Your How To Plus Subscribers Newsletter | With Meera Syal, Ben Macintyre, Naomi Klein and more.

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** Dear Antonella,

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This month, we witnessed a once in a lifetime event – the solar eclipse. It is rare to be reminded quite so plainly of the scale of things and what it means to be human.

This month, our livestream programme has taken centre stage. We welcomed Guardian journalist Hettie O'Brien who joined Oliver Bullough to uncover what the expansion of private equity into housing, healthcare and the news is costing us all. Financial Times columnist Soumaya Keynes and Chad Bown of the Peterson Institute joined David Malone to explain how a trade war actually works – and how one might be won. Historian Erin Maglaque took us through five centuries of women's lives told through trial transcripts and midwives' manuals, and Harry Tanner uncovered the ancient roots of the West’s hostility to queer love, tracing how a world that once tolerated it slowly learned not to.

Next month, we return to our usual jam-packed season of live events. Dame Meera Syal kicks off her UK tour of Vigilauntie!, opening at Conway Hall with Poorna Bell. Ben Macintyre tells the story of the Cold War's most extraordinary spy, joined on stage by the agent's former MI6 case officer Ian McCredie, and Simon Sebag Montefiore talks to the former Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt about the making of the modern Middle East. Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor join historian David Olusoga to journey inside the far-right Armageddon complex, and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe shares the story of her six-year imprisonment in Iran and her ongoing fight. You can take a look at the full calendar here. (https://howtoacademy.com/events-calendar/?mc_cid=db2c3401d3&mc_eid=UNIQID)

In our livestream programme, TV producer Michael Attwell will discuss his 20 years of investigating the Moors murders and everything he has learned. Philosopher Lani Watson will discuss the hidden power of questions in a world that rewards answers, psychologist, and author of The Courage to be Disliked, Ichiro Kishimi, makes the case for living an ordinary life, and Adrian Owen discusses the neuroscience of thinking. Have a look at the programme here. (https://howtoacademy.com/events-calendar/?event_type=online&mc_cid=db2c3401d3&mc_eid=UNIQID)

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=db2c3401d3&mc_eid=UNIQID) or  email. (mailto:contact at howtoacademy.com)

Warmest wishes,

John Gordon
Founder and Chairman
How To Academy

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Lani Watson in Conversation with Hannah MacInnes

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Daniel Susskind Live in London

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Life and Death in the Viking Age (https://howtoacademy.com/events/life-and-death-in-the-viking-age/?mc_cid=db2c3401d3&mc_eid=UNIQID)
Neil Price Live in Conversation with Peter Hoskin

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Catherine Ostler in Conversation with Hannah MacInnes

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How To Prevent World War Three (https://howtoacademy.com/events/how-to-prevent-world-war-three/?mc_cid=db2c3401d3&mc_eid=UNIQID)
Tobias Ellwood in Conversation with Paul van Zyl

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Ichiro Kishimi: The Courage To Be Ordinary (https://howtoacademy.com/events/ichiro-kishimi-the-courage-to-be-ordinary/?mc_cid=db2c3401d3&mc_eid=UNIQID)
In Conversation with Hannah MacInnes

** This Month's Most Watched
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How Private Equity Tore Society Apart – And How We Can Fight Back (https://howtoacademy.com/videos/how-private-equity-tore-society-apart-and-how-we-can-fight-back/?mc_cid=db2c3401d3&mc_eid=UNIQID)
Hettie O’Brien in Conversation with Oliver Bullough

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How To Win a Trade War (https://howtoacademy.com/videos/how-to-win-a-trade-war/?mc_cid=db2c3401d3&mc_eid=UNIQID)
Soumaya Keynes and Chad Bown in Conversation with David Malone

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The Hidden History of the Female Body (https://howtoacademy.com/videos/the-hidden-history-of-the-female-body/?mc_cid=db2c3401d3&mc_eid=UNIQID)
Erin Maglaque in Conversation with Hannah MacInnes

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Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life (https://howtoacademy.com/videos/simple-rules-for-a-long-and-healthy-life/?mc_cid=db2c3401d3&mc_eid=UNIQID)
Dr Ezekiel J. Emanuel in Conversation with Edie Lush

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Harry Tanner in Conversation with Hannah MacInnes

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How to Find Delight in Impossible Times (https://howtoacademy.com/videos/how-to-find-delight-in-impossible-times/?mc_cid=db2c3401d3&mc_eid=UNIQID)
Kate Bowler in Conversation with Hannah MacInnes

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