The Figure

In episode 44, we talk about romantic love, discovery, the emotional power of music and the astonishing honesty of doodler Jessie Cave. Our three figures are Isaac Newton, that Kirsty Young broadcast 496 episodes of Desert Island Discs, and the ‘Nice to Meet You’ doodle by Jessie Cave.

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Dolly Alderton wants you to feel free

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dolly-alderton-wants-you-to-feel-free-chjjqsk0s

Kathy Burke’s All Woman, Channel 4

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/kathy-burkes-all-woman/episode-guide/

Bang on the Money, presented by Charlotte Lorimer

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bang-on-the-money/id1478026187

Willow, Jennifer Cerys

https://www.bunkertheatre.com/whats-on/willow

Figure 1: Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Isaac-Newton/Final-years

Isaac Newton’s birthplace, Woolsthorpe Manor

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/woolsthorpe-manor

Sir Isaac Newton: Greatest Scientist of All Time?, presented by Stuff You Should Know

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/how-stuff-works/stuff-you-should-know/e/sir-isaac-newton-greatest-scientist-of-all-time-42150979

Indian minister says Indian scholar discovered gravity before Sir Isaac Newton

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/18/10000-left-homeless-fire-tears-bangladesh-slum (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/18/10000-left-homeless-fire-tears-bangladesh-slum/)

Did an apple really fall on Isaac Newton’s head?

https://www.history.com/news/did-an-apple-really-fall-on-isaac-newtons-head

Figure 2: Kirsty Young broadcast 496 episodes of Desert Island Discs

The History of Desert Island Discs, BBC 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/59YrnYM0Tw8J7WJ0MGKVfh7/the-history-of-desert-island-discs

New to Desert Island Discs? Here’s where to start…

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Kirsty Young’s top 10 Desert Island Discs interviews

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/kirsty-young-desert-island-discs-best-interviews-a8990361.html

Desert Island Discs, presented by Kirsty Young

Freddie Flintoff

David Knott 

Tom Hanks 

Ed Sheeran 

Jamie Oliver

Hugh Grant 

Simon Cowell 

Sheryl Sandberg

Emma Bridgewater

Jo Malone

Billie Jean King

Guy Sing Watson

Alexander McQueen

Philip Treacy

Baroness Newlove

Caitlin Moran

 

Figure 3: ‘Nice to Meet You’ doodle by Jessie Cave

Jessie Cave

https://www.jessiedoodles.com/

Jessie Cave up for major breakthrough award

https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2019/06/02/43200/jessie_cave_up_for_major_breakthrough_award

Jessie Cave on Love Stories, presented by Dolly Alderton 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-stories-with-jessie-cave/id1343714594?i=1000428913532

Jessie Cave - It’s hard not to be Emma Watson, Made of Human, presented by Sofie Hagen

https://player.fm/series/made-of-human-with-sofie-hagen-2425788/ep-103-jessie-cave-its-hard-not-to-be-emma-watson

Jessie Cave: From Harry Potter to comedy’s queen of oversharing, Dominic Maxwell

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jessie-cave-from-harry-potter-to-comedys-queen-of-oversharing-xvpmbvfcz

Honest Instagram accounts

Giovana Fletcher

Bryony Gordon

Nadia Sawalha

Made of Human, presented by Sofie Hagen

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/made-of-human-with-sofie-hagen/id1144479729

Love Stories, presented by Dolly Alderton

https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/love-stories/id1343714594

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In episode 43, we talk about resilience, sustainability and the craft of glassblowing. Our three figures are Colonel Dame Kelly Holmes, that one in three bites of food we eat depends on honeybees, and water lilies at Kew Gardens by Dale Chihuly (2019).

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The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World, Melinda Gates (2019)

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The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison

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Figure 1: Kelly Holmes

Kelly Holmes on mental health and happiness: ‘I’ve been to the lowest point and the highest’, Simon Hattenstone

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How to Fail: Dame Kelly Holmes

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Desert Island Discs: Kelly Holmes, presented by Sue Lawley

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Figure 2: One in three bites of food we eat depends on honeybees

Why the world needs honeybees

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Researchers developing natural pesticide alternative to target pests without harming honeybees, Sean Barton

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Who Speaks for the Bees? An Environmental Art Dinner Raises the Question, Natalie Shukur

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40% of US honeybee colonies disappeared last year. This is what the world would look like without any bees at all.

