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A resilient future: innovative UK-Japan cultural and technological collaboration

Insight explores how the UK and Japan’s culture sectors have collaboratively embraced technology, drawing on reflections Clare Reddington, British Council Trustee.

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Reading the tea leaves

Alison Baily looks at the rich and surprising history of the nation’s favourite beverage – and what it reveals about cultural contact and infusion.

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Science and policymaking

Insight argues that science deserves a much bigger place at the very heart of policymaking.

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Communicating science globally

The Famelab competition communicates science, which is a significant driver of the UK’s attractiveness.

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The unselfish meme? How culture has shaped human destiny

Alison Baily reviews the evidence for the fundamental role culture has played in the evolution of our species and the structure of our minds.

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