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  • Daisy Dunn on Pittacus, the good tyrant

    Daisy Dunn on Pittacus, the good tyrant
    Feb 6 2025
    After unpromising beginnings and innumerable controversies, Pittacus, seventh-century ruler of Mytilene on Lesbos, should be remembered as one of the great leaders of his age. Read by Sebastian Brown.

    Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit.

    Image: An illustration of Pittacus. Credit: Historical image collection by Bildagentur-online / Alamy Stock Photo
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    12 Min.
  • Tim Marshall on Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, rocket man

    Tim Marshall on Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, rocket man
    Jan 23 2025
    The Russian recluse, a scientific self-starter who left school at 14, developed pioneering theories of space travel that anticipated the great feats of the Space Race fifty years later. Read by Sebastian Brown.

    Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit.

    Image: Soviet poster featuring a portrait of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935). Credit: Alexeyev Filippov / Alamy Stock Photo
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    14 Min.
  • Alexander Lee on Guittone d’Arezzo, Dante’s forgotten muse

    Alexander Lee on Guittone d’Arezzo, Dante’s forgotten muse
    Jan 9 2025
    At a time of moral and political crisis, the medieval poet pioneered a daring and emotive vernacular style which inspired generations of Italian literature. Read by Sebastian Brown.

    Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit.

    Image: A sketch of Guittone d'Arezzo from the nineteenth century. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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    18 Min.
  • Paul Lay on Thomas Gage, a man of unintended consequences

    Paul Lay on Thomas Gage, a man of unintended consequences
    Dec 12 2024
    His intense faith led Thomas Gage to switch his religious allegiance during the tumultuous 17th century - he went on to have an enormous impact on Britain's colonial future. Read by Sebastian Brown.

    Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit.

    Image: Title Page from Thomas Gage's The English-American his travail by sea and land: or, A new survey of the West-India's (London 1648)
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    13 Min.
  • Andrew Roberts on Brendan Bracken, ‘more Churchillian than Churchill’

    Andrew Roberts on Brendan Bracken, ‘more Churchillian than Churchill’
    Nov 29 2024
    Andrew Roberts profiles Brendan Bracken, Winston Churchill's faithful and most trusted political advisor. Read by Sebastian Brown.

    Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit.

    Image: Winston Churchill leaving Downing Street with Brendan Bracken. Credit:: Fremantle / Alamy Stock Photo
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    11 Min.
  • Maria Golia on Carl Akeley, early pioneer of wildlife photography

    Maria Golia on Carl Akeley, early pioneer of wildlife photography
    Nov 7 2024
    Maria Golia profiles Carl Akeley, an inventor, sculptor, and taxidermist. His life's lessons still echo in the effort to conserve wildlife. Read by Sebastian Brown.

    Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit.

    Image: Wildlife photographer Carl Ethan Akeley photographed in 1926. Credit: Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery / Public Domain
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    14 Min.
  • Adrian Wooldridge on Philippa Fawcett, wrangler extraordinaire

    Adrian Wooldridge on Philippa Fawcett, wrangler extraordinaire
    Oct 24 2024
    Adrian Wooldridge profiles Philippa Fawcett, the first female Senior Wrangler at Cambridge University and a trailblazer for women's achievement in a nascent meritocratic society. Read by Sebastian Brown.

    Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit.

    Image: 1890 engraving of Philippa Fawcett, the first female Senior Wrangler. Credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
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    14 Min.
  • Graham Stewart on Joseph Galloway, the forgotten Founding Father

    Graham Stewart on Joseph Galloway, the forgotten Founding Father
    Oct 10 2024
    Was the revolution that created the United States of America inevitable? The life of Joseph Galloway shows what might have been. Read by Sebastian Brown.

    Image: An illustration of Joseph Galloway by Thomas Emmett, 1885. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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    16 Min.