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TED talk: Why bees are disappearing, Marla Spivak 

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Figure 3: Water lilies at Kew Gardens by Dale Chihuly (2019)

Dale Chihuly | Talks at Google

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From fantastical ferns to icicle towers, glass artworks take over Kew Gardens, Mark Brown

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Dale Chihuly: His Stunning Return To Kew After Thirteen Years

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Blown Away

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In episode 42, we talk about American literature, global activism and British history. Our three figures are Toni Morrison, that 140 million women have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), and a Birdseye view of the Tower of London.

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DNA detective Dr Turi King on BBC’s The Life Scientific:

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23 and me: Meet your Genes 

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Stranger Things Season 3 (2019)

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Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov (1955)

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The Incurable Romantic: and other unsettling revelations, Frank Tallis (2018)

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Headstrong, presented by Louis Strong

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Birth Stories with Clemmie Hooper

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Is this Working? presented by Anna Codrea-Rado and Tiffany Philippou 

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The Waterstones Podcast

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Sweet Sorrow, David Nicholls (2019)

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/David-Nicholls/Sweet-Sorrow--the-new-Sunday-Times-bestseller-from-the-author-of-ONE-DAY/23592722

Toni Morrison

What Toni Morrison Meant to Women Writers

https://www.thecut.com/2019/08/what-toni-morrison-meant-to-women-writers.html (https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecut.com%2F2019%2F08%2Fwhat-toni-morrison-meant-to-women-writers.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cae98b8f671654399407908d721d0a150%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637015052252588566&sdata=%2BW%2FxOmLccQ6qqT6juFGqzIv26FOheBJRF7ik3aIv7kk%3D&reserved=0)

Toni Morrison’s stories shaped me, and made me tell my own, Afua Hirsch

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/07/toni-morrison-stories-shaped-mixed-race-girl-write (https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fcommentisfree%2F2019%2Faug%2F07%2Ftoni-morrison-stories-shaped-mixed-race-girl-write&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cae98b8f671654399407908d721d0a150%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637015052252598572&sdata=CT5aLlhCLabk1M2%2BfwBN3BuEN2oTZ1FWpGs90fbWbtk%3D&reserved=0)

Toni Morrison obituary, Lyn Innes

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/06/toni-morrison-obituary (https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fbooks%2F2019%2Faug%2F06%2Ftoni-morrison-obituary&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cae98b8f671654399407908d721d0a150%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637015052252608577&sdata=bRqsGPRvfsHL8PeKBhwz3lYfbPbDuttUrK5cSE3wx14%3D&reserved=0)

Remembering Toni Morrison, Women’s Hour 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0007bw1 (https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fm0007bw1&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cae98b8f671654399407908d721d0a150%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637015052252618588&sdata=FjljdItebvVFMy5nXQsgRPtMLvLJoOCIlm2By33u97U%3D&reserved=0)

Spotlight (2015)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1895587/ (https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt1895587%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cae98b8f671654399407908d721d0a150%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637015052252628594&sdata=si0Bs7FB4p7vSrbe2dDrn7BKl8YclTCZTIsGSyhB1gM%3D&reserved=0)

Brit(ish) On Race, Identity and Belonging by Afua Hirsch

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Afua-Hirsch/British--On-Race-Identity-and-Belonging/22334560 (https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hive.co.uk%2FProduct%2FAfua-Hirsch%2FBritish--On-Race-Identity-and-Belonging%2F22334560&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cae98b8f671654399407908d721d0a150%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637015052252638605&sdata=YQpXy0dLBe48LooCrAUWqL3IsStimW6u2OtUTkyDSp4%3D&reserved=0)

140 million women worldwide are survivors of FGM

What We’re Told Not To Talk About (But We’re Going to Anyway), Nimko Ali (2019)

