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Christianity and Public Life: Does God believe in Human Rights?

The movement to establish an international legal basis for human...

Is literature essential to religion?

The relationship between literature and religion has sometimes been one...

John F. Kennedy, President, 1961-1963

Kennedy's brief Presidency, terminated by assassination, still has glamour attached...

Leadership and Change: Prime Ministers in the Post-War World - Thatcher

Professor Keith Middlemas

Respecting and Transcending Nature

Science and technology creates moral problems in being able to both improve life and destroy it. How might Tolkein's 'Lord of the Rings' offer us reflections on scientific and religious frameworks which enable us to respect nature on the one hand, while transcending its limits on the other?

Prison and Why We Send People There: Does it Work? Should it?

‘They deserve to be put away’; ‘Appeal the sentence –...

The History of Street Performance: ‘Music by handle’ and the Silencing of Street Musicians in the Metropolis

A discussion of the history of busking and street music...

The Ethical Challenges of New Treatments in Children: Could we do now what we did then?

A lecture to consider some important ethical issues, past and...

Eye on the Future: How can modern scientific knowledge help to prevent blindness

Gene therapy, stem cells antibodies, RNA interference and nanotechnology have...

Changing Money: Communities, Longer Term Finance and You

In a world where technologies enable our communities to be...

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Today's event, The Gresham Festival of Musical Ideas, will not be livestreamed. Recordings of all lectures will be published soon!