January 2016

Continuing our series about working lives around the world, a cattle herder from Cameroon: Please subscribe here: http://tinyurl.com/o28mut7 If you like our films take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide):…

Mark Zuckerberg is one of the richest people on the planet - and yet dresses like a very ordinary guy. That's both cheering and subtly deeply wounding to our pride. If you like our films take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide):…

Philosophy means, in Ancient Greek, the love of wisdom. But the word wisdom can sound very big and forbidding; what does it really mean to be wise? And how might we consciously strive to be a little wiser? If you like our films take a…

We might assume that the moment we cry in films is when something very sad or troubling is occurring. But the truth is rather stranger. We often break down is when things are particularly lovely. If you like our films take a look at our…

There's a particular pleasure to be felt in the mighty things of nature: thunderstorms, the stars, vast deserts, oceans, the icecaps. One philosopher who analysed our pleasure was Edmund Burke, who pinned a word to this sensation and…

Despite talk of liberation, our sexual lives remain the focus of immense amounts of shame. One way to deal with this is to expand - with dignity - evidence of what people are truly like. Here, some brave individuals reveal what it is they…

There’s so much pressure on us to be always rational, calm and sensible: it’s time also to say a word about the essential normality of a little madness. If you like our films, take a look at our full shop too: https://goo.gl/WjNqpj…

Goethe is one of the great minds of European civilisation, though his work is largely unknown outside of the German speaking countries. He deserves our renewed attention. Please subscribe here: http://tinyurl.com/o28mut7 If you like our…

Psychotherapy throws important light on what causes panic attacks. Often there’s a desire to sabotage one’s performance in order to remain loyal to something or someone in one’s past. If you're considering therapy, visit us here:…

Economists and politicians always want there to be more ‘demand’ in the economy. But they ignore whether there might be better or worse kinds of demand. Please subscribe here: http://tinyurl.com/o28mut7 If you like our films take a look…