Ian McEwan on Speculative Fiction, Lost Poems and What We Can Know

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The Trillion Dollar Battle For Your Attention, with Peter Schmidt and D. Graham Burnett

Our attention is under attack. A handful of powerful tech companies are extracting and monetising our focus, reshaping our inner lives and threatening the foundations of democracy. Many proposed solutions rely on individual willpower but can we really outsmart supercomputers on o ...  Show more

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Sir Sajid Javid – Lessons From the Front Bench (Part Two)

For more than a decade, Sir Sajid Javid was at the heart of power in Britain. First elected in 2010, he rapidly rose to his first cabinet position as Culture Secretary. The son of a bus driver and comprehensive school-educated, he was one of the few cabinet members from a working ...  Show more

 . 36min 16sec

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