Doing It Like The Dutch – Tips for parents from Holland’s world-class sex ed
Why are Dutch teenagers the happiest in the world? How do Dutch parents talk to their children about sex and relationships? And what happened when YouTuber Mimi Missfit took a team of British teenagers to Holland on a sex-ed fact-finding mission? Learn from the excellent sex education in Holland – plus the open attitudes and approach […]
By Any Means Necessary? Diversity of tactics in the fight for life on earth.
We are living in the midst of the sixth great extinction – every new day another forest is cleared, another lake or river poisoned, another native language lost, and another species extinct forever. With the clock ticking down, can the modern environmental movement continue to appeal to governments and corporations to change their ways? Can […]
How Women Rise: a Masterclass in Business Leadership
In this masterclass for the next generation of women leaders, bestselling consultant Sally Helgesen will teach you how to break the habits holding you back to achieve lasting professional success. Do you hesitate about putting forward ideas? Are you reluctant to claim credit for your achievements? Do you find it difficult to get the support […]
Food of the Future: how to end hunger, fight climate change, limit obesity and eat deliciously
To combat the climate crisis, Western diets have to change. Does this mean sacrifice – or ingenious, delicious and healthy new ways of feeding the world? We’re bringing together the scientists and innovators saving our planet by inventing the food of the future. The science is unequivocal. Globalised food production and the meat and dairy […]
How to Reach Your Goals and Create the Life You Want
What does it take to realise your full potential? What if you’ve mastered meditation, filled a bullet journal, visualized your success, attended every “how to transform your life” lecture, and the results still aren’t there? Hal Elrod has the answer. His book The Miracle Morning persuaded millions to get up early and create morning routines […]
Better Answers to the Biggest Challenges of Our Time | with Esther Duflo
Immigration and inequality, slowing growth and climate change – these are sources of anxiety across the world. Award-winning MIT Professor Esther Duflo has bold new answers. From Delhi to Dakar, Paris to DC, our shared economic problems are the defining challenges of our age. We have the resources to address these great challenges, but lack […]
Dirty Dancing and Me: Katy Brand in Conversation with Hannah MacInnes
Award-winning comic Katy Brand pays homage to her obsession – a monster hit and work of genius with much to say about sex, love, romance, rights and responsibilities: Dirty Dancing. Katy Brand is one of our most celebrated talents – a comedian, actor, novelist and playwright whose journey from fringe sketch comic to national sensation […]
How to Win the Culture Wars in an Age of Austerity
The 2010s have been a double-edged decade. Socioeconomic factors have led to the widespread and increased disenfranchisement of poorer people from the mainstream media and the institutions shaping it. This has coincided with a growing number of people from low income backgrounds also receiving better educations than ever before and having the means at their […]
Death Machines: The Ethics of Violent Technologies
As innovations in military technologies race toward ever-greater levels of automation and autonomy, debates over the ethics of violent technologies tread water. In her talk Dr Elke Schwarz reframes these debates, arguing that the way we conceive of the ethics of contemporary warfare is itself imbued with a set of bio-technological rationalities that work as […]