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.
15 june 2021
A ThinkIn with Gordon Brown
From global vaccinations to political leadership, how can we tackle the immense challenges facing humanity? Catch up on our ThinkIn with former Prime Minister Gordon Brown to hear his solutions.
What our members are watching
In conversation with Richard Dawkins
Join Tortoise Editor Matt d’Ancona in conversation with Richard Dawkins.
Twenty years in Afghanistan: Did the West do more harm than good?
After a 20-year occupation in Afghanistan, what has been achieved?
Is Boris Johnson invincible?
Join Matt d’Ancona and invited experts as we sift fact from fiction from a dramatic year in politics.
Slow Reviews Live… with the Primadonnas and special guests
Join us for our first ever Slow Reviews Live ThinkIn, with founding members and brilliant writers from the Primadonna Festival.
covid Inquiry
Why wait until spring 2022?
That’s when the prime minister has said an independent inquiry into the government’s response to Covid will begin. Here at Tortoise, we felt the need was far more urgent – and so, last Autumn, we held our own.
Recent ThinkIns
Charles, charities and the Russian donor: should the Met investigate?
Add your voice to the Tortoise editors’ weekly news conference. Bring story ideas and perspectives.Have your say.
Inequality, incompetents and grade inflation: does meritocracy work?
Join us, with Daniel and Adrian, for a ThinkIn to debate who’s right about meritocracy and to explore the implications of both perspectives on the way we live our lives.
How has Brexit changed politics, business and the shape of the UK? with Mark Drakeford, First Minister of Wales
The First Minister of Wales in conversation with Tortoise Editor Ceri Thomas.
Victoria, Succession and Stephen: is drama better at news than journalism?
How do the shifting boundaries between fact and fiction, news and drama reshape our relationship with journalism, and with history? If journalism is the first draft of history, is TV drama now the finished article?
What are the economics of greening energy?
What is the financial cost and impact of a successful green transition? Join us to find out.
Open News Meeting
Add your voice to the Tortoise editors’ weekly news conference. Bring story ideas and perspectives.Have your say.
The Arms Race: how many more people will die from Covid-19?
The fight for feminism
At a time when women’s rights across the world are increasingly under threat, why is feminism eating itself alive? What can be done to bring everyone together?
Afghanistan: what now?
Although it happened faster than even the Taliban expected, the fall of Kabul was not a surprise. The key question is, what happens now?
The Tortoise Summer DrinkIn
Join the Tortoise team for a joyous summer DrinkIn before the holidays kick off.
In conversation with Jess Phillips
Join us for a ThinkIn with Jess Phillips hat gets behind the smoke and mirrors of today’s political scene.
How can Tortoise go local?
Bring your friends to share your thoughts and ideas about the launch of Tortoise Local.
Sign of the times: How does pop define the 1980s?
Join us in a ThinkIn as we look back at the ten pop songs which defined the decade – and bring along some suggestions of your own!
The Chip Crisis: will the shortage of computer chips cause the next geopolitical crisis?
Will the global shortage of computer chips cause the next geopolitical crisis? We ask the experts.
Is Boris Johnson invincible?
Join Matt d’Ancona and invited experts as we sift fact from fiction from a dramatic year in politics.
The Heywood Prize Awards Ceremony
Join us for the Heywood Foundation Public Policy Prize Awards Ceremony 2021.
Don’t miss these upcoming ThinkIns
Open News Meeting
Will technology widen the power gap? In conversation with Azeem Azhar
The Tortoise Cyber Summit
In conversation with…
Crisis Leadership – Tony Blair
The UK’s former prime minister in conversation with James Harding.
In conversation with Sharon White, Chair of the John Lewis Partnership
Join James Harding in conversation with Sharon White, Chair of the John Lewis Partnership
A ThinkIn with Lisa Nandy
Join James Harding in conversation with Lisa Nandy to discuss the direction of the Labour Party on the international stage.
A ThinkIn with Mark Carney on Value(s)
What does value really mean? Join James Harding in conversation with Mark Carney to find out.
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: Are the Olympics doomed?
Are the Olympics doomed, or are we just going through a grumpy patch?
Sensemaker Live: Can’t we just ditch social media and get along?
Why not just scrap the apps and use the phone for talking, or not getting lost?
Sensemaker Live: Why go to space?
Make sense of this week’s major news stories in a live editorial conference with Tortoise editors.
Sensemaker Live: How slimmed down should the royals be?
Make sense of this week’s major news stories in a live editorial conference with Tortoise editors.
Summits
The Tortoise Education Summit
Schooling after the virus: can we build back better?
The Future of Work Summit
What does the future of work really look like?
The Tortoise Climate Summit: How can we accelerate net zero?
Join us to start writing a global to-do list before the world gathers in Glasgow to work out how to save itself.
The Future of Cars Summit
Join us and invited experts to discuss the big questions about the future of cars
The Future of Money Summit
Join us an invited experts to discuss the big questions about the future of money
Global Health Summit
The six challenges after Covid