“It sounded to me that to be a gentleman, you needed both manners and bravery. And that thought was horribly fascinating. Because I thought only wimps needed manners. And only tough guys were brave”
Lee Camp of Redacted Tonight VIP interviews the brilliant author and filmmaker Raoul Martinez. Martinez’s new book “Creating Freedom” covers so many important issues facing our society…
“What makes his arguments unusual is that they lead to some chastening conclusions. Here are a few: prisons need to be emptied of all but those who pose a threat to society. Elections must be exposed as a shabby trick on a deluded populace, a lie of democratic choice in a system controlled by money. The media must be revealed as what it is – a corporate capitalist machine to mass-produce stupidity (with the happy exception of this article).” Raoul Martinez, interviewed on Creating Freedom (“this year’s essential text for thinking radicals”).
Stuart Jeffries
Guardian
Raoul Martinez talks freedom at Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin.
Raoul Martinez’s keynote speech on Brexit and democracy at The Convention.
Raoul Martinez is interviewed on Book Shambles (a.k.a. the most endearing, entertaining books podcast around).
“The author, and the arguments within his book, have a tendency to leave a reader feeling enlivened, stirred and provoked. But perhaps this should come as no surprise. We have no choice, after all.”
Seamus O'Reilly
The Irish Times
Discover literary remedies and find out more about bibliotherapy on the official Novel Cure website
Watch this animation of Dan Pink’s RSA talk
Watch Dan Pink discuss the changing nature of sales. From the new ABCs of sales, to the six successors to the the elevator pitch, to the surprising truth about moving others, one message is clear: we’re all in sales now.
“Island People powerfully shows how places shape people, and how people shape places.”
Anita Sethi
Guardian
Watch the Life of Pi official film trailer.
‘I have a complicated relationship with Bangladesh…’
Claire Armitstead
Guardian
“I am old. That is the first thing to tell you. The thing you are least likely to believe. If you saw me you would probably think I was about forty, but you would be very wrong.”
Watch the trailer
‘Death and love all mixed up, and with love coming out on top’
Paul Magrs
Guardian
Watch Dominic Dromgoole and actors from the Globe to Globe tour discuss the book.
Simon’s Cat Off to the Vet film preview
