Clint Dyer Q&A: “You know more than you think you do”
The actor and director on bell hooks and the enduring power of nature.
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Discover our latest interviews with notable personalities across various fields. Step into the minds of influential figures and gain unique perspectives.
The man who fixes broken councils
The council fixer Max Caller on England’s local government crisis.
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Jeannette Nelson: “I would love to help Keir Starmer free up a bit”
Jeannette Nelson on how to teach charisma.
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Zandra Rhodes: Q&A: “We need to fill our world with more colour”
The fashion designer on exploring India in the 1980s, needing more time, and the mysterious death of her hydrangeas.
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Sadiq Khan: “Politicians need to be braver on immigration”
The Mayor of London on how Labour must change after the riots.
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Nathalie A Cabrol: Q&A: “I was happiest diving into volcanoes’ summit lakes”
The astrobiologist on living in Ancient Egypt, heading back to the Andes, and the delusional mindset of humans.
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Slavoj Žižek’s war with the left
At 75, the “rock star” intellectual has alienated many. But is his politics a strange source of sanity?
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Oren Cass is building the “intellectual foundations” of the Trump-Vance ticket
The pro-worker policy wonk who wants to save the Republican Party from itself.
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Anne Applebaum Q&A: “Pessimism is irresponsible”
The journalist and author on Nancy Drew, French secret agents, and society's inability to regulate social media algorithms.
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Roman Krznaric Q&A: “We spend too much time looking up to individuals”
The philosopher on tennis history, disruptive social action, and questions of mortality while taking part in Parkrun.
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Susie Alegre Q&A: “I was advised to travel the world or join the circus”
The human rights lawyer on Eleanor Roosevelt, Northern Exposure and Manx history and folklore.
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Europe’s Iron Lady: Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas
The Baltic leader has become the EU’s strongest advocate for an uncompromising response to Russia.
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Cat Bohannon Q&A: “We can actually make the world a bit better”
The academic and author on Jaws, Artemisia Gentileschi, and the fertility culture wars.
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Jeremy Corbyn’s last stand
In Islington North, the veteran agitator is in battle against the party he once led.
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Sarah Sackman: “My Labour values and my Jewish identity were in tension”
The candidate for Finchley and Golders Green reflects on the Corbyn era and how the party has changed since.
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Shami Chakrabarti: “Surely Gogglebox is the best of all reality TV?”
The legislator and human rights campaigner on Nina Simone, culture wars and the wisdom of The Terminator.
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James Shapiro Q&A: “I’d like to live in 1600s London – just for a week”
The American academic on finding fulfilment in Shakespeare, structuralism and dry-stone walls.
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Cerys Matthews Q&A: “What’s bugging me? Superfluous adjectives”
The musician and broadcaster on Pippi Longstocking, the extraordinary life of Fridtjof Nansen and the poetry of Dylan Thomas.
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Joseph Stiglitz: the UK’s tax system is “inexcusable”
The American economist on how neoliberalism put us on “the road to 21st-century fascism”.
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Sarah Perry Q&A: “When was I happiest? When I left the church I was raised in”
The novelist on Rachmaninoff, the short stories of Tessa Hadley, and her lost legal career.
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