Archive 1976-2012 Podcast
Series of annual radio lectures on significant contemporary issues, delivered by leading figures from the relevant fields
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A Talent For Conviction—Denis Donoghue - The Arts Without Mystery
Wed 15 Dec 1982
6/6 Irish literary critic Denis Donoghue explores societies' need to over analyse art.
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The Anxious Object—Denis Donoghue - The Arts Without Mystery
Wed 8 Dec 1982
5/6 Denis Donoghue evaluates the destruction of raw art by interpretation.
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A Cherishing Bureaucracy—Denis Donoghue - The Arts Without Mystery
Wed 1 Dec 1982
4/6 Denis Donoghue analyses how the categorisation of art is destroying its mystery.
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The Parade of Ideas—Denis Donoghue - The Arts Without Mystery
Wed 24 Nov 1982
3/6 Denis Donoghue examines how critics influence society's perception of art.
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The Domestication of Outrage—Denis Donoghue - The Arts Without Mystery
Wed 17 Nov 1982
2/6 Irish literary critic Denis Donoghue evaluates how the creation of art can be a mystery.
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The Zealots of Explanation—Denis Donoghue - The Arts Without Mystery
Wed 10 Nov 1982
1/6 Denis Donoghue explores how and why people destroy the mystery of art.
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Who's Moving the Goal Post?—Laurence Martin - The Two Edged Sword
Wed 16 Dec 1981
6/6 Professor Laurence Martin explores the future of strategic defence.
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Not For the Sake of Their Blue Eyes—Laurence Martin - The Two Edged Sword
Wed 9 Dec 1981
5/6 Professor Laurence Martin debates the disarmament and arms control of countries.
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Conflicts of the Third World—Laurence Martin - The Two Edged Sword
Wed 2 Dec 1981
4/6 Professor Laurence Martin explores the conflicts of strategic policy over the Third World.
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Shadow Over Europe—Laurence Martin - The Two Edged Sword
Wed 25 Nov 1981
3/6 Professor Laurence Martin explores the strategic nuclear balance of countries.
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Plausibility and Horror—Laurence Martin - The Two Edged Sword
Wed 18 Nov 1981
2/6 Professor Laurence Martin explores the strategic limitations of nuclear weapons.
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If You Knows of a Better 'ole...—Laurence Martin - The Two Edged Sword
Wed 11 Nov 1981
1/6 Professor Laurence Martin questions how nations protect national security.
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Let's Kill All the Lawyers—Ian Kennedy - Unmasking Medicine
Wed 10 Dec 1980
6/6 Sir Ian Kennedy analyses how consumerism regulates the medical profession and health care.
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The Doors of Mental Illness—Ian Kennedy - Unmasking Medicine
Wed 3 Dec 1980
5/6 Sir Ian Kennedy explores the the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness.
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If I Were You, Mrs B—Ian Kennedy - Unmasking Medicine
Wed 26 Nov 1980
4/6 Sir Ian Kennedy reviews the ethical judgements used by the medical profession.
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Suffer the Little Children—Ian Kennedy - Unmasking Medicine
Wed 19 Nov 1980
3/6 Sir Ian Kennedy reviews how he believes the National Health Service could be improved.
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The New Magicians—Ian Kennedy - Unmasking Medicine
Wed 12 Nov 1980
2/6 Sir Ian Kennedy explains why he believes modern medicine has taken the wrong path.
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The Rhetoric of Medicine—Ian Kennedy - Unmasking Medicine
Wed 5 Nov 1980
1/6 Professor Sir Ian Kennedy analyses the role of the doctor in the modern world.
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In Search of Pax Africana—Ali Mazrui - The African Condition
Wed 12 Dec 1979
6/6 Professor Ali Mazrui explores how Africa's location holds the key to its destiny.
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Patterns of Identity—Ali Mazrui - The African Condition
Wed 5 Dec 1979
5/6 Professor Ali Mazrui explains the significance of the size and fragmentation of Africa.
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The Burden of Underdevelopment—Ali Mazrui - The African Condition
Wed 28 Nov 1979
4/6 Professor Ali Mazrui examines the burden of Africa's economic underdevelopment.
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A Clash of Cultures—Ali Mazrui - The African Condition
Wed 21 Nov 1979
3/6 Professor Ali Mazrui explores the conflicts between African and Western cultures.
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The Cross of Humiliation—Ali Mazrui - The African Condition
Wed 14 Nov 1979
2/6 Professor Ali Mazrui examines injustices that have been inflicted on the African people.
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The Garden of Eden in Decay—Ali Mazrui - The African Condition
Wed 7 Nov 1979
1/6 Professor Ali Mazrui examines the crisis of living standards in Africa.
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The In-Dwelling Christ—Edward Norman - Christianity and the World
Wed 6 Dec 1978
6/6 Reverend Dr Edward Norman considers the importance of spirituality within Christianity.
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Not Peace, but a Sword—Edward Norman - Christianity and the World
Wed 29 Nov 1978
5/6 Edward Norman explores the religious politics in his lecture 'Not Peace, but a Sword'
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The Imperialism of Political Religion—Edward Norman - Christianity and the World
Wed 22 Nov 1978
4/6 Reverend Edward Norman explores the Imperialism of Political Religion.
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A New Commandment - Human Rights—Edward Norman - Christianity and the World
Wed 15 Nov 1978
3/6 Reverend Edward Norman contemplates if human rights are the newest form of Commandments.
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Ministers of Change—Edward Norman - Christianity and the World
Wed 8 Nov 1978
2/6 Reverend Norman explores who the 'Ministers of Change' are in society.
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The Political Christ—Edward Norman - Christianity and the World
Wed 1 Nov 1978
1/6 Reverend Edward Norman examines the politicisation of Christianity.
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