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Maps and Mapmaking

Why do we make maps, and what do they say about us?

• 40 mins

Happiness

What really makes us smile?

• 40 mins

Taking Time Out

Making sense of gaps in our lives that take us out of our routine.

• 40 mins

Imitation

Why do human beings copy one another so much?

• 40 mins

Plant and flower shapes

What makes a plant leaf or flower either flat and simple or curly and complicated?

• 40 mins

What’s the best way to build up new markets?

How do we encourage enterprise in a way that benefits lots of people, not just a few?

• 40 mins

Connections with the sea

Are all linked to the sea, even if we live hundreds of miles from the coast?

• 40 mins

The vanishing world of our ancestors

Ancient tradition and custom among tribal people, and what we can learn from it.

• 40 mins

Improvisation

Why improvising comes naturally to all of us.

• 40 mins

Ice

New views from the world’s freezer

• 40 mins

Meaning in Life

What makes your life meaningful? With Alain de Botton, Susan Wolf and Alexandre Mitchell.

• 40 mins

The Challenge of Ageing

Is it time to re-define what we actually mean by Old Age?

• 40 mins

Making Good Law

It’s the basis of society: but what is the secret to creating laws that really work?

• 40 mins

The Forum @ London's South Bank: A celebration of women of African and Caribbean descent.

Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Ayanna Witter-Johnson

• 40 mins

Viruses: in medicine, technology and in our minds

The terrifying and wonderful viral world with Peter Piot, Angela Belcher, Susan Blackmore

• 40 mins

What If...The Forum could change the world?

Visions of the future with Michio Kaku, Barbara Sahakian and Karen Lord.

• 40 mins

Obsessions, new and old, in literature and technology

With Javier Marias, Evgeny Morozov and Manil Suri.

• 40 mins

Progress: Are we Making Any?

Advances suggest that things can only get better for the majority of people. Is it true?

• 40 mins

The Mysterious Kingdom of Fungi

The surprising tough and ecological building substance that could reshape our world

• 40 mins

Us and Them

Why divide ourselves into two camps - is what separates us stronger than what unites us?

• 40 mins

Silence

From communication and contemplation to obedience and shame, we explore silence

• 40 mins

The Art of Political Decision Making

Political decisions are hard to make. What strategies can be used to take decisive action?

• 40 mins

Does Finance Have to be Invisible?

What would it take to fix the underlying flaws in our banking system?

• 40 mins

Why Do We Tell Stories?

Why do stories have similar narratives over and over again?

• 40 mins

Curiosity

Curiosity has always been with us but how important is it to science and to society?

• 40 mins

Fragility in Nature

Materials, relationships, ecosystems - what makes them resistant - or prone to failure?

• 40 mins

Globalisation: is it changing the way we think?

What impact is globalisation having on our sense of personal and national identity?

• 40 mins

Dust and Ash

How dust helps to keep the planet cooler and nourishes the Amazon rainforest

• 40 mins

What Makes Your Adrenaline Flow?

Are high-altitude climbers and multiple marathon runners adrenaline junkies?

• 40 mins

Peering into Space at Aspen Ideas Festival

Cutting-edge space science, including asteroids, dark matter and how to detect tiny units

• 40 mins