Jamie Oliver is a big inspiration for us at The School of Life, as he is a hugely talented teacher, …
Tag: thought
ART/ARCHITECTURE: Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol was one of the great artists of the 20th century who understood the legitimate role that glamour and …
The Pleasures of Community
There’s a lot of pressure on us to make our individual lives interesting. But sometimes, the best experiences aren’t those …
How to Make a Country Rich
If you were setting out to make a country rich, what kind of mindsets and ideas would be most likely …
LITERATURE – Jane Austen
Jane Austen’s novels are so readable in part because she wasn’t an ordinary kind of novelist: she wanted her work …
Exercise for Intellectuals
All too often nowadays, people who love to exercise their brains forget to exercise their bodies. This wasn’t the way …
How to Find Meaningful Work
Contrary to some expectations, it isn’t only money we want from work. We also need our work to feel ‘meaningful’. …
PHILOSOPHY – Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer was deeply influenced by Buddhist thought and is in many ways the West’s answer to it: he too …