A Big Blanket for Crisis
Gina Pierce, from London Metropolitan University, is leading a community art project which aims to raise awareness of the rising levels of homelessness in London. Volunteers have created 50 blankets that will be given to Crisis to be used in their centers that are open for Christmas week, providing meals, advice, healthcare and company to […]
how to: Vietnam 1945-1975 with Sir Max Hastings
‘For years now there had been no country here but war’, wrote Michael Herr at the beginning of Dispatches, his classic account of Vietnam. Not a war without end but – more corrosive and maddening – a war without beginning. There are no precise origins for the Indochina tragedy. Some look back to the Japanese occupation […]
Is rising ethnic diversity a threat to the West?
At this event, produced by Eric Kaufmann and Matthew Goodwin and co-sponsored by the Academy of Ideas and UnHerd, a panel of prominent academics and writers will explore these questions and engage directly. David Aaronovitch columnist, The Times; author; presenter, The Briefing Room Claire Fox director, Academy of Ideas; author, I STILL Find That Offensive Matthew Goodwin professor […]
Thinking on Sunday: Secrets and Lies – The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories (practice)
Millions of people disbelieve official explanations for significant political and social events in favour of alternative accounts that are often called ‘conspiracy theories’. For example, well known conspiracy theories suppose that the 9/11 attacks were an inside job, that climate change is a hoax, and that Princess Diana was murdered by the British government. Conspiracy […]
Depression in a Digital Age – The Highs and Lows of Perfectionism
Fiona traces her life dealing with anxiety and the subsequent depression, and how a digital life helped her find her community, find her voice, find herself. Fiona Thomas grew up without an iPhone, used actual landlines to make calls, and didn’t have Facebook during her adolescent years. But though her childhood took place in an […]