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The Awakening Giant
If Tony Buzan were here to answer the largest question of all – how do we save the human race…
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The Improbable Pleasure of Being You
It is a curious feature of modern life that we will marvel at almost anything except ourselves. We gasp at…
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Mental Health and the Brain Trust
Ray Keene OBE calls for a national programme of mental literacy inspired by Tony Buzan, arguing that memory, learning and…
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Believing Impossible Things
Ray Keene OBE looks through the chessboard’s looking glass at the extraordinary rise of online chess, from London’s world championships…
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The countdown to the 36th Brain of the Year Awards has begun
At the 16th Pakistan Achievement Awards International, chess grandmaster and Brain Trust founder Raymond Keene, OBE, rose to make an…
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The Butterfly Moment: When Learning Suddenly Makes Sense
What if the key to better learning is not adding more information, but helping the brain organise the information it…
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The Obliteration of Merit: Labour Must Maintain Education Standards
Raymond Keene OBE argues that equality of opportunity must go hand in hand with academic standards, merit and intellectual freedom…
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’Twas the Night Before Christmas
In this witty reimagining of Clement Clarke Moore's classic Christmas poem, Tony Buzan imagines a mischievous Santa with an unexpected…
Tony Buzan
Mightier Than The Sword
Tony Buzan's first book was written when he was just eight years old. From school newspapers and investigative journalism to…
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How Creativity can be stopped by Bad Body Language
Creativity does not begin solely in the mind — it is influenced by the body as well. Drawing on psychological…
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Tony Buzan: The Accidental Professor
Professor Barry Buzan speech about his brother Tony Buzan, House of Lords, 7th October 2024. At a memorial celebration in…
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Project Mind Maps
Applying mind mapping principles to project management. As projects become more complex, organisations need better ways to think, plan and…
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Fast Forward
Speed read for a more productive and happier you. Increased reading speed is perhaps the most easily attainable improvement in…
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The Samurai Mind
Five centuries after Miyamoto Musashi wrote The Book of Five Rings, its lessons on strategy, discipline and decision-making remain startlingly…
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Why The Future Belongs to Players
Beginning with Terence Tao's provocative observation, Grandmaster Raymond Keene OBE examines how chess, football, philosophy, and modern competition reveal a…
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Tony Buzan – Stuck in a Rut?
As I walked away from the library that day, I realised that the ‘problem’ of not being able to find…
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Why is Mind Mapping so effective?
An ever-growing, substantial body of research supports the effectiveness of using Mind Maps for all sorts of activities including learning,…
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Through Brain Training, My Brain Returned to Youth
This article is a ‘transcript’ from someone who was a former Alzheimer's doctor. She gave this speech without notes. She…
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Tony Buzan’s Brain Trust Charity as an instrument of mental good health
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Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots?
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How to thwart those who would inveigle, obfuscate and deceive
If I have to write and think what I am told to write and think, in contravention of what I…
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The Brain Was Never Designed to Learn in Straight Lines
For centuries we have taught children to take notes in straight lines. The brain, however, has always preferred branches.
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Tony's and Ray's Mind Maps
Tony Buzan’s prime invention was the Mind Map.
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Smoke and Drinkers
Great minds rarely conform. The golden age of chess produced champions whose brilliance was matched only by their colourful eccentricities.
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Milton’s Cosmic Game of Chess
Some games determine kingdoms. Milton imagined one that determined the destiny of mankind.