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Four Thought Episodes

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    A Good Book

    Daniel Hahn discusses what makes a 'good' book.

  2. Building for a new life

    Mark Breeze asks what architects can do for refugees.

  3. The Curse of Confidence

    Rowland Manthorpe explains why he thinks confidence is overrated.

  4. Co-Art

    Ellen Mara De Wachter explores the insights offered by collaborative art or "co-art".

  5. Stereotypes

    Franklyn Addo describes how witnessing a murder transformed his life.

  6. Ghost Stories

    Writer Jonathan Stroud explains why he thinks ghost stories are good for you.

  7. Digital Millennial

    Jonnie Bayfield on being the last generation to grow up in an analogue childhood.

  8. Performance Teaching

    Matt Hood says we need to treat teaching like a performance profession.

  9. Listening to Street Children

    Sarah Thomas de Benitez says it's time to listen to street children.

  10. Dealing With Dementia

    Tommy Whitelaw calls for more support and respect for people living with dementia.

  11. Magazine Renaissance

    Jeremy Leslie explains why reports of magazines dying have been greatly exaggerated.

  12. Sensitive Souls

    Hannah Jane Walker makes the case for being a bit sensitive.

  13. Change for the Better

    Katz Kiely argues that we should all learn to better manage change.

  14. Property Ownership

    Chris Pierson makes the case for a radical rethinking of private property.

  15. Supporting Mothers

    Kerry Littleford argues that mothers who have children taken into care need help.

  16. Stories with Food

    Annie Zimmerman and James Wheale argue that food is the perfect storytelling medium.

  17. Other People's Stories

    Anna Derrig asks who has the right to tell someone else's story.

  18. Liberating Men

    Dave Pickering makes the case for a men's liberation movement.

  19. The Art of Diary Writing

    Sally Bayley traces the art of diary writing from Pepys to today's culture of blogging.

  20. The Pull of the Land

    Nick Ivins explains how the pull of the land turned him into a homesteader.

  21. Funny Politics

    Ayesha Hazarika explains why she thinks humour is so important in our political discourse.

  22. In Praise of Parks

    Travis Elborough explores the role of public parks in British life.

  23. The Social Media Poet

    Brian Bilston on becoming an accidental Twitter poet.

  24. Are Pornographers Anti-Sex?

    Melissa Raphael explains why she sees pornographers as anti-sex.

  25. Father and Son

    Laurence Anholt describes how his dying father revealed his traumatic past experiences.

  26. Being Turkish

    Writer Elif Shafak describes how being Turkish means always worrying about your country.

  27. A Lonely Society

    Lucy Hurst-Brown asks why so many learning disabled people are so lonely.

  28. Straight from the Root

    VV Brown explains why she has embraced her natural hair.

  29. Citizen Diplomacy

    Former ambassador Tom Fletcher argues that the future of diplomacy will be citizen-led.

  30. Questions of Identity

    Marina Lewycka explores how identity is formed.

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