Unusual thinking
Conversations with outside experts help our investment managers tap into the flow of new ideas and signpost future developments. They can involve academics whose work we sponsor and authors who come to our attention via the literary festivals that we supports.
Conversations with inspiring minds
Watch this space: Tim Marshall on the future of ‘astropolitics’
Author Tim Marshall explains how space is set to become the new arena for rival powers.
Why Question 7 won the Baillie Gifford Prize
Prize judge Alison Flood describes how Richard Flanagan's book captivated the panel.
Private companies and the Power Law
Author Sebastian Mallaby on the attraction of investing in game-changing firms at an early stage.
A warning on warming
Author John Vaillant’s prize-winning Fire Weather spells out the lessons of a Canadian inferno.
The elements behind everything
Material World author Ed Conway shares insights on six commodities crucial to our progress.
Exposing AI’s costs
Prof Kate Crawford on artificial intelligence’s environmental and social impacts.
Shakespeare: Elizabethan entrepreneur
James Shapiro sheds new light on the life of the Bard.
Nuts and Bolts: engineering progress
How seven small often overlooked inventions shape our lives in remarkable ways.
The future of cybersecurity
Veteran data security expert Mikko Hyppönen on cyberwarfare and AI’s challenge.
AI Superpowers
Renowned investor Kai-Fu Lee revisits his prophetic book, five years on.
Making sense of the metaverse
Author Matthew Ball on the next-generation internet and the companies building its foundations.
Chip War
How semiconductors bring a competitive world together.
Author interview: Closing the gap
Sally Magnusson interviews Mary Ann Sieghart about her argument that bias can undermine professional women.
Frames of mind
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger discusses the human advantage of decision making in the age of big data.
The storyteller: Tony Fadell
After his book on succeeding in tech, the man behind the iPod and Nest is investing to solve climate change.
What makes us different?
Being Edinburgh-based gives us stability and perspective, but we are truly global in our investment approach.