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Founders over fifty.
Experience makes the best entrepreneurs.
20 hrs ago
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Henry Oliver
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Shakespeare the economist.
Beneath the poetry lurks a mind uncannily alert to the costs and benefits of every human transaction.
Feb 6
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Henry Oliver
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Rohit Krishnan
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Shakespeare the economist.
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Does Jane Austen hate you?
Sometimes, but she's smarter than that.
Feb 4
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Henry Oliver
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Natasha Joukovsky: literature, capitalism, and Jane Austen.
Jane Austen, management consulting, Rene Girard.
Feb 2
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Henry Oliver
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a. natasha joukovsky
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January 2025
Does the flame of genius burn past 30?
Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.
Jan 31
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Henry Oliver
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Richard III: a close reading
And an introductory mini-podcast
Jan 31
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Henry Oliver
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Literary culture can't just dismiss AI.
The Metropolitan Review and the new sensibility
Jan 29
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Henry Oliver
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Why is Harry Potter quite so influential?
The right sort of snobbery.
Jan 27
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Henry Oliver
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Richard III Book Club
SUNDAY 7 p.m. UK time
Jan 26
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Henry Oliver
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Richard III Book Club
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A place where knowledge is ours for the taking.
Open Socrates by Agnes Callard
Jan 24
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Henry Oliver
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A place where knowledge is ours for the taking.
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Twenty-nine facts about Richard III
"we all demand reparation for early wounds to our narcissism"
Jan 23
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Henry Oliver
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Shakespeare's stirring world.
The boredoms and the inventions of Henry VI
Jan 20
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Henry Oliver
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