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Sumayya Vally: Gaza has never been allowed to grow like a normal city
The generation-defining South African architect on architecture’s politics, the lessons in traditional building, and speaking up when it’s easier not to.


Luke Adam Hawker: Nature has the potential to inspire a new type of faith
The British artist on the role of nature as a kind of modern-day faith, and why a six-hundred-year-old sweet chestnut still stops him in his tracks.


Art for Everyone: Stuart Semple's Vision
British artist Stuart Semple on what we lose when working-class voices are excluded from the cultural landscape.


Sophia Ray: A 90-second film can’t radically change someone’s mind, but it can plant a seed
The British film director on the changing landscape of filmmaking, from the rise of AI and the return of lo-fi aesthetics to the ethical weight of commercial storytelling.


Marcus Du Sautoy: Sidelining arts in the national curriculum is impacting a generation of scientists
The mathematician, writer, broadcaster on why we need an education system that stops forcing a choice between logic and imagination.


Nick Mulvey: I didn’t want to be the chief of my life anymore
The UK singer-songwriter on childhood, family, prayer, and the practices that have helped him find his way back to music and to himself.Â


Theresa Lola: Poetry can transport you to places you’ve never been in ten lines. It’s emotion compressed
The Nigerian British award winning poet on poetry as a way to reclaim language, connect with heritage, and ask questions that don’t need neat answers.


Elif Shafak: We live in an age of too much information, very little knowledge, and even less wisdom
The British-Turkish novelist on why literature is still one of the most powerful forces we have to resist apathy, and connect more deeply to each other, nature, and ourselves.


Marcus Brigstocke: It started to bother me that testosterone, a hormone in my body, has become shorthand for something bad
Marcus Brigstocke has been one of the most distinctive voices in British comedy for nearly thirty years. Known for combining sharp...


Shi Heng Yi: Don’t wait for the world to change. Start with yourself.
The Shaolin Master reflects on generational inheritance, the illusion of self, and the power of discipline.


Axel Scheffler: Picture books should leave children with some sense of hope. Otherwise, what are we doing?
The Gruffalo illustrator and best-selling author on drawing animals, protecting childhood, and staying politically engaged through art.


Miranda Cowley Heller: The urge for control is stronger than ever. We have this terrible need to own everything
The novelist, poet, and former HBO executive on on childhood freedom, ecological unease, digital distractions, and the power of trees to put us in our place.Â
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