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/301/301612/what-we_re-told-not-to-talk-about--but-were-going-to-anyway-/9780241292624.html (https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.penguin.co.uk%2Fbooks%2F301%2F301612%2Fwhat-we_re-told-not-to-talk-about--but-were-going-to-anyway-%2F9780241292624.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cae98b8f671654399407908d721d0a150%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637015052252648616&sdata=eEQR6p63UX0jaQ63TnlZJdJzc4ec%2Bgn3sdOHfXGtUyw%3D&reserved=0)

Daughters of Eve

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Nimko Ali: ‘Orgasms and sexual pleasure are a human right. I guard these things with my life’, Fiona Sturges

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/21/nimko-ali-interview-talking-isnt-shameful-fgm (https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fbooks%2F2019%2Fjun%2F21%2Fnimko-ali-interview-talking-isnt-shameful-fgm&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cae98b8f671654399407908d721d0a150%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637015052252658622&sdata=5j63fsm3tVvjMoTNJBw1jBfFqzB5jD5u9pJEedSHk5w%3D&reserved=0)

28 Too Many

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Survivors speak: Women leading the movement to end FGM 

https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2019/2/compilation-women-leading-the-movement-to-end-female-genital-mutilation (https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unwomen.org%2Fen%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F2019%2F2%2Fcompilation-women-leading-the-movement-to-end-female-genital-mutilation&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cae98b8f671654399407908d721d0a150%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637015052252678639&sdata=zAFjaKutO2awDiPGxWpGmGZ%2Bg3KeBrxgKFoHfytgOQ8%3D&reserved=0)

Surviving and Ending FGM with Nimko Ali on Doing It! with Hannah Witton

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/surviving-and-ending-fgm-with-nimko-ali/id1464870183?i=1000442781642 (https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fsurviving-and-ending-fgm-with-nimko-ali%2Fid1464870183%3Fi%3D1000442781642&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cae98b8f671654399407908d721d0a150%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637015052252688644&sdata=IVwWbcamJdjQJPsjxi9fARLjuAiH5jh2zw2sYiLcho4%3D&reserved=0)

The Tower of London

The Tower of London

https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/the-story-of-the-tower-of-london/#gs.wmenf6 (https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hrp.org.uk%2Ftower-of-london%2Fhistory-and-stories%2Fthe-story-of-the-tower-of-london%2F%23gs.wmenf6&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cae98b8f671654399407908d721d0a150%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637015052252698655&sdata=naKna3nOsIVkku62HcpGMcjkIqia0RwYh3p4xLr3AFk%3D&reserved=0)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Edinburgh Festival

https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/notre-dame-de-paris-aka-the-hunchback-of-notre-dame (https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fnotre-dame-de-paris-aka-the-hunchback-of-notre-dame&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cae98b8f671654399407908d721d0a150%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637015052252708673&sdata=Y3tWqw1tYU5DLjKrzZYssXJTVAhHFG%2FMbFyl6k9lK3Q%3D&reserved=0)

The views expressed in this podcast are our own, not those of the firms we work for.

In episode 41, we talk about sustainable fashion, the future of technology and the media storm that surrounds HRH Duchess of Sussex. Our three figures are Stella McCartney, that 5G internet will cover 40% of the world by 2024, and Meghan Markle’s Vogue Cover for September 2019.

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Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727824/

The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2531318/

Queer Eye

https://www.netflix.com/title/80160037

A Star is Born (2018)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517451/

How do you like me now?, Holly Bourne

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Holly-Bourne/How-Do-You-Like-Me-Now/22883616

Never Greener, Ruth Jones

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Ruth-Jones/Never-Greener/23540090

Sweet Sorrow, David Nicholls

https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/David-Nicholls/Sweet-Sorrow--the-new-Sunday-Times-bestseller-from-the-author-of-ONE-DAY/23592722

Figure 1: Stella McCartney

Desert Island Discs: Stella McCartney, presented by Kirsty Young

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08vxjth

Stella McCartney Unveils New Beatles-Inspired Collection, Emily Zemler

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/stella-mccartney-beatles-inspired-collection-856767/

