Dr Daniel J Boorstin considers the importance of an adventurous spirit for exploration.
Published on Wednesday, 12th November 1975.
Professor Ralf Dahrendorf discusses the concept of difference and averages.
Published on Wednesday, 4th December 1974.
Professor Ralf Dahrendorf evaluates how equality has affected liberal justice.
Published on Wednesday, 27th November 1974.
Professor Ralf Dahrendorf explores the liberal options available to society.
Published on Wednesday, 20th November 1974.
Professor Ralf Dahrendorf defines liberty and evaluates its evolution in society.
Published on Wednesday, 13th November 1974.
Professor Alastair Buchan explores how transnational co-operation links to global change.
Published on Wednesday, 19th December 1973.
Professor Alastair Buchan analyses America's multilateral power structures.
Published on Wednesday, 28th November 1973.
Sir Andrew Shonfield considers the long-term future of the European Community.
Published on Tuesday, 12th December 1972.
Sir Andrew Shonfield asks how Britain's inclusion will affect the European Community.
Published on Tuesday, 5th December 1972.
Sir Andrew Shonfield explores the effects of the European Community's foreign policy.
Published on Tuesday, 28th November 1972.
Sir Andrew Shonfield explores Europe's political relationship with America.
Published on Tuesday, 21st November 1972.
Sir Andrew Shonfield identifies the problems in creating a European Federation.
Published on Tuesday, 14th November 1972.
Sir Andrew Shonfield debates the prospects of the European Community.
Published on Tuesday, 7th November 1972.
Richard Hoggart analyses how humans fundamentally understand each other via communication.
Published on Tuesday, 21st December 1971.
Donald Schon analyses society's need for a stable position of balance.
Published on Sunday, 15th November 1970.
Sir Fraser Darling asks who is responsible for the protection of the natural world.
Published on Sunday, 14th December 1969.
Sir Frank Fraser Darling considers the art of conservation.
Published on Sunday, 7th December 1969.
Sir Frank Fraser Darling reflects on the problem of overpopulation.
Published on Sunday, 30th November 1969.
Sir Fraser Darling explores the ecological consequences of the industrial revolution.
Published on Sunday, 23rd November 1969.
Sir Frank Fraser Darling explores the impact of Man on his environment.
Published on Sunday, 16th November 1969.
Sir Frank Fraser Darling argues for the conservation of humans.
Published on Sunday, 9th November 1969.
Lester Pearson contemplates the concept of nationalism in an international world.
Published on Sunday, 1st December 1968.
Professor Edmund Leach explores the importance of the interconnectedness of the universe.
Published on Sunday, 17th December 1967.
Professor Edmund Leach analyses the human fear of 'the other'.
Published on Sunday, 26th November 1967.
Professor J K Galbraith explores the power large corporations could have over the state.
Published on Sunday, 4th December 1966.
Robert Gardiner considers the problems of economic inequality and race relations.
Published on Sunday, 28th November 1965.
Robert Gardiner explores the myths of race; from past history to current frustrations.
Published on Sunday, 21st November 1965.
Leon Bagrit considers the problems and advantages of widespread automation in Britain.
Published on Sunday, 13th December 1964.
Dr Albert E Sloman considers how to build a social environment within the university.
Published on Sunday, 1st December 1963.
Professor George Carstairs considers why teenagers are drawn to violence and sex.
Published on Sunday, 25th November 1962.
Margery Perham considers the problem of the European colonists.
Published on Thursday, 7th December 1961.
Margery Perham explores how anti-colonialism led to emancipation in Africa.
Published on Thursday, 23rd November 1961.
Edgar Wind considers how machines have influenced the production and evaluation of art.
Published on Sunday, 11th December 1960.
Edgar Wind explores how knowledge allows our aesthetic perception of art to be heightened.
Published on Sunday, 4th December 1960.
Professor PM Medawar considers the future of human evolution.
Published on Sunday, 20th December 1959.
Professor Bernard Lovell explores the continuous creation theory of the universe.
Published on Sunday, 14th December 1958.
Professor Bernard Lovell contemplates the implications of evolutionary theory.
Published on Friday, 7th November 1958.
Professor George Kennan discusses the military tensions between the Russia and the West.
Published on Sunday, 1st December 1957.
Professor George F Kennan considers the effect of Soviet Satellite States in Europe.
Published on Sunday, 24th November 1957.
Professor Edward Appleton considers how to teach science in order to inspire new talent.
Published on Sunday, 16th December 1956.
Professor Edward Appleton analyses the functional sciences created for industry.
Published on Sunday, 9th December 1956.
Nikolaus Pevsner explores how England's town centres have traditionally been planned.
Published on Sunday, 27th November 1955.
Nikolaus Pevsner examines the flowering of English landscape painting in the 18th century.
Published on Sunday, 20th November 1955.
Nikolaus Pevsner places the artist William Blake in the context of an English tradition.
Published on Sunday, 13th November 1955.
Nikolaus Pevsner examines 'the most English creation in architecture'.
Published on Sunday, 6th November 1955.
Nikolaus Pevsner examines the contradiction at the heart of Sir Joshua Reynolds' work.
Published on Sunday, 30th October 1955.
Nikolaus Pevsner considers the 'Englishness' of the artist William Hogarth.
Published on Sunday, 23rd October 1955.
Nikolaus Pevsner explores the English national character as expressed in terms of art.
Published on Sunday, 16th October 1955.
Sir Oliver Franks analyses the political relationship between Britain and the USA.
Published on Sunday, 21st November 1954.
Professor Robert Oppenheimer explains how human communities resemble atoms.
Published on Sunday, 20th December 1953.
Professor Arnold Toynbee considers the psychological effects of culture.
Published on Sunday, 14th December 1952.
Lord Radcliffe examines the early period of British administration in India.
Published on Sunday, 2nd December 1951.
Bertrand Russell argues for personal morality over tribal customs to guide conduct.
Published on Sunday, 30th January 1949.
Bertrand Russell considers the roles of state control in a progressive society.
Published on Sunday, 23rd January 1949.
Bertrand Russell considers the role of human nature in the development of society.
Published on Sunday, 16th January 1949.
Bertrand Russell argues for the importance of individual initiative in a community.
Published on Sunday, 9th January 1949.
Bertrand Russell examines the effects of increasing state control.
Published on Sunday, 2nd January 1949.
In the inaugural Reith lecture, Bertrand Russell examines the impulses in human nature.
Published on Friday, 24th December 1948.