What makes a genius? Since at least the 19th century, some have said it is down to genetics, while others… Read more Financial Times: How to create a golden age
Standpoint Magazine: Viennese rooms with a point of view
“Austria comes alive on my divan,” said Berta Zuckerkandl, and this was an understatement. An influential journalist and art critic,… Read more Standpoint Magazine: Viennese rooms with a point of view
Sunday Times (Raconteur special report): Impact investing could change capitalism forever
Sir Ronald Cohen is known as the father of British venture capital and a pioneer of social impact investment across… Read more Sunday Times (Raconteur special report): Impact investing could change capitalism forever
Perspective Magazine: Brushes with the law
A few minutes before closing time on 22 December 2000, on a dark winter day in Stockholm, three men walked… Read more Perspective Magazine: Brushes with the law
The Times (Raconteur special report): Why it pays to really get to know your employees
With remote working now mandated for many of us, making it work for different groups of employees is the next… Read more The Times (Raconteur special report): Why it pays to really get to know your employees
WIRED: We need to talk about investors’ problem with vaginas
“I walked into this room, and there were probably about 30 men in their late 50s and 60s – all… Read more WIRED: We need to talk about investors’ problem with vaginas
The Guardian: Smart bras and a light tracker: the wearable tech helping plug the medical gender bias gap
If you’re asked to imagine a person who has a heart attack, who do you see? Most of us think… Read more The Guardian: Smart bras and a light tracker: the wearable tech helping plug the medical gender bias gap
The Times Raconteur: Is greenwashing always a bad thing?
We often see businesses accused of greenwashing in the media. McDonald’s was questioned about its decision to get rid of… Read more The Times Raconteur: Is greenwashing always a bad thing?
Wall Street Journal: In a Concentration Camp, Dreams of a Café
Jewish communities have suffered a spate of horrifying anti-Semitic attacks on both sides of the Atlantic. Yet survival has always… Read more Wall Street Journal: In a Concentration Camp, Dreams of a Café
The Sunday Times Raconteur: Can you change your unconscious biases?
Unconscious bias training has become the go-to diversity training for large companies. Almost 20 per cent of US companies offer… Read more The Sunday Times Raconteur: Can you change your unconscious biases?
Standpoint Magazine: Ironies of Ideology
On a recent visit to the Royal Academy, I noticed a tall, elegantly dressed man who spent quite some time… Read more Standpoint Magazine: Ironies of Ideology
Standpoint Magazine: City where history is still being made
Long before either Ukraine or Russia existed, there was Kiev. For centuries, the city’s residents have been sauntering along the… Read more Standpoint Magazine: City where history is still being made
Times Literary Supplement: Whose London is it anyway?
Tucked away between office buildings by Euston station is where I found the Camden People’s Theatre. It’s a little place… Read more Times Literary Supplement: Whose London is it anyway?
Times Literary Supplement: Does philosophy have to be obscure?
I recently went to a public lecture at LSE hosted by the Forum for European Philosophy. The discussion was entitled… Read more Times Literary Supplement: Does philosophy have to be obscure?
Money Observer: Fertility and other surprising ways to spot a recession
Economists look to house prices, GDP and retail sales to predict the next recession. But a new study says we… Read more Money Observer: Fertility and other surprising ways to spot a recession
Marina Gerner, freelance feature writer & critic 