Your How To Plus Subscribers Newsletter | With Roger Deakins, Charlie Higson, Meera Syal, and more.

[John Gordon, How To Academy]

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** Dear Antonella,

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This month began with Roger Deakins taking to the stage alongside his wife and creative collaborator James Deakins and actor George MacKay to share stories from a remarkable life in cinema. John Kampfner and Robert Peston examined the countries solving the world's most pressing problems and what we can learn from them, and Carissa Veliz took us through the history, hidden dangers, and human cost of prediction in the age of AI. Charlie Higson returned to How To Academy with his short but epic history of the British monarchy, and Catharine Edwards met Robert Harris to discuss the legacy of Cicero and the fall of the Roman republic.

In August, we will be taking a short break from live events, but our livestream schedule remains full of fascinating conversations. Guardian reporter Hettie O'Brien joins Oliver Bullough to reveal how private equity has silently corroded the things that hold society together. Financial Times columnist Soumaya Keynes and former White House Chief Economist Chad Bown ask what the return of the trade war means for the global economy – and how we might prepare for what comes next. Historian Erin Maglaque uncovers the hidden lives of the desiring, labouring, caring women of the pre-modern past, while comedian and funeral officer Evie King joins Robin Ince with a practical (and hilarious) guide to sorting out your death. Harry Tanner traces the origins of homophobia in the West from ancient Greece to imperial Rome, and Dr Ezekiel Emanuel offers his six simple, evidence-based rules for a long and healthy life.

Our live events return on 30th August, as Meera Syal joins Poorna Bell at Conway Hall, London for the first evening of her UK tour.

Thank you, once again, for being a part of the How To Academy. We would love to hear which events have been your favourites. Get in touch with us via social media (https://x.com/howtoacademy?mc_cid=f69ed110ad&mc_eid=UNIQID) or  email. (mailto:contact at howtoacademy.com)

Warmest wishes,
John Gordon
Founder, How To Academy


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