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The loneliness disease
Dozens of longitudinal studies show that loneliness and isolation are associated with future incidence of diseases. If our societies are designed properly, nobody should feel lonely. We should all feel like we have that community around us, those people to support us and those easy opportunities to engage with others.
Daisy Fancourt

Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology

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Marina Warner
Marina Warner, writer and Professor of Creative Writing at Birkbeck, University of London, explores the power of art.
Marina Warner
Writer and Professor in Creative Writing
Tamsin Mather
with Tamsin Mather
One thing that really inspires me about volcanoes is how important they have also been for the development and maintenance of our beautiful, habitable planet.
Tamsin Mather
Professor of Earth Sciences
Devorah Baum
Even though joking is often wielded by the powerful against the weak, it’s just as often the recourse of the weak against the strong.
Devorah Baum
Associate Professor in English Literature and Critical Theory
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Martin Rees
Naoise Mac Sweeney
Robert Macfarlane
Silvia Vignolini
Josh Cohen
Irene Miguel-Aliaga
Susheila Nasta
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