Will Nicola Sturgeon lead Scotland to independence?
Have the twin pressures of Brexit and Covid gifted independence to the SNP?
ThinkIns on catch up
ThinkIns are for Tortoise members and invited guests. Catch up below on some of our recent favourites.
A ThinkIn is not just another panel discussion. It’s a real editorial meeting where your insight and experience can help shape our reporting.
How it works
Book a ticket, and we’ll send you a link to join us online. You can bring a friend.
We’ll invite guests with special expertise, but anyone can speak. Just raise your hand.
A ThinkIn is one hour long. At the end, the editor will summarise what we’ve heard.
8 february 2021
A ThinkIn with Nadhim Zahawi, Minister for Covid Vaccine Deployment
Can schools really be reopened before teachers have been vaccinated? How long would it take to approve a Covid booster jab? And why has the government said vaccine passports should be off the table?
Catch up on our conversation with Nadhim Zahawi.
What our members are watching
Can Boris survive?
Boris Johnson’s 80 seat majority should have given him a bulletproof five-year term in office but Covid-19 had other ideas.
Why isn’t the ethnicity pay gap reporting mandatory?
How can we make sure more companies commit to reporting on the ethnicity pay gap?
Is everything we know about food wrong? With Professor Tim Spector
One of the world’s leading scientists reveals why so much of the current advice on food and nutrition is dangerously inaccurate.
covid Inquiry
100,000 deaths. How did it come to this?
Catch up on our Covid Inquiry – an investigation into the government’s effort to control the virus.
Recent ThinkIns
Creative Sensemaker – #AllTogetherNow: is social media the new cultural venue?
Is the new cultural venue your Twitter feed? Join us to find out.
Open News
Add your voice to the Tortoise editors’ weekly news conference. Bring story ideas and perspectives. Have your say.
In conversation with Carolyn McCall, CEO of ITV
Carolyn McCall on the future of home entertainment, public service broadcasting, diversity and representation and much more.
Adventures in Bitcoin: Who is Satoshi Nakamoto and what have they created?
Join us for a ThinkIn on the tale of Bitcoin, and what happens next for crypto-currency.
Sensemaker Live: Back to school – should everyone take an extra year?
Make sense of this weeks major news stories in a live editorial conference with Tortoise editors.
A ThinkIn with Carol Ann Duffy: on family life, love and letting go
Join the former Poet Laureate, as she shares her collection of modern and classic poems on the ups and downs of family life.
A ThinkIn with David Baddiel on Jews Don’t Count
Join James Harding in conversation with author David Baddiel
Open News
Add your voice to the Tortoise editors’ weekly news conference. Bring story ideas and perspectives. Have your say.
The Battle for Truth: Is anything true anymore?
It’s supposed to be easier than ever to access information, but how can we learn to separate the facts from the opinions?
Sensemaker Live: Britain’s borders – what took so long?
Make sense of this weeks major news stories in a live editorial conference with Tortoise editors.
Is levelling up a myth?
What does ‘levelling up’ really mean? Join us to find out.
The Maxwells: what a family, what a story
What does the psychodrama of the Maxwell family reveal about toxic power in the 21st century?
Open News
Add your voice to the Tortoise editors’ weekly news conference. Bring story ideas and perspectives. Have your say.
In conversation with John Holland-Kaye, CEO of Heathrow
Join James Harding over breakfast in conversation with John Holland-Kaye, CEO of Heathrow
The Battle for Truth: Is ‘cancel culture’ even real?
What does it mean to be “cancelled” – and does it matter?
The Battle for Truth: Who will save the internet?
In the first ThinkIn of our Battle for Truth series we are asking – who will save the internet?
Don’t miss these upcoming ThinkIns
Are we alone in the universe?
In conversation with Sharon White, Chair of the John Lewis Partnership
The Future of Cars Summit
In conversation with…
Crisis Leadership – Tony Blair
The UK’s former prime minister in conversation with James Harding.
Gina Miller
British business person and activist, Gina Miller joins us to talk about her life, work, and famous legal challenges.
James O’Brien
The outspoken radio presenter on how to change your mind in a world that is notoriously unforgiving of uncertainty.
Isabel Wilkerson
Pulitzer prize-winner Isabel Wilkerson, author of The Warmth of Other Suns, joins Matt d’Ancona to discuss her new book Caste: The Lies That Divide Us
Next Gen
ThinkIns created especially for students and apprentices
How to start a movement with anti-discrimination activist Alex Holmes
Alex Holmes used his personal experience of racism to start a grassroots movement that later saw him become deputy CEO in the charity sector.
How to break down stereotypes with actor Samantha Renke
Samantha knows a thing or two about proving people wrong.
Sensemaker Live
Sensemaker Live: Back to school – should everyone take an extra year?
Make sense of this weeks major news stories in a live editorial conference with Tortoise editors.
Creative Sensemaker Live: will the great book comeback last?
Did 2020 set the fire under the book renaissance?
Sensemaker Live: Operation vaccination – is the rollout plan working?
Make sense of this week’s major news stories in a live editorial conference with Tortoise editors.
Sensemaker Live: The great forgotten story of Brexit – what’s really happening with trade?
Make sense of this week’s major news stories in a live editorial conference with Tortoise editors
