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EI Portraits

EI Portraits

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 Our writers profile individuals, some well-known, some overlooked, and explore how they shaped the world as we know it. Read by Sebastian Brown. Art Political Science Politics & Government World
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  • Daisy Dunn on Pittacus, the good tyrant

    Daisy Dunn on Pittacus, the good tyrant
    Feb 6 2025
    After unpromising beginnings and innumerable controversies, Pittacus, seventh-century ruler of Mytilene on Lesbos, should be remembered as one of the great leaders of his age. Read by Sebastian Brown.

    Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit.

    Image: An illustration of Pittacus. Credit: Historical image collection by Bildagentur-online / Alamy Stock Photo
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    12 mins
  • Tim Marshall on Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, rocket man

    Tim Marshall on Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, rocket man
    Jan 23 2025
    The Russian recluse, a scientific self-starter who left school at 14, developed pioneering theories of space travel that anticipated the great feats of the Space Race fifty years later. Read by Sebastian Brown.

    Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit.

    Image: Soviet poster featuring a portrait of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935). Credit: Alexeyev Filippov / Alamy Stock Photo
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    14 mins
  • Alexander Lee on Guittone d’Arezzo, Dante’s forgotten muse

    Alexander Lee on Guittone d’Arezzo, Dante’s forgotten muse
    Jan 9 2025
    At a time of moral and political crisis, the medieval poet pioneered a daring and emotive vernacular style which inspired generations of Italian literature. Read by Sebastian Brown.

    Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit.

    Image: A sketch of Guittone d'Arezzo from the nineteenth century. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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    18 mins
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