All Together Now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIokNYe09hw

Stella McCartney: ‘It’s not like I’m here for an easy life’, Sophie Haewood

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2019/jul/07/stella-mccartney-its-not-like-i-am-here-for-an-easy-life

Stella McCartney debuts world’s first fully recyclable hoodie for adidas, Joanna Whitehead

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/stella-mccartney-recyclable-hoodie-biodegradable-sustainable-fashion-a8996916.html

Gwyneth x Stella McCartney: On Being Ridiculed, Building a Brand, and Creating What’s Cool

https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast-episode/podcast/1000422081415/id1352546554?i=1000422081415

Desert Island Discs: Emily Eavis, presented by Lauren Laverne

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/emily-eavis-festival-organiser/id342735925?i=1000442440802

Figure 2: By 2024, 5G networks will cover 40% of the world

The Daily: Why controlling 5G could mean controlling the world, presented by Michael Barbaro

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/podcasts/the-daily/5g-technology-huawei-china-us.html

Five 5G Statistics You Need to Know

https://www.vxchnge.com/blog/5g-statistics

“5G Ready”? UK Government’s “5G Rural First”: “Dangerously High” Levels of Electromagnetic Field Radiation (EMF) in Southern England.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/glastonbury-festival-goers-walking-emf-minefield/5681851

5G: How next generation mobile technology will transform the world of work, Hannah Boland and Natasha Bernal

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/07/15/5g-next-generation-mobile-technology-will-transform-world-work/

Does 5G pose health risks?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48616174

Years and Years

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000539g/years-and-years

The Great Hack

https://www.netflix.com/title/80117542

Figure 3: Meghan Markle’s Forces for Change Vogue Cover

Meghan Markle Vogue cover - 15 inspirational women the Duchess admires most

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/15-cover-stars-special-british-18793840

Gurls Talk, presented by Adwoa Aboah

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-gurls-talk-podcast/id1442232925

Prince Harry and Jane Goodall Talk About Unconscious Racism in New Interview, Chloe Foussianes

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a28550575/prince-harry-jane-goodall-unconscious-racism-interview-british-vogue/

For Britain’s vicious tabloids, Meghan remains a constant target, Jennifer Hassan and Karla Adam

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/07/30/britains-vicious-tabloids-meghan-remains-constant-target/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.96fadfc8dd47

HRH The Duchess of Sussex Interviews Michelle Obama In The September Issue, Meghan Markle

https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/michelle-obama-duchess-of-sussex-interview-2019

Meghan Markle - Speak up for your values - UN Women speech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0MDcoLLaJ8

The views expressed in this podcast are our own, not those of the firms we work for.

In episode 40, we talk about the legacy of The Beatles, the documentary The True Cost and the history of Pride marches. Our three figures are Richard Curtis, that each year we buy 800 billion items of clothing, and an image of Tommy Lanigan outside the Stonewall Inn. 

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The Party, Elizabeth Day

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Party-Audiobook/B071SH2STW

How to Fail

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-to-fail-with-elizabeth-day/id1407451189

Figure 1: Richard Curtis

Richard Curtis

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193485/bio

Love Stories: Emma Freud, presented by Dolly Alderton

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/love-stories-with-emma-freud/id1343714594?i=1000407275622

Table Manners with Jessie Ware: Richard Curtis

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s6-ep-8-richard-curtis/id1305228910?i=1000441213892

Desert Island Discs: Richard Curtis, presented by Sue Lawley

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/richard-curtis/id435712366?i=1000093689656

Desert Island Discs: Bill Nighy, presented by Sue Lawley

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bill-nighy/id435713106?i=1000093690199

Ways to Change the World: Richard Curtis, presented by Krishan Guru-Murthy

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/richard-curtis-on-future-charity-his-films-optimism/id1359195562?i=1000417849715 

