As we come to the end of the year, the team at Audley select their cultural highlights from another great year of literature, film, podcasts, music and television.

In this week’s Box: COP28 ends with an agreement on fossil fuels, the moon enters a new epoch, Indhu Rubasingham takes the stage as Director of the National Theatre & more

This week at COP28 representatives finally agreed on a deal to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels. Audley investigates where the UK stands on climate and energy policy.

In this week’s Box: British & European car manufacturers breathe a sigh of relief as EV tariffs are delayed, President Maduro risks conflict with Guyana, an end-of-year list roundup & more

In this week’s Box: Saudi seals the deal, Elgin Marbles Row, NZ law up in smoke & more

In this week’s Box: Drama at OpenAI as CEO Sam Altman is fired, then reinstated; Darfur in the grip of a humanitarian crisis; a bad week for crypto as SEC comes for Binance CEO CZ and Kraken; & more

Lucy Thompson unpacks effective altruism - the controversial movement behind the dismissal and reinstatement of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

Audley’s Rolf Merchant outlines the key points - with political analysis - from the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement.

In this week’s Box: Fraught elections in Madagascar and Argentina, a spotlight on human rights at the Magnitksy Awards, the UK CEO of McDonald’s faces MPs & more

Culture is a company’s secret weapon. Annie Coleman, a Senior Advisor at Audley, argues that we need to look beyond traditional skill sets to get this right.

Chris Wilkins, Audley CEO and former Head of Strategy at No10 sets out what this reshuffle means for a divided Conservative Party.

In this week’s Box: Ukraine encouraged to continue its EU application, a new humanitarian crisis for Afghan refugees, autonomous vehicles get a road test & more

Following a visit to gang-controlled Rocinha - the largest favela in Brazil - Imogen Beecroft offers her reflections:

In this week’s Box: What happened at PM Rishi Sunak’s AI Safety Summit, Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher’s marketing overhaul, Taylor Swift becomes a pillar of the US economy & more

In this week’s Box: A Labour Party divided in response to the Israel-Palestine conflict, Iceland’s PM goes on strike, a big week for Big Tech & more

In this week’s Box: Labour deals a double by-election blow to the Tories, Ecuador’s ‘employment president’ gets the job, car manufacturers on a collision course with Brexit tariffs & more

In this week’s Box: A week of bloodshed as Hamas launches an invasion of Israel, the Nobel Prizes are announced, is Metro Bank back from the brink of disaster? & more

Lucy Thompson was on the ground in Liverpool this week for the hotly-anticipated Labour Party Conference. Here’s what she made of it:

In this week’s Box: PM Rishi Sunak announces a scaling back of the HS2 project, the ‘Crypto King’ goes on trial, Speaker McCarthy is ousted & more

Audley’s Rolf Merchant picks out five themes that emerged from Conservative Party Conference 2023.