Four Thought

Maria Popova, Editor of Brainpickings, discusses how, with the world's knowledge more readily available to us than ever ... Read more

Philippa Perry explains why story telling is so powerful and how the stories we tell to and about ourselves affect our m... Read more

Jasper Fforde explains why he is concerned that humans have reached the limits of intellectual creative thought.Four Tho... Read more

Hannah Jane Walker makes the case for being a bit sensitive.As a child Hannah was told to toughen up, not to be so sensi... Read more

Sam Edwards argues that we should think again about how and what we memorialise - including wars and other major events ... Read more

Tommy Whitelaw, who was his late mother's carer, calls for more support and respect for people living with dementia."If ... Read more

Franklyn Addo describes how witnessing a murder transformed his life. It made him all the more determined to help other ... Read more

In the 1990s, author Alan Bissett was a lad and women were 'birds'.In a frank and personal account, Alan talks about why... Read more

Jonnie Bayfield reflects on being the last generation to grow up in an analogue childhood."Looking back, I can see that ... Read more

The science writer Emma Byrne argues that, far from tuning out, we should listen carefully when people swear, because th... Read more

Jane Burston argues that by placing too much emphasis on profit, companies behave in an unethical way, and it is time fo... Read more

Anna Derrig asks who has the right to tell someone else's story.Anna has worked in the media, in international developme... Read more

Comedian Nick Revell explains why he manages to be optimistic - despite all the evidence."These days it's perhaps easier... Read more

Author and broadcaster Lindsay Johns argues that language is power, and makes the case for speaking English properly.Lin... Read more

Yasmin Hai says it's not Western foreign policy that is radicalising British Muslims but more pedestrian psychological f... Read more

Steven Poole argues that we should resist the modern message, from pop science and brain scans, that humans are irration... Read more

Brian Bilston, who accidentally became a poet through Twitter, explains the power of social media for poetry. "Poetry on... Read more

Dave Pickering makes the case for a men's liberation movement.Sharing experiences from his own life, he argues that it i... Read more

Daniel Hahn argues that as a society we would benefit from having more children's books translated into English.A transl... Read more