| # | Episode Title | Description | Duration | People | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Creative Commons | Mark Thompson (Symposium): Politics and Language - Friends or Enemies? | Symposium following Mark Thompson's series of talks for the Humanitas Programme. With Polly Toynbee, Gus O'Donnell, David Willetts MP and chaired by Andrew Marr. | 1:02:49 | Mark Thompson, Polly Toynbee, Gus O'Donnell, David Willetts | 15 Nov 2012 |
| 2 | Creative Commons | Mark Thompson: Not in my name | In his third lecture, Mark Thompson looks at what happens when modern rhetoric and morality collide, taking the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as his principal examples. | 0:52:37 | Mark Thompson | 15 Nov 2012 |
| 3 | Creative Commons | Mark Thompson: Consign it to the flames | Almost everyone accepts that science is our most authoritative guide to understanding the world so why is it so disputed when it comes to public policy? Mark Thompson examines what's happened to the 'argument from authority' in modern rhetoric. | 0:50:36 | Mark Thompson | 15 Nov 2012 |
| 4 | Creative Commons | Mark Thompson: Inaugural Lecture - Is Plato winning the argument? | Drawing in particular on recent examples from American and British healthcare reform, Mark Thompson asks whether the language of politics is changing in ways which threaten public understanding of and engagement with the most important issues of the day. | 1:00:08 | Mark Thompson | 15 Nov 2012 |
| 5 | Joseph Volpe: Opera - past, present and future. | Joseph Volpe (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies) in conversation with William Conner (former Director of Development for the San Fransisco Opera). | 1:14:47 | Joseph Volpe, William Conner | 18 Jun 2012 | |
| 6 | Joseph Volpe: Whither Opera in the 21st Century? | Inaugural address by Joseph Volpe, Visiting Professor in Opera Studies. | 1:02:28 | Joseph Volpe | 18 Jun 2012 | |
| 7 | The Limits of Science | Lord Rees of Ludlow delivers the 2011 Romanes Lecture. | 0:54:14 | Martin Rees | 31 Jan 2012 |
| # | Episode Title | Description | Duration | People | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Creative Commons | Mark Thompson (Symposium): Politics and Language - Friends or Enemies? | Symposium following Mark Thompson's series of talks for the Humanitas Programme. With Polly Toynbee, Gus O'Donnell, David Willetts MP and chaired by Andrew Marr. | 1:02:59 | Mark Thompson, Polly Toynbee, Gus O'Donnell, David Willetts | 15 Nov 2012 |
| 2 | Creative Commons | Mark Thompson: Not in my name | In his third lecture, Mark Thompson looks at what happens when modern rhetoric and morality collide, taking the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as his principal examples. | 0:52:48 | Mark Thompson | 15 Nov 2012 |
| 3 | Creative Commons | Mark Thompson: Consign it to the flames | Almost everyone accepts that science is our most authoritative guide to understanding the world so why is it so disputed when it comes to public policy? Mark Thompson examines what's happened to the 'argument from authority' in modern rhetoric. | 0:50:46 | Mark Thompson | 15 Nov 2012 |
| 4 | Creative Commons | Mark Thompson: Inaugural Lecture - Is Plato winning the argument? | Drawing in particular on recent examples from American and British healthcare reform, Mark Thompson asks whether the language of politics is changing in ways which threaten public understanding of and engagement with the most important issues of the day. | 1:00:18 | Mark Thompson | 15 Nov 2012 |
| 5 | Joseph Volpe: Opera - past, present and future. | Joseph Volpe (Humanitas Visiting Professor in Opera Studies) in conversation with William Conner (former Director of Development for the San Fransisco Opera). | 1:14:47 | Joseph Volpe, William Conner | 18 Jun 2012 | |
| 6 | Joseph Volpe: Whither Opera in the 21st Century? | Inaugural address by Joseph Volpe, Visiting Professor in Opera Studies. | 1:02:28 | Joseph Volpe | 18 Jun 2012 | |
| 7 | The Limits of Science | Lord Rees of Ludlow delivers the 2011 Romanes Lecture. | 0:54:14 | Martin Rees | 31 Jan 2012 |
| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Creative Commons | Mark Thompson: Not in my name (transcipt) | Transcript of Mark Thompson's third lecture, where he looks at what happens when modern rhetoric and morality collide, taking the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as his principal examples. | Mark Thompson | 15 Nov 2012 |
| 2 | Creative Commons | Mark Thompson: Not in my name (transcipt) | Transcript of Mark Thompson's third lecture, where he looks at what happens when modern rhetoric and morality collide, taking the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as his principal examples. | Mark Thompson | 15 Nov 2012 |
| 3 | Creative Commons | Mark Thompson: Consign it to the flames (transcript) | Transcript of Mark's Thompson's second lecture, where he examines what's happened to the 'argument from authority' in modern rhetoric. | Mark Thompson | 15 Nov 2012 |
| 4 | Creative Commons | Mark Thompson: Consign it to the flames (transcript) | Transcript of Mark's Thompson's second lecture, where he examines what's happened to the 'argument from authority' in modern rhetoric. | Mark Thompson | 15 Nov 2012 |
| 5 | Creative Commons | Mark Thompson: Inaugural Lecture - Is Plato winning the argument? (transcript) | Transcript of Mark Thompson's inaugural lecture, where he asks whether the language of politics is changing in ways which threaten public understanding of and engagement with the most important issues of the day. | Mark Thompson | 15 Nov 2012 |
| 6 | Creative Commons | Mark Thompson: Inaugural Lecture - Is Plato winning the argument? (transcript) | Transcript of Mark Thompson's inaugural lecture, where he asks whether the language of politics is changing in ways which threaten public understanding of and engagement with the most important issues of the day. | Mark Thompson | 15 Nov 2012 |
| 7 | The Limits of Science (Transcript) | Transcript of Lord Rees of Ludlow's 2011 Romanes Lecture. | Martin Rees | 31 Jan 2012 | |
| 8 | The Limits of Science (Transcript) | Transcript of Lord Rees of Ludlow's 2011 Romanes Lecture. | Martin Rees | 31 Jan 2012 |