Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series
Radio 4,·312 episodes
Participation - the Sole Bond
Sir Douglas Wass makes the case for a more autonomous Royal Commission.
14 Dec 1983,·30 mins
The Zealots of Explanation
Denis Donoghue explores how and why people destroy the mystery of art.
10 Nov 1982,·30 mins
The Domestication of Outrage
Irish literary critic Denis Donoghue evaluates how the creation of art can be a mystery.
17 Nov 1982,·30 mins
The Parade of Ideas
Denis Donoghue examines how critics influence society's perception of art.
24 Nov 1982,·30 mins
A Cherishing Bureaucracy
Denis Donoghue analyses how the categorisation of art is destroying its mystery.
01 Dec 1982,·30 mins
The Anxious Object
Denis Donoghue evaluates the destruction of raw art by interpretation.
08 Dec 1982,·30 mins
A Talent For Conviction
Irish literary critic Denis Donoghue explores societies' need to over analyse art.
15 Dec 1982,·30 mins
If You Knows of a Better 'ole...
Professor Laurence Martin questions how nations protect national security.
11 Nov 1981,·30 mins
Plausibility and Horror
Professor Laurence Martin explores the strategic limitations of nuclear weapons.
18 Nov 1981,·30 mins
Shadow Over Europe
Professor Laurence Martin explores the strategic nuclear balance of countries.
25 Nov 1981,·30 mins
Conflicts of the Third World
Professor Laurence Martin explores the conflicts of strategic policy over the Third World.
02 Dec 1981,·30 mins
Not For the Sake of Their Blue Eyes
Professor Laurence Martin debates the disarmament and arms control of countries.
09 Dec 1981,·30 mins
Who's Moving the Goal Post?
Professor Laurence Martin explores the future of strategic defence.
16 Dec 1981,·30 mins
The Rhetoric of Medicine
Professor Sir Ian Kennedy analyses the role of the doctor in the modern world.
05 Nov 1980,·30 mins
The New Magicians
Sir Ian Kennedy explains why he believes modern medicine has taken the wrong path.
12 Nov 1980,·30 mins
Suffer the Little Children
Sir Ian Kennedy reviews how he believes the National Health Service could be improved.
19 Nov 1980,·30 mins
If I Were You, Mrs B
Sir Ian Kennedy reviews the ethical judgements used by the medical profession.
26 Nov 1980,·30 mins
The Doors of Mental Illness
Sir Ian Kennedy explores the the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness.
03 Dec 1980,·30 mins
Let's Kill All the Lawyers
Sir Ian Kennedy analyses how consumerism regulates the medical profession and health care.
10 Dec 1980,·30 mins
The Garden of Eden in Decay
Professor Ali Mazrui examines the crisis of living standards in Africa.
07 Nov 1979,·30 mins
The Cross of Humiliation
Professor Ali Mazrui examines injustices that have been inflicted on the African people.
14 Nov 1979,·30 mins
A Clash of Cultures
Professor Ali Mazrui explores the conflicts between African and Western cultures.
21 Nov 1979,·30 mins
The Burden of Underdevelopment
Professor Ali Mazrui examines the burden of Africa's economic underdevelopment.
28 Nov 1979,·30 mins
Patterns of Identity
Professor Ali Mazrui explains the significance of the size and fragmentation of Africa.
05 Dec 1979,·30 mins
In Search of Pax Africana
Professor Ali Mazrui explores how Africa's location holds the key to its destiny.
12 Dec 1979,·30 mins
The Political Christ
Reverend Edward Norman examines the politicisation of Christianity.
01 Nov 1978,·30 mins
Ministers of Change
Reverend Norman explores who the 'Ministers of Change' are in society.
08 Nov 1978,·30 mins
A New Commandment - Human Rights
Reverend Edward Norman contemplates if human rights are the newest form of Commandments.
15 Nov 1978,·30 mins
The Imperialism of Political Religion
Reverend Edward Norman explores the Imperialism of Political Religion.
22 Nov 1978,·30 mins
Not Peace, but a Sword
Edward Norman explores the religious politics in his lecture 'Not Peace, but a Sword'
29 Nov 1978,·30 mins
