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‘A Voice from the South’ is a book published in 1892. Its author, Anna Julia Cooper, was born in 1858 the daughter of enslaved people who were declared free by the US Emancipation Act of 1863 when she was five...
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Howard Thurman (1899-1981) “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who are alive.” HT “In the stillness of the quiet,...
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“The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge” Sir Arthur Lewis Sir William Arthur Lewis was born in St Lucia on 23rd January 1915. He found himself excelling in school at a young age and completing the entire...
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“In ballet, there is freedom and beauty. There is also pain and sacrifice.” C.A. Carlos Acosta CBE has been described as “a dancer who slashes across space faster than anyone else, who lacerates the air...
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a writer and storyteller, best known for her themes of politics, culture, race, and gender. Her novels and short stories have received both public and critical acclaim and have been described as “jewels in the crown...
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Baroness Floella Benjamin DBE was born in Trinidad in 1949. She joined her parents in Britain in 1960 and experienced a huge culture shock. “I expected everyone to treat me kindly...
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David Adetayo Olusoga OBE is a British historian, writer, broadcaster, presenter and film-maker. He was awarded the OBE in 2019 for his services to History and Community Integration. In December 2021, he was awarded the President’s Medal – the British Academy's...
Things we think will make us happy often don't. Mis-wanting is wanting something that won't make us happy. So who's telling us we want these things? Peter Whitfield introduces Shri Shantananda Sarasvati who used many stories in his teachings. From the book: 'The Man Who Wanted to Meet God', one sto
'The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to procure the largest quantity of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.' - Jean-Baptiste Colbert How might this be done today, not only to enhance the creation of wealth but for the benefit of all? Take a look at our short an
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Fresco paintings depicting scenes from the Upanishads and stories from Shri Shantananda Sarasvati cover the walls from ground to second floor. It was a highly ambitious plan to decorate the walls of Waterperry House in Oxfordshire, completed in 2006. This involved re-discovering the exacting art of
In this era of material abundance, our senses are stimulated constantly, but it doesn't always translate into lasting happiness. Is there a different way? Can the wisdom of Lao Tzu shed light on cultivating a more joyful life? Ling Jin and Andy Lee present Lao Tzu, who wrote Dao De Jing. He was a l
