Invited experts

Claudia Williams

Reporter and Producer

Ash Sarkar

We live under minority rule. But who is the ruling minority? Join us for a ThinkIn with Ash Sarkar, political commentator and author of Minority Rule: Adventures in the Culture War as she lays bare the stark realities of inequality, insecurity, and information overload that define our times. In her eye-opening debut, Sarkar reveals how a powerful minority of hedge fund managers, press barons, landlords, and corporations manipulate culture wars to divide the majority and maintain control. Together in the newsroom, she’ll expose the myths fuelling our polarised politics—like immigrants stealing our jobs and eating our pets, or cancel culture stifling free speech. She'll reveal how our shared interests are being drowned out by a deafening culture of distraction—and why understanding the present is the first step towards a better future. Join us for an evening of thought-provoking discussion as we dissect one of the most brazen power grabs in history, and ask: what can we do to build a more just society?