London Loves You

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AMANDA GHOST

In our fourth Reversal of the Muse podcast, Laura is joined by Ivor Novello award winning and Grammy nominated Amanda Ghost. Amanda has earned many strings to her bow; starting out as a singer songwriter, she then went on to be President of Epic Records as well as a successful TV and film producer. Amanda’s co-writing ventures saw her first ever session produce global hit ‘You’re Beautiful’ with James Blunt and she went on to write with some of the world biggest stars including Beyonce, Shakira and Mark Ronson amongst others.

Amanda is now the CEO of her own record label, Outsiders and we’ll hear Laura and Amanda discuss the clear absence of female executives in record labels today. Amanda recalls her experiences of being the anomaly in a heavily masculine environment, and also her realisation of how differently women are treated in the work place when they reach executive level. Amanda and Laura consider how the role of the record label has evolved over the decade, and share their frustrations about today’s pressure to write manufactured hits at the expense of creativity and quality.

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"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted." -Unknown

http://cs.stanford.edu/people/nick/

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(via The White House’s Pete Souza Has Shot Nearly 2M Photos of Obama, Here are 55 of His Favorites «TwistedSifter)

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This November, Salon London brings you MAGIC, the final installment in the 2016 autumn series

A neuroscientist, a psychologist and a DJ come together to discuss magic and the mind.

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A human being is a part of whole, that we call Universe–a part limited by time and space.   He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.  This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us towards our personal desires, and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.   Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and whole Nature with its beauty.   Nobody has been able to achieve it completely, but striving for such an achievement is a part of liberation and foundation for inner security. - Albert Einstein

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Website: ClearerThinking.org

Free, online training programs to improve your decision making and sharpen your reasoning.

Free courses to improve your thinking.

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We’re all f***ked. What can we do? We could start by not eating beef (see about 45 minutes in).

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You see a wall, Houdini saw an opening. – Ernie Schenck

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The next monthly comedy night features Tash & Ellie and many more. Proceeds go to Women’s Aid.

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Much more than just ‘follow your passion’.

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“Everything worth doing takes time. You have to write a hundred bad songs before you write one good one. And you have to sacrifice a lot of things that you might not be prepared for. Like it or not, you are in this alone and have to follow your own star.” - Bob Dylan, Nobel Prize interview

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With Richard Reed, founder of Innocent Drinks.

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Duncan Green explores how political and social change takes place, and the role of individuals and organizations in influencing that change. 

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Sexy tech.

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(via Battle of Ideas — 2016)

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(via Stoke Newington Literary Festival)

3rd-5th June

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(via What's On - Greenwich Book Festival)

27th-28th May