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Nick Spencer pays tribute to the hugely influential psychologist Daniel Kahneman 27/03/2024
In DepthElizabeth Oldfield speaks with social psychologist Jonathan Haidt. 27/03/2024
PodcastIn anticipation of the government’s new childcare funding Paul Bickley reflects on the tricky task of synthesising paid and unpaid work. 26/03/2024
In BriefElizabeth Oldfield speaks with think–tanker Sunder Katwala. 20/03/2024
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Book TicketsJoin Chine McDonald as she hosts Michael Wear and Marvin Rees in a discussion about Michael’s book ‘The Spirit of our Politics’ 18/02/2024
Book TicketsJoin Nick Spencer for a live recording of Reading Our Times where he will be joined by economist and member of the House of Lords Robert Skidelsky.
Book TicketsOn All Saints’ Day, Dr Kathryn Mannix will speak about mortality, the themes of death–myths and the preciousness of a finite lifetime
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Theos’s report Love, Grief, and Hope: Emotional responses to death and dying in the UK features in The Telegraph. 29/11/2023
ArticlesTheos’s report Love, Grief, and Hope: Emotional responses to death and dying in the UK features in the Daily Mail. 28/11/2023
ArticlesTheos’s report Love, Grief, and Hope: Emotional responses to death and dying in the UK features in The Times. 28/11/2023
ArticlesTheos’s report Love, Grief, and Hope: Emotional responses to death and dying in the UK features in The Times. 27/11/2023
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Elizabeth Oldfield speaks to Labour MP Wes Streeting. 28/06/2023
PodcastElizabeth Oldfield speaks to musician Nick Cave and journalist Seán O’Hagan. 18/01/2023
PodcastNick Spencer talks to Marilynne Robinson about her book Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self. 23/05/2023
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