Mensa is the oldest and largest high-IQ society in the world, with 17,000 members in the UK alone. Members have access to exclusive events, special interest groups and an online community, plus a bi-monthly magazine and weekly digital newsletter, both produced by Think Publishing.

The Mensa newsletter has a circulation of 13,000 and engagement rates well above the industry average. I write a monthly ‘Meet the expert’ feature, which profiles a breakthrough piece of research or technology, as well as contributing regular in-depth features. Topics so far have included:

• Around the world in film – a fascinating look at the cultural significance of film festivals
• Game theory – the science of strategy and how it applies to our lives
• Powering the energy transition – the technologies driving a better tomorrow
• Secrets of the great orators – what does it take to write an era-defining speech?
• Rhetoric in the information age – the psychology of persuasion
• The -ism that’s taking over the world – unravelling the troublesome term ‘populism’
• The book you can never finish – Queneau’s masterpiece of literature and mathematics
• The power of protest – why it matters, and where it’s changing the world

Pasted below are a few sneak previews – the full articles are reserved for Mensa UK members. Join them for more thought-provoking content!

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