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The longevity revolution is the subject of this year's Reith Lectures, to be delivered by one of the world's foremost authorities on the ageing process. Professor Tom Kirkwood, head of the ...

SEVENTY years ago, in the winter of 1953, Robert Oppenheimer — the father of the world’s first atomic bomb — arrived in London to deliver the BBC’s annual Reith Lectures. The invitation recognised his ...

This year's BBC Reith Lecturer is Ben Ansell, Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions at Nuffield College, Oxford University. He will deliver four lectures called “Our Democratic Future.” ...

Delivering the first of the BBC Reith Lectures, exploring freedom of speech, on Wednesday 30th November, Adichie criticised publishers’ use of sensitivity readers and revealed one of her own ...

The series of lectures will be recorded in London, Glasgow, Wales and Washington DC in late October and November, and come as part of the BBC’s centenary year. The Reith Lectures were ...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Lord Rowan Williams, Darren McGarvey and Dr Fiona Hill will give the lectures on the topics of freedoms. Four speakers of 2022 BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures announced (Jane ...

The four speakers who will deliver this year’s BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures have been announced. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Lord Rowan Williams, Darren McGarvey and Dr Fiona Hill will give the ...

The four speakers who will deliver this year’s BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures have been announced. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Lord Rowan Williams, Darren McGarvey and Dr Fiona Hill will give the lectures ...