[display_podcast] Ziyad Marar is the author of The Happiness Paradox, it reflects his interest in the way philosophy and psychology can contribute to a better understanding of modern identity. His forth-coming book, Deception (Art of Living), looks at our relationship with the truth, and asks whether it’s possible (or even desirable) to live a truly […]
September 13, 2008
[display_podcast] Raymond Tallis was Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester until he left to become a full-time writer in 2006. Author of more than 250 medical publications, Tallis was, in 2007 presented with the Lord Cohen Gold Medal for Research into ageing and, in the same year, the Healthwatch Award for promoting […]
September 6, 2008
[display_podcast] Richard Holloway was Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. A former Gresham Professor of Divinity, he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Chairman of the Joint Board of the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen. He has written for many newspapers in Britain, Including The Times, […]
August 23, 2008
[display_podcast] Alain de Botton is a writer of essayistic books, which refer both to his own experiences and ideas – and those of artists, philosophers and thinkers. It’s a style of writing that has been termed a ‘philosophy of everyday life.’ His first book, Essays in Love [titled On Love in the US], minutely analysed […]
August 9, 2008
Julie Burchill has been writing her often controversial journalism for almost 30 years, for publications as diverse as The NME, The Spectator, Daily Mail, The Times, The Express and The Guardian. She was also founding editor of The Modern Review. Julie’s colourful private and social life has generated almost as many column inches over the […]
August 1, 2008
[display_podcast] Lynsey Hanley writes for the Observer, The Guardian, The Word and the New Statesman. She was born in Birmingham in 1976. She moved to London in 1994 to study politics and history at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London. Her first book, Estates: An Intimate History, is published by Granta Books.
July 25, 2008
[display_podcast] Julian Baggini is editor of The Philosophers’ Magazine. His books include Atheism: A Very Short Introduction, What’s it All About?: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life and The Pig That Wants to be Eaten: And Ninety-nine Other Thought Experiments, Welcome to Everytown: A Journey into the English Mind and Complaint: From Minor Moans to […]
July 18, 2008
[display_podcast] Philip Escoffey AKA The Grey Man, is one of the UK’s top psychic illusionist/mind readers. A Psychology graduate, Philip has been earning a living as a mentalist for the last 10 years. A confirmed skeptic, Philip is dismissive of spiritualists, mediums and astrologers. However, he has a deep academic interest in the reasons why […]
July 11, 2008
[display_podcast] Ian Haworth is the General Secretary of the Cult Information Centre. The Cult Information Centre is an educational charity providing advice and information for victims of cults, their families and friends, researchers and the media. Founded in 1987, and becoming a registered charity in 1992, it was the first educational organisation focusing critical concern […]
July 4, 2008
[display_podcast] James Delingpole writes regularly for the Times, Sunday Times and The Daily Telegraph. He is also TV critic at the Spectator. His books include Fish Show, Fin, Thinly Disguised Autobiography and How to be Right. His latest novel is the first volume of a planned series, Coward on the Beach, which tells the story […]
September 22, 2008
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