A new poem for Little Atoms’ Two Cultures series

Naomi Alderman and Adam Rutherford in conversation

Three of the year’s most acclaimed novels ask fundamental questions of the United States

This is an edited transcript of a talk that took place at Birmingham’s Think Tank in November 2016 as part of Little Atoms’ Two Cultures series, supported by Arts Council England.

Benjamin Creme did not live to see Maitreya reveal himself to the world. The herald of the Cosmic Christ died peacefully as his home in Tufnell Park, north London in October 2016, at the age of 93.

A conversation between scientist Lucie Green and poet Simon Barraclough