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Reforming Corporate Governance

This talk will discuss rigorous evidence on what optimal governance should look like – including issues such as boardroom diversity, independence of directors, employee representation, and whether directors’ fiduciary duty should be to shareholders or all of society.

Executive Pay: What's Right, What's Wrong, and What Could Be Fixed?

Evidence will be presented on which aspects of pay are working well and which are indeed dysfunctional, and on how pay should be reformed.

Purposeful Business: The Evidence and the Implementation

The talk will highlight how change cannot be piecemeal but involves holistic reform across many dimensions of a company.

How To Be An Atheist In Medieval Europe

This lecture will take a tour of medieval unbelief, showing how and why some medieval people defied the powerful orthodoxies of their day.

Remembering London: The Story of the Faith Communities of London and their Prospects

Bishop Richard Chartres will present a survey in five acts of the history of London's faith communities, with a word about their prospects in the 21st century.

From Two-Party to Multi-Party Politics

Between 1951 and 1959, over 95% of voters supported the two major parties. Since 1983, fewer than 80% have voted Conservative or Labour. How is the decline of the two party system to be explained?

Speechwriting: Creating Authenticity

Simon Lancaster believes that the successful speechwriter is less of a puppeteer and more of an impressionist. In his talk, he will share a number of stories and anecdotes from his time as speechwriter.

Facts Matter, But They Aren't Enough: Science, Faith and Meaning in Life

Recent psychological research has looked at the importance of meaning to human beings, and how this works out in core questions about the relation of science and faith.

King Henry III and the Communication of Power

This lecture considers how Henry III of England used art to justify monarchy at the dawn of what is commonly termed the ‘parliamentary state’.

The Philosophy of Time: Does Physics Have The Last Word?

Professor Tallis seeks to rescue time from the jaws of physics, examining the claims that time is merely the fourth dimension of space-time, that there is a ‘passage’ of time or that time has a direction or arrow.

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