2012 | Ideas At The House

From greenwash to the shape of the penis: an eclectic selection of holiday reading

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Ann Mossop

From Ann Mossop For Fun Moranthology by Caitlin Moran as a follow-on to the brilliant How to be a Woman French Children Don’t Throw Food by Pamela Druckerman (well it is quite useful also!) To help you stay ahead at …
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VIDEO: GEOFFREY ROBERTSON ‘MULLAHS WITHOUT MERCY’

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Ideas

When the QC for Julian Assange, Salman Rushdie and Mike Tyson takes to the stage you know you’re about to listen to a man who can inform, convince and compel in equal measure. Geoffrey Robertson’s talk on Mullahs Without Mercy …
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Martin Seligman: Get Some Positive Psychology In Your Life!

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Ideas

What do you think of when you think about psychology? Depression, stress, issues? But what the brighter side of life – happiness, fun, well-being? This is where positive psychology comes in, and what pioneering thinker, best selling author and former …
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Ethics is not about being nice – The phone prank

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Simon Longstaff

By Dr Simon Longstaff [Executive Director St James Ethics Centre & co-curator Festival of Dangerous Ideas] I suspect that most people have an affection for the well-orchestrated prank. The essential elements are: a gullible ‘subject’, an audience that is ‘in …
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Iran, Past and Present

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Ideas

In the course of his career, Geoffrey Robertson has been involved in many of the key human rights issues of recent history. He was the first President of the Special Court in Sierra Leone, and in 2009, the author of …
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TED FELLOW TERU KUWAYAMA TO SPEAK IN SYDNEY

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Ideas

Ann Mossop, Head of Public Programs – One of the best things about going to the TED Global conference in Edinburgh this year was to see an extraordinary collection of TED Fellows talking about their work. One that really stuck …
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