The president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, founded after the Cold War, discusses Ukraine’s rebuilding and the institution’s newfound purpose in an age of retrenching from foreign aid.

The president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, founded after the Cold War, discusses Ukraine&rsquo;s rebuilding and the institution&rsquo;s newfound purpose in an age of retrenching from foreign aid.

Long-form conversations about the lives and careers of the world's leading and most exciting names from the worlds of art, design, literature, politics, business and food. We hear from the masters themselves, about their art, their craft, their secrets and successes. 

Long-form conversations about the lives and careers of the world's leading and most exciting names from the worlds of art, design, literature, politics, business and food. We hear from the masters themselves, about their art, their craft, their secrets and successes.

The Big Interview

Odile Renaud-Basso

Why musician Billy Bragg has outsourced his memoir. More than 600 friends, associates, collaborators and fans collaborate in ‘Billy Bragg: A People’s History’, a book about the life and works of a songwriter whose work has become a soundtrack to people’s lives.

Why musician Billy Bragg has outsourced his memoir. More than 600 friends, associates, collaborators and fans collaborate in &lsquo;Billy Bragg: A People&rsquo;s History&rsquo;, a book about the life and works of a songwriter whose work has become a soundtrack to people&rsquo;s lives.

Billy Bragg

Pioneer of behavioural economics Richard Thaler discusses the arc of his career, from ‘heretic’ to Nobel Prize winner, and why it was so difficult to convince economists that behaviour and human nature contradict their theories. Also: his rules for a better way to play Scrabble.

Pioneer of behavioural economics Richard Thaler discusses the arc of his career, from &lsquo;heretic&rsquo; to Nobel Prize winner, and why it was so difficult to convince economists that behaviour and human nature contradict their theories. Also: his rules for a better way to play Scrabble.

Richard Thaler 

Russian politician, historian and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza speaks to Andrew Mueller about surviving solitary confinement in a Siberian prison, Putin’s future and why he hasn’t lost faith in Russian democracy.

Russian politician, historian and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza speaks to Andrew Mueller about surviving solitary confinement in a Siberian prison, Putin&rsquo;s future and why he hasn&rsquo;t lost faith in Russian democracy.

Odile Renaud-Basso

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