Rom-Com Master Richard Curtis Is Still Trying to Prove That All We Need Is Love, Belinda Luscombe

https://time.com/5610727/richard-curtis-yesterday-movie-interview/

The Beatles: Eight Days A Week, the Touring Years

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2531318/

The Pink Protest

https://www.pinkprotest.org/

Figure 2: Each year, we buy 800 billion items of clothing

The True Cost

https://truecostmovie.com/

Talking Tastebuds: Livia Firth - Is Sustainable Fashion For the Privileged Only?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/livia-firth-is-sustainable-fashion-for-the-privileged-only/id1287395967?i=1000435020802

Talking Tastebuds: Lucy Siegle - Turning The Tide On Plastic + Slowing Fast Fashion

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lucy-siegle-turning-tide-on-plastic-slowing-fast-fashion/id1287395967?i=1000432298345 

Stacey Dooley Investigates: Fashion’s Dirty Secret

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bn6034

Depop

https://www.depop.com/

Stay Wild Swim

https://staywildswim.com/the-collection

People Tree

https://www.peopletree.co.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8qHJl8m34wIVyLTtCh3N3AGPEAAYASAAEgJTq_D_BwE

Patagonia

https://eu.patagonia.com/ (https://eu.patagonia.com/gb/en/home/?CATRK=SPFID-1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrLusoMm34wIVCLLtCh3TUQXNEAAYASAAEgIABvD_BwE&CATCI=kwd-297290718455&CAPCID=324130258920&CAWELAID=120232940000022743&CADevice=c&CAAGID=50326227498)

Nobody’s Child

https://www.nobodyschild.com/ (https://www.nobodyschild.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIut2Jq8m34wIVArTtCh27LQC-EAAYASAAEgI_H_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds)

UK government rejects calls for fast fashion retailers to address impact on the environment, Sarah Young

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/fast-fashion-government-environmental-audit-committee-labour-waste-a8963226.html

Figure 3: Tommy Lanigan outside the Stonewall Inn

Today in Focus: What has changed since the Stonewall rebellion? https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/what-has-changed-since-the-stonewall-rebellion/id1440133626?i=1000442505441

The Daily: A clash over inclusion at Pride, presented by Michael Barbaro

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-clash-over-inclusion-at-pride/id1200361736?i=1000443133315

Pride has sold its soul to rainbow-branded capitalism, Peter Tatchell

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/28/pride-rainbow-branded-capitalism-stonewall-lgbt

Pride 2019: What happened at the Stonewall riots and how did they inspire the LGBT+ rights movement?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pride-2019-stonewall-riots-history-lgbt-rights-a8942956.html

The views presented in this podcast are our own, not those of the firms we work for.

We are so excited to share this guest episode with singer-songwriter Delilah Montagu. We talk about her career so far, her songwriting process and her identity as a musician. Born in 1997, she wrote her first song aged 7 and released her first EP in June 2019. Dain Cairns of The Times wrote: “Brought up on Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Carole King, the 21-year-old also touches base with the work of Sade and Everything but the Girl. On her debut EP, Gold, there is a clarity to her singing and a self-assurance to her writing that mark her out as a serious talent. It’s the sound of an artist who knows exactly what she wants to say — and how to convey it.”

http://www.instagram.com/delilahmontagu/

https://smarturl.it/DelilahInGold

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3WtrH1zNpzoPSz6XpwCh6y?si=hOit8th4RGCgl5ZF8A1Rag 

Our three figures are Delilah Montagu, that there are more than 30 million songs on Spotify and a photograph taken by Delilah while travelling in Japan.

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The Call to Courage, Brené Brown

https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81010166

Magic Lessons, presented by Elizabeth Gilbert: Brené Brown

https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/magic-lessons-se-1-ep-12-brene-brown-on-big-strong-magic/id1138081319?i=1000373139417

Figure 1: Delilah Montagu

Delilah Montagu: 'Leonard Cohen was meant to be my life partner, in another life'

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/delilah-montagu-interview-gold

The Midas Touch: A Conversation with Delilah Montagu

http://atwoodmagazine.com/dmig-delilah-montagu-interview-2019/

Figure 2: There are more than 30 million songs on Spotify

Spotify vs Apple Music: Which music streaming service reigns supreme

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/tech/apple-music-versus-spotify-streaming-service/

Musicians mentioned: Leonard Cohen, Florence + The Machine, Lizzo, James Blake, Carole King and John Mayer

Figure 3: Travelling in Japan

10 Smart Solo Travel Tips For Women By Female Solo Travelers

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nomanazish/2019/06/27/10-smart-solo-travel-tips-for-women-by-female-solo-travelers/

The views expressed in this podcast are our own and not those of the firms we work for.

