Creative Collisions Second Home

“Incredibly online” Ph.D. researcher, and activist Rianna Walcott spoke at Libreria during U.K. Black History Month on “Tech Bias and Digital Communities and muses on the nuances of tech and anti-racism with a sharp critique of woke-washing by blue-chip brands.

Could antipathy to hard work be humankind's greatest salvation?

We consider this in the latest episode of Creative Collisions. Our guest is Oxford Professor Marcus du Sautoy, one of the world's leading mathematical communicators in conversation with Second Home founder Rohan Silva to discuss du Sautoy's latest book "Thinking Better: The Art Of the Shortcut" and according to him, math is central to the shortcut. In this spirited discussion they examine how circumventing obstruction in problem solving has underpinned humanity's greatest achievements and against all odds--driven some of civilization's greatest progress. Plus: how we can use them to solve complex challenges in everyday life.

In this episode iconic art curator Hans Ulrich Obrist shares new imaginative ways from the art world for us to engage with the climate emergency in our daily lives, in our homes and communities, as well as public spaces.

He's joined by artist & filmmaker Lynn Hershman and the youngest ever architect to be commissioned for the Serpentine Pavilion Sumayya Vally to discuss 140 Artists' Ideas for Planet Earth – a publication dedicated to the environment and the climate emergency.

BAFTA nominated producer Faye Ward and award-winning casting director Kharmel Cochrane of the groundbreaking female-led production 'Anne Boleyn' in conversation with Professor of History of Slavery Olivette Otele, discuss this empowering period drama, and revisit history from a different perspective.

Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli, in conversation with Second Home co-founder Rohan Silva, discusses his radical approach to quantum physics, and its profound implications for contemporary culture.

Award-winning author and professor James Shapiro in conversation with Second Home co-founder Rohan Silva to discuss his latest book Shakespeare in a Divided America, and explore the nation’s fault lines around race, gender, immigration and free speech.