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6 Jul 2024: Many families in the UK open their homes to provide refuge for fleeing Ukrainians. What is the history and the future of sanctuary? The idea of sanctuary for the oppressed individual or for groups of people fleeing persecution or war is an ancient

7 Jul 2024: Have you been betrayed before? Betrayal is a harsh, even melodramatic word. And yet most people feel that they’ve experienced it at some point in their lives or worry that they might have been guilty of betraying someone else. An act of betrayal

7 Jul 2024: There’s a disturbing amount of antisemitic material on social media, and hate postings in general are rife. Following an increase in antisemitic postings on social media, the Antisemitism Policy Trust looked into it and asked the Woolf Institute

7 Jul 2024: Magic Thinking

7 Jul 2024: Modern Slavery

7 Jul 2024: Reconciliation

7 Jul 2024: Can we really forgive and forget? What benefits are there to forgiving others? Forgiving others is a serious matter but can it come from nowhere? Or is an apology needed first from the perpetrator of the misdeed in question? And when does an apology

7 Jul 2024: Evolution: Past, Present and Future

7 Jul 2024: Fortress Europe

7 Jul 2024: Living Together

7 Jul 2024: What is it that makes us feel lonely? Most of us feel lonely some of the time, but some of us feel lonely most of the time. To be alone, however, is not to be lonely, and sometimes being part of a crowd can feel very lonely indeed. Kitty O’Lone

7 Jul 2024: Musical Networks

7 Jul 2024: Religious Relics

7 Jul 2024: What makes a good leader?

7 Jul 2024: Should we really go with our guts? There’s a wide spectrum of gut feeling. It can lead to wise judgements that rise above conflicting arguments, or it can disguise a stubborn refusal to listen to evidence. Joining Ed Kessler to unpack gut feelings

7 Jul 2024: Hope and Fear

7 Jul 2024: Talk the Talk

7 Jul 2024: How do we keep ourselves accountable when the planet is growing sicker in front of our eyes? The last time the plight of our planet featured on NAKED REFLECTIONS we began with a clip about fires in the Amazon. Since then, there have been reports

6 Jul 2024: Is there a science of forgiveness? "Without forgiveness there is no future." So said the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa. But do we have it in us to forgive the most egregious sins? Some think that is in God's realm. Kitty O'Lone and

7 Jul 2024: Reflecting on Voting

7 Jul 2024: How can we tell the difference between stress and anxiety? High anxiety is when a stimulating challenge suddenly turns into a huge problem or when shyness and apprehension become crippling. These experiences are as old as humanity and are being

7 Jul 2024: Love the Other

7 Jul 2024: A home is something everyone deserves. A home is something everyone deserves. By the same token, homelessness is surely something no one should have to endure. But homelessness is rife in our towns and cities – or it was until the COVID crisis.

7 Jul 2024: Resolving Conflict

7 Jul 2024: Blessed Algorithms

7 Jul 2024: Glass half full

7 Jul 2024: Alpha Females

7 Jul 2024: Troubled Minds

7 Jul 2024: Changing Minds

7 Jul 2024: Black and British

6 Jul 2024: Get Rich Quick!

7 Jul 2024: Gender and Socitey

7 Jul 2024: Working in Harmony

7 Jul 2024: Movement of People

7 Jul 2024: Diversity in Sport

7 Jul 2024: Laughing Matters

7 Jul 2024: Lost in Translation

7 Jul 2024: The National Health

7 Jul 2024: Biology's Holy Grail

7 Jul 2024: Speaking of Silence

7 Jul 2024: Does interfaith work?

7 Jul 2024: Hope Springs Eternal

7 Jul 2024: Genetics and ethics: the Sanger controversy

7 Jul 2024: Memory and Memorising

7 Jul 2024: Refugees and Migrants

7 Jul 2024: What Makes Music?

7 Jul 2024: Who gets the blame?

7 Jul 2024: Nudging you to act...

7 Jul 2024: Odds on Either Way

6 Jul 2024: Documenting the history of writing