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Dialogue Magazine

The English-Speaking Union is all about dialogue and our biannual magazine is named to reflect this. Packed full of interesting articles and interviews, it celebrates our work in education and cultural exchange and opens the conversation on topical issues affecting us all.

Each issue features:

  • Alumni stories
  • Education news
  • A topical debate
  • Latest books, events and podcasts to note
  • Case studies and reports on our work
  • Branch and International ESU news

Please see past issues below. Members also receive listings of branch news and forthcoming events.

Autumn 2018

Featuring:

  • Tackling difficult discussions through debate
  • Discover Debating progress and success
  • Impressionist and ESU alumnus Rory Bremner
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Spring 2018

Featuring:

  • Will voice technologies render us mute?
  • How the International Public Speaking Competition has changed lives
  • Singer-songwriter and ESU alumna KT Tunstall
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Autumn 2017

Featuring:

  • A report from a Lindemann scholar on her research trip to the edge of the Earth
  • Speechwriter and ESU alumnus Simon Lancaster
  • The people behind three of history’s greatest speeches
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The quality of the publication throughout speaks for itself

Abie Philbin Bowman

Broadcaster and comedian

Stories from past issues

News and views

From the mic to the like

Guardian writer and podcast presenter Jordan Erica Webber discusses the benefits and dangers of social media becoming the loudspeaker for our voices.

News and views

Celebrating 60 years of the Schools’ Mace

On the 60th anniversary of Schools’ Mace, four Mace winners from various decades, tell us how it has shaped their lives.
News and views

Where could the ESU take you?

ESU Lindemann Scholar, Vivien Cumming is a scientist, photographer and writer who travels the world in the pursuit of new adventures and discoveries.

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