5 d. ago Moral Ambition by Rutger Bregman review – why you quit your job to make the world a better place

A bracingly hopeful call for high-flyers to ditch corporate drudgery in favour of something far more ambitiousThis is not a self-help book,” the author tells us, firmly. Appearances might suggest otherwise: it is written and presented almost entirely in the familiar style of that genre, with largish print, short sentences, snappy maxims in italics and lots of lists and charts (“six signs you may be on the wrong side of history”). Its proposals are delivered with all the annoyingly hectic bounciness of the genre.But it is worth taking Bregman (a thirtysomething historian and author labelled “one of Europe’s most prominent young thinkers” by the Ted network) at his word. He begins from the deep and corrosive anomie experienced by so many gifted young professionals who find themselves making substantial sums of money in exhausting and (at best) morally compromising jobs. The “moral ambition” of the title is about recognising that serious financial, organisational, technological an...

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7 d. ago Moral Ambition by Rutger Bregman review – don’t just stand there, do something

An altruistic companion to Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks aims to encourage anyone with a conscience to stop being a spectatorMany years ago there was a BBC children’s TV programme called Why Don’t You Just Switch Off Your Television Set and Go and Do Something Less Boring Instead?. Its aim was to encourage kids to spending their summer holidays helping grannies across the street or litter-picking rather than lying on the sofa filling their faces with cheese puffs. If I’m anything to go by, it didn’t work.Moral Ambition is Why Don’t You? for grownups, written by a Dutch historian but deploying psychologically sophisticated nudge techniques, shaming devices and a hectoring imperative mood to encourage clever if spiritually bankrupt people like you (no offence) to do something beyond making mortgage payments by means of a job you hate. Don’t you realise that the average worker will spend 80,000 hours at their job and, judging by the look of you (again, no offence), 79,999 of th...

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2 w. ago Reunion viewers 'already hooked' on new drama after just one episode

The new bilingual show featuring British Sign Language and spoken English, directed by Luke Snellin, premiered on BBC One on Monday night.

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3 w. ago BBC Reunion viewers 'hooked' on new crime drama as fans all say same thing

The new four-part BBC drama, which stars Matthew Gurney, Anne-Marie Duff and Rose Alying-Ellis amongst others, centres on the perspective of protagonist, Daniel Brennan

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3 w. ago BBC Reunion: Full cast list of unknown faces led by Strictly Come Dancing winner Rose Ayling

The four-part revenge series is a bilingual production in British Sign Language (BSL) and spoken English

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3 w. ago BBC Reunion writer on why it was so important to use sign language and spoken English in show

The new four-part thriller is being praised as one of the best UK shows of the year

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3 w. ago Reunion on BBC One: Full cast of deaf revenge thriller including EastEnders and Shameless stars

BBC One's deaf revenge thriller Reunion is set to make its debut tonight, but who will be joining stars Rose Ayling Ellis in the drama?

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3 w. ago BBC's Reunion: What it's about, episodes, full cast and where you've seen them before

Everything you need to know about the new BBC thriller airing tonight

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3 w. ago Today's TV with Sara Wallis: Strictly star's groundbreaking BBC sign language drama Reunion

From a gripping revenge thriller to a harrowing Holocaust documentary and the return of Celebrity Big Brother, our TV columnist Sara Wallis picks the best telly to watch tonight

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3 w. ago Reunion BBC cast: who is in the cast of BBC show and what time is it on?

Reunion is a ‘unique’ thriller set to start on BBC

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3 w. ago Reunion on BBC One review: an ambitious and timely revenge thriller

This groundbreaking series features a stunning performance from Matthew Gurney as a deaf man on a quest for justice

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3 w. ago BBC Reunion viewers stunned as they work out where they’ve seen Carly actress before

BBC's new drama Reunion has left viewers distracted as they've realised where they've seen Carly actress Lara Peake before - as the star has appeared in a racy drama

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3 w. ago BBC Reunion: Airdate, cast list, plot and everything you need to know about the ground

BBC's new crime drama is a bilingual first as it showcases both English and British Sign Language

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3 w. ago Adolescence was just the start: BBC's Reunion is the makers' most groundbreaking, thrilling new drama yet

The team behind Netflix's record-breaking hit deliver a deaf-led revenge story so intense, it's set to eclipse their last work.

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3 w. ago Gorka Marquez 'gutted' as he misses out on BBC Strictly Come Dancing reunion with 'tears'

The dancer missed out on a reunion with his Strictly Come Dancing co-stars which saw a number of tears

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3 w. ago Death in Paradise fans 'work out' return of beloved character in spin

Death in Paradise fans have predicted an 'unlikely' reunion between two characters in the BBC show's spin-off, Beyond Paradise,

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