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Savage care

2026-03-06 19:00:00

Surgeons in blue attire performing an operation in a theatre, with medical tools visible.

Neat ethical principles have nothing to say to doctors like me, faced with the brutal, bloody compromises of hospital life

- by Ronald W Dworkin

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After rain

2026-03-05 19:01:00

Painting of a landscape with a helicopter, purple mountains, people near a stream and vehicles by trees under a blue sky.

A family swim, share meals and tell stories by a creek in Central Australia in a joyous celebration of much-needed rain

- by Aeon Video

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On her own terms

2026-03-05 19:00:00

An older woman sitting on steps, speaking to journalists holding microphones and cameras outside a house.

Doris Lessing’s Golden Notebook remains shocking, necessary and imperfect – a dazzling experiment in living as a woman

- by Catherine Taylor

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Exploratorium

2026-03-04 19:01:00

Silhouette of person reaching towards vibrant colourful light patterns on a wall.

Play with the physics of perception at Frank Oppenheimer’s Exploratorium in this captivating, Oscar-nominated short from 1974

- by Aeon Video

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The insurance catastrophe

2026-03-03 19:00:00

A destroyed house with an American flag amid debris and destruction under a clear blue sky.

Whole regions of the world are now uninsurable, bringing radical uncertainty to the economy. How do we fix the problem?

- by Gavin Evans

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Great art explained: Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581

2026-03-02 19:01:00

Painting of a distressed man with wide eyes holding a dying man with a bloody head. They lie on a red pattered carpet near a toppled throne, dark, rich tones in the background.

Why Ilya Repin’s masterpiece of Ivan the Terrible, first banned in 1885, remains one of Russia’s most controversial paintings

- by Aeon Video

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