Provoke
Ed CottonRecent stories to change minds
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 107 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 4 days ago |
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Life's a Beach
I see it everywhere: the tension between getting things done and thinking.
Between deep intellectual analysis and interpretation, and not bothering because it’s too difficult, too time-consuming, not important enough to make a difference....
A Polka Dot Takeover
Image by BOBY
The final stage of the Tour de France had been something of a procession up until 2025, when the Paris 2024 Olympics changed everything.
The road biking races went into Montmartre and drew massive crowds, cementing the bril...
New New Media
In 1986, a newspaper emerged in the UK, the first in that market for decades.
Called The Independent, it attempted to do something different and create a newspaper that was free of political allegiances, making up its own mind on the issu...
The Power of Live
Simon Freeman started a magazine as a way of promoting his marketing business, but over time, the magazine became THE business.
The magazine is “Like The Wind”, and it covers global running culture via great articles and photography.
Ru...
More Decks and Fewer Realized Interesting Ideas
It appears we are reaching a point where there are more takes and decks with takes than there have ever been.
However, while the volume of real estate devoted to takes has increased exponentially over the past decade, the proportion of int...
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