The Gnostic Key

Our investigations

Series

Each series takes one big subject and breaks it into parts you can read over a coffee or on the bus. Start at Part I, or pick the question you care about.

  1. Painted scene: a candlelit study at dusk, with an open ledger, a quill, wax-sealed papers and stacks of gold coins on a desk, and through the window a palace under scaffolding and dust sheets.

    Complete series

    House of Grift

    6 parts 70 min

    Behind the palace doors: who pays for the monarchy, who benefits from its privileges, and where did that power come from?

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  2. Coming soon

    The Price of an Apology

    In 1833, Parliament agreed to pay slave owners £20 million. Who received the money, who went without, and why are we still arguing about it?