We’re back! In episode 38, we talk about rock and roll, Conservative party politics and the movement Abstract Expressionism. Our three figures are Elton John, that 63% of Tory members would prefer Brexit to go ahead even if it caused Scottish independence and 59% would want Brexit even if it led to Northern Ireland leaving the union, and Untitled by Lee Krasner (1946), currently on display at the Barbican.

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Be the Change: A Toolkit for the Activist in You by Gina Martin (2019)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Be-Change-Toolkit-Activist-You/dp/075157788X

Work Like A Woman, presented by Mary Portas

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/work-like-a-woman/id1463034553

About Race, presented by Renni Edo Lodge

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/about-race-with-reni-eddo-lodge/id1353151856

Table Manners, presented by Jessie and Lennie Ware https://podcasts.apple.com/mt/podcast/table-manners-with-jessie-ware/id1305228910?mt=2

Dan Snow’s History Hit

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dan-snows-history-hit/id1042631089

Crime Junkie, presented by Ashley Flowers

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/crime-junkie/id1322200189

Happy Mum Happy Baby, presented by Giovanna Fletcher

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/happy-mum-happy-baby/id1277078956

Beyond Today, presented by Tina Daheley and Matthew Price

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/beyond-today/id1440314309

The Daily, presented by Michael Barbaro

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736

Figure 1: Elton John

Rocketman (2019)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2066051/

Elton John: Tantrums & Tiaras (1997)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124158/

Piers Morgan Life Stories, Sir Elton John (2010)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2146742/

George Ezra & Friends, Sir Elton John

https://podcasts.apple.com/md/podcast/george-ezra-friends/id1346610013?mt=2

Figure 2: 63% of Tory members would prefer Brexit to go ahead even if it caused Scottish independence and 59% would want Brexit even if it led to Northern Ireland leaving the union.

Most Conservative members would see party destroyed to achieve Brexit

https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2019/06/18/most-conservative-members-would-see-party-destroye?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=website_article&utm_campaign=conservative_members_june_2019_mindset

Boris Johnson’s most memorable quotes, Stuart Heritage

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-johnsons-most-memorable-quotes-xdp63b0pl

The Churchill Factor: How one man made history by Boris Johnson (2015)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Churchill-Factor-How-Made-History/dp/144478305X

Figure 3: Untitled, Lee Krasner (1946)

Lee Krasner: Living Colour

https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2019/event/lee-krasner-living-colour?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4MHR5IWC4wIVJzbTCh1c-ASeEAAYASAAEgJr1_D_BwE

Front Row Daily: Lee Krasner, Ben Platt, Chasing Rainbows

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/front-row/id134045372

Modern art was a CIA ‘weapon’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern-art-was-cia-weapon-1578808.html

Royal Academy of Arts - Abstract Expressionism - revisiting the movement

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/abstract-expressionism-revisiting-the-movement/id1081046026?i=1000378898713

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Calling all fans of The Figure! We've been nominated for the Listener's Choice Award for the British Podcast Awards. To vote for us type 'The Figure' into the search bar and scroll down to find us: www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote

In episode 37, we talk about Scottish, Sri Lankan and French history. Our three figures are Mary Queen of Scots, that 321 people have died in the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka and Notre-Dame before and after the fire.

