Intelligence Squared U.K. Debates on Audio & Video

Now Goleman comes to Intelligence Squared for an exclusive talk on the themes of his latest book, Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence.

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Jane Austen created the definitive picture of Georgian England -- a landscape of Palladian mansions and handsome parsonages, peopled by rigidly-divided classes.

Nearly four centuries after his death, no writer has come close to matching Shakespeare’s understanding of the world – or his gift for dramatic poetry.

Their wide-ranging conversation will in part focus on Eco's latest work of fiction, The Prague Cemetery.

Think opera and you think Verdi. Verdi created some of the most beloved operas of all time, from the romantic tragedy of La traviata and Rigoletto to the Shakespearian dramas of Macbeth, Otello and Falstaff.

New York, Miami, Basel and London: every year curators and collectors flock to these cities to see and snap up the latest works. In recent years, art cities have also been burgeoning in Asia and the Middle East.

Why are there so many Chinese maths and music prodigies? Because Chinese mothers believe schoolwork and music practice come first, that an A-minus is a bad grade…

The English language is going to the dogs. "Between you and I" is just one of the howlers those of us with linguistic sensibilities have to endure.

From 2008: Gore Vidal in conversation with Melvyn Bragg. Filmed at the Royal Geographical Society.