Futures Verb

Ian McMillan with poems to warm your cockles and put fire in your belly - with guests John Agard, Michael Symmons Roberts, and Edith Hall.Fiery sexual attraction, and the destructive fires that influence our stories - Professor Edith Hall shares elemental insights from Homer, a m ...  Show more

Are you ready for a poetry brew? Ian McMillan is and he's joined by:Graeme Richardson, Anglican priest and the Sunday Times poetry critic, with his debut poetry collection, Dirt Rich; Dr Julie Blake, cofounder and director of Poetry By Heart - the schools and colleges poetry reci ...  Show more

We live in a time of greater uncertainty than ever before in human history. We are poised between the twin precipices of climate change and rapidly accelerating technological development. How we manage them will determine whether our future is one where humans will thrive, falter ...  Show more

This week, we examine what it means to think long-term and act as ‘good ancestors’ for future generations. How do the choices we make today shape the world of tomorrow? And how can governments, businesses, and individuals take responsibility for ensuring a sustainable and equitab ...  Show more

This week, will George Berridge be convinced by the film adaptation of Alasdair Gray's Poor Things? And Peter Geoghegan explores how the climate emergency is being treated in Westminster.'Mission zero: The independent net zero review', by Chris Skidmore'Climate capitalism: Winnin ...  Show more