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On the first Stephen Lawrence Day, let’s admit our communities are still unequal, Stephen Lawrence

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/22/stephen-lawrence-day-british-society-doreen-lawrence?CMP=ShareiOSAppOther

The earth is just as alive as you are, Ferris Jabr

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/opinion/sunday/amazon-earth-rain-forest-environment.html

Figure 1: Mary, Queen of Scots

Take the Mary, Queen of Scots trail, Mike MacEacheran

https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/mary-queen-of-scots-trail-scotland-a4104256.html

Love, vengeance and the enduring appeal of Mary, Queen of Scots, Kevin McKenna

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/12/mary-queen-scots-film-enduring-appeal-rebel-queen

Saoirse Ronan: ‘I’ve played a lot of weird people. I have!’ Rachel Cooke

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/dec/30/saoirse-ronan-mary-queen-of-scots-interview

Mary Queen of Scots: 10 things you (probably) did not know, Alison Campsie

https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/mary-queen-of-scots-10-things-you-probably-did-not-know-1-4850526

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Mary Queen of Scots, Alex Barasch

https://slate.com/culture/2018/12/mary-queen-of-scots-movie-fact-vs-fiction-historical-accuracy.html

Figure 2: 321 people have died from the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka attacks: IS 'may be linked', government says

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48028045

Sri Lanka attacks: What led to carnage? Anbarasan Ethirajan

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48018417

Sri Lanka attacks: Agony as families watch faces dead flash up on hospital screen, Hugh Tomlinson

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/sri-lanka-attacks-agony-as-families-watch-faces-of-sri-lanka-attack-dead-flash-up-on-screen-3ln3b7dt9

Figure 3: Notre-Dame before and after the fire

The comeback of Notre Dame: Almost £1 billion was raised within days, but could the money be better spent? Mark Aitkin

https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/the-comeback-of-notre-dame-almost-1-billion-was-raised-within-days-but-could-the-money-be-better-spent/

Notre-Dame cathedral: 10 historical facts

https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/notre-dame-cathedral-facts-history-built-fire/

Notre-Dame de Paris

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Notre-Dame-de-Paris

History Extra: Notre-Dame

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/history-extra-podcast/id256580326

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In episode 36, we talk about the film On the Basis of Sex and the early career of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, potential hangover cures and the Twitter storm over Katie Bouman and her role in taking the first image of the shadow of a black hole. Our three figures are Ruth Bader Ginsburg, that every day an average of 200,000 people in the UK go to work with a hangover, and the first image of the shadow of a black hole.

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Game of Thrones

https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones

Fleabag

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p040tlqx/episodes/player

Killing Eve

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p06jy6bc/killing-eve

All About Eve, National Theatre

http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/ntlout34-all-about-eve

Where Should We Begin? Presented by Esther Perel

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/where-should-we-begin-with-esther-perel/id1237931798?mt=2

Figure 1: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

15 things you should know about Ruth Bader Ginsburg

http://mentalfloss.com/article/76804/15-things-you-should-know-about-ruth-bader-ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Nephew Talks ‘On The Basis of Sex’ And Why His Aunt Isn’t A ‘Superhero’, Staci Zaretsky

https://abovethelaw.com/2019/04/ruth-bader-ginsburgs-nephew-talks-on-the-basis-of-sex-and-why-his-aunt-isnt-a-superhero/?rf=1

What the New Ruth Bader Ginsburg Film Gets Wrong, According to R.B.G.: “I Never Stumbled”

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/12/ruth-bader-ginsburg-felicity-jones-armie-hammer-on-the-basis-of-sex-new-york-screening

The Escape (2017)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6069126/

Figure 2: Every day, an average of 200,000 people in the UK go to work with a hangover

Why you should be wary of going to work with a hangover

http://theconversation.com/why-you-should-be-wary-of-going-to-work-with-a-hangover-78139

A hangover is like a mini holiday, Caitlin Moran

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a-hangover-is-like-a-mini-holiday-qjch8262l

The 12 Stages of a Hangover, Pandora Sykes

http://www.pandorasykes.com/12-stages-christmas-hangover/

What’s the best way to cure a hangover? The experts’ advice, Peta Bee

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/whats-the-best-way-to-cure-a-hangover-the-experts-advice-8r36qb8sb

So does hair of the dog ACTUALLY work to cure a hangover? Abigail Malbon

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/a12017881/hair-of-the-dog-meaning-hangover-cure/

Figure 3: First image of the shadow of a black hole

First image of black hole revealed, Tom Whipple

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/black-hole-picture-captured-by-scientists-for-first-time-gvkngm6dg

