation and democracy

26 Feb 2026 RSA House and online via YouTube
Join Eliot Higgins, Carole Cadwalladr and Media Revolution at RSA House for a timely discussion on disinformation, deepfakes, AI propaganda, and the future of democracy.
Public talks

The Observer on AI

05 Feb 2026 RSA House and online via YouTube
Join The Observer’s data scientists and editor-in-chief James Harding for insights from the Global AI Index, exploring rankings, trends, and the global AI race.
Public talks

The future of the BBC

03 Feb 2026 RSA House and online via YouTube
Explore the future of the BBC in a defining public debate at RSA House. Join leading voices to discuss trust, impartiality and public service media in the digital age.
Feature

Digital inclusion: baked in, not bolted on

23 Sep 2025 Helen Milner OBE, FRSA
The evidence is clear – closing the digital divide can boost Britain’s economy and improve lives, but it requires sustained investment and cross-government collaboration.
Online

Lockdown laws and the threats to our freedoms

01 Dec 2022
Human rights barrister Adam Wagner reflects on lockdown laws, hastily made under a state of emergency, and the recent Public Order Bill, to explore how these laws threaten our freedoms.
Online

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.
Online

From consumer to citizen – changing the narrative

17 Mar 2022
Jon Alexander, author of Citizens, considers how to shape a citizen-led society and outlines how this shift could transform our communities, organisations, and nations for the better.
Comment

The power of piggybacking

27 Apr 2023 Zografia Bika, Adrian Gaskell
To enrich our world we need big government spending, but we also need to use what we already have. Zografia Bika and Adrian Gaskell explain how an army of Italian grandmothers showed the way.