BBC Radio 4 has confirmed further details for the 2019 Reith Lectures, to be given by Jonathan Sumption. The five lectures entitled Law and the Decline of Politics will broadcast weekly on BBC Radio 4 ...

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Professor Stephen Hawking delivers the second of his BBC Reith Lectures on black holes. 28 mins The Reith Lectures Kwame Anthony Appiah - Mistaken Identities Creed Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah ...

Photos from the BBC archives reveal some of the many illustrious figures who have delivered the Reith Lectures, from Bertrand Russell in 1948 to Dr Atul Gawande in 2014. Image caption, The first Reith ...

From "cancel culture" to the threat of nuclear war, the 2022 BBC Reith Lectures analyze the state of freedom around the world. The Reiths are the BBC's flagship lecture series, and usually feature one ...

Rutger Bregman's Reith Lectures highlight a moral crisis in leadership. He contrasts America's power without virtue with ...

From the attack on the U.S. Capitol building, to the gilets jaunes movement in France, to the convoy encampment in Ottawa, people throughout the democratic world are angry. Public opinion polls in the ...

One significant advantage, in my mind, of the BBC over a commercial broadcaster is that Auntie Beeb has a duty to the public rather than to its advertisers. The fact that their sole concern is not the ...

This year's Reith Lecturer is the distinguished musician and conductor Daniel Barenboim. A child prodigy as a pianist, Barenboim has since branched out into conducting and matured to become one of the ...