How do you name a black hole? It is actually pretty complicated, Donna Lu

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2199578-how-do-you-name-a-black-hole-it-is-actually-pretty-complicated/

Online trolls are harassing a scientist who helped take the first picture of a black hole, Mary Beth Griggs

https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/13/18308652/katie-bouman-black-hole-science-internet

Katie Bouman: How to take a picture of a black hole | TED Talk

https://www.ted.com/talks/katie_bouman_what_does_a_black_hole_look_like?language=en#t-759120

How Katie Bouman Accidentally Became the Face of the Black Hole Project, Sarah Mervosh

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/science/katie-bouman-black-hole.html

The Black Hole Picture, Explained By Astrophysicists | WIRED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrDhHDBHkQY

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For episode 35, we talk about the Netflix series Sex Education, the stigma surrounding online dating, and the philosophy that underpins paintings by Piet Mondrian. Out three figures are Ncuti Gatwa, that one third of marriages in America start online, and Composition with Large Red Plane by Piet Mondrian (1921).

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Brave by Rose McGowan (2018)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brave-Rose-McGowan/dp/0008291128/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Brave+by+Rose+McGowan+%282018%29&qid=1554667733&s=books&sr=1-1-catcorr

Recovery: Freedom From Our Addictions by Russell Brand (2017)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Recovery-Freedom-Addictions-Russell-Brand/dp/1509844945

Normal People by Sally Rooney (2018)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Normal-People-Sally-Rooney/dp/0571347290

The Vow (2012)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606389/

To the Women, presented by Scarlett Curtis

https://www.audible.co.uk/?ref=Adbl_ip_rdr_from_AU&source_code=AUK30DFT1BkWS0826159059&ipRedirectFrom=AU&ipRedirectOriginalURL=pd%2FTo-the-Woman-Audiobook%2FB07P67D2K8

Floral Street, Scent School

https://floralstreet.com/pages/scent-school

The Sunday Times Style Beauty Awards

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/styleplay/beauty/competitions/style-beauty-awards-2019/

Figure 1: Ncuti Gatwa

Ncuti Gatwa

https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/ncuti-gatwa

How to Fail: Everything I’ve Learned From Things Going Wrong by Elizabeth Day (2019)

https://www.harpercollins.co.uk/9780008327323/how-to-fail/

How to Fail, presented by Elizabeth Day

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-to-fail-with-elizabeth-day/id1407451189?mt=2

Gillian Anderson interview: Sex Education, phalluses, and why she’s hot for comedy

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gillian-anderson-interview-sex-education-phalluses-and-why-she-s-hot-for-comedy-nbrz5d6np

Family: why your teenager and you should both watch Sex Education on Netflix

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/family-why-your-teenager-and-you-should-both-watch-sex-education-on-netflix-sj0c0kc8b

Nadia Sawalha - Family, Films, Food & Fun

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC67bncV8UU5zqa7yjJFXPFg

Rwanda Genocide of 1994

https://www.britannica.com/event/Rwanda-genocide-of-1994

Figure 2: One third of marriages in America start online

First Evidence That Online Dating Is Changing the Nature of Society

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609091/first-evidence-that-online-dating-is-changing-the-nature-of-society/

The top 8 things you didn’t know about online dating

https://www.express.co.uk/featured/life-style/life/845881/online-dating-facts-from-research-results-that-will-surprise-you

Figure 3: Composition with Large Red Plane, Piet Mondrian (1921)

Neo-Plasticism was ‘purely abstract with no presentational relation to the natural world’ (Oxford Dictionary of Art, 2004). Does this seem a reasonable assessment of the style? Give reasons for your answer, by Charlotte Lorimer

https://www.academia.edu/32391555/Neo-plasticism

Homage to Mondrian, Yves Saint Laurent

https://museeyslparis.com/en/biography/lhommage-a-piet-mondrian

Fractal analysis of tree paintings by Piet Mondrian (1872-1944)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316571235_Fractal_analysis_of_tree_paintings_by_Piet_Mondrian_1872-1944

Theosophy

https://www.britannica.com/topic/theosophy

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