Wednesday 14 January 2026

19:30

Rutger Bregman

How to Find Your Purpose

Global sensation Rutger Bregman joins us to show how small groups of committed individuals changed the course of history – and how you can, too.

Rutger Bregman
New York Times Bestselling Historian

Rutger, a historian and writer at the Correspondent, is one of Europe’s most prominent young thinkers. His book Utopia for Realists was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and has been translated into thirty-two languages. His follow-up, Humankind, was also a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and received praise from Stephen Fry, Yuval Noah Harari and Grace Blakeley amongst others. He lives in New York.

“I believe Rutger calls himself a historian, he’s not. He’s a revolutionary in a sensible coat”

Russell Crowe
Rutger Bregman

New York Times Bestselling Historian

Rutger, a historian and writer at the Correspondent, is one of Europe’s most prominent young thinkers. His book Utopia for Realists was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and has been translated into thirty-two languages. His follow-up, Humankind, was also a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and received praise from Stephen Fry, Yuval Noah Harari and Grace Blakeley amongst others. He lives in New York.