Alain de Botton

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Alain de Botton on the pleasures and sorrows of work. With Michael Leunig

Part 1 | Part 2Characteristically lucid, witty and inventive, Alain de Botton discusses his new book, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work,...

What Gina Wants

The Insult

POLITICS: Human Rights (200); Australian Politics (115); Feminism (98); Racism (94); Robert Manne (71); Obama (60); American Politics (58); Islam (58); Censorship (46); Multiculturalism (39); Consumerism (36); Pokies (30); Childcare (28); Stolen Generations (28); Freedom of Speech (26); Prime Ministers (22); Political Parties (19); History of Australia (19); Liberalism (18); Gay Marriage (18); Social Justice (18); Waleed Aly (17); Germaine Greer (17); Kitsch (16); Indigenous Rights (16)

SOCIETY: Australian History (112); Travel (99); Ethics (69); Neuroscience (66); Asylum Seekers (56); Gender (52); Lawyers (52); Anthropology (46); Capitalism (46); Sexuality (45); Aboriginal People (42); Facebook (33); Australian Society (31); Scholars (30); Homosexuality (30); Muslim (26); Neuropsychology (26); Historians (24); Sociology (23); Clive Hamilton (23); Gambling (23); Decision-making (22); Health (22); Alice Springs (21); Parenting (19); State Library of Victoria (18); Conservatism (18); Climate change denialism (17)

CULTURE: Literature (152); Fiction (145); Hollywood (112); Photography (110); Memoir (108); Arts (94); Biography (88); Painting (84); Comedy (63); Musicians (58); Dance (55); Philosophy (50); Architecture (48); Short Stories (31); Art (24); Autobiography (24); Cooking (24); 20 Australian Masterpieces (22); Jazz (21); Modern Masterpieces (20); Top 20 Arts Masterpieces (20); Film (20); Aussie Masterpieces (20); Arts Masterpieces (20); Australian Film (19); Directors (16)

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ENVIRONMENT: Climate Change (274); Nuclear (146); Drought (78); Global Warming (58); Sustainability (46); Tasmania (44); ETS (28); Amazon (26); Carbon dioxide (26); Conservation (24); Emissions trading (20); Rainforest (20); Carbon emissions (17); Carbon tax (17); Water crisis (16); Nuclear Energy (16); Ecology (16)

ECONOMICS: Business (153); Australian Economy (78); The Global Financial Crisis (68); European debt (55); Finance (40); Wall Street (39); Global Financial Crisis (37); Globalisation (37); Global finance (36); Recession (27); Unemployment (20); Food Production (20); Population growth (17); Stock Market (16)

MEDIA: ABC (108); Journalism (94); Australian Media (57); Rupert Murdoch (55); Radio National (41); Quarterly Essay (40); News Corporation (36); Fairfax (35); Google (33); Wikileaks (28); News Limited (26); Twitter (25); Social Media (25); Communications (23); Assange (23); Guardian (23); Phone-hacking scandal (22); Julian Assange (19); The Australian newspaper (18); Crikey (17)

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Drugs (65); Psychology (44); Evolution (33); Biology (28); Disease (22); Genetics (21); Flu (17)