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The Reith Lectures: Archive 1948-1975

Series of annual radio lectures on significant contemporary issues, delivered by leading figures from the relevant fields. Please note that relatively few recordings survive from this period.

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The Sciences and Man's Community

The Sciences and Man's Community

This year's Reith Lecturer is American theoretical physicist Robert Oppenheimer. Professor of Physics at the Institute f... Read more

20 Dec 1953

30mins

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The Geography of Art

The Geography of Art

This year's Reith lecturer is Dr Nikolaus Pevsner, the German-born British scholar of history of art and architecture, a... Read more

16 Oct 1955

28mins

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Blake and the Planing Line

Blake and the Planing Line

This year's Reith lecturer is Dr Nikolaus Pevsner, the German-born British scholar of history of art and architecture, a... Read more

13 Nov 1955

28mins

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The Atlantic Bridge

The Atlantic Bridge

This year's Reith Lecturer is the Chairman of Lloyds Bank, Sir Oliver Franks. He is the former Provost of Queen's Colleg... Read more

21 Nov 1954

30mins

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The Search For A New Order

The Search For A New Order

Alastair Francis Buchan, the Montague Burton Professor of International Relations for Oxford University, explores the co... Read more

19 Dec 1973

28mins

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Impact of Man on His Environment

Impact of Man on His Environment

The Vice-President of the Conservation Foundation in Washington, DC and renowned ecologist Sir Frank Fraser Darling expl... Read more

16 Nov 1969

28mins

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The Troubled Giant

The Troubled Giant

Alastair Francis Buchan, the Montague Burton Professor of International Relations for Oxford University, reflects on the... Read more

28 Nov 1973

28mins

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Wanted: An Instrument For Crisis Management

Wanted: An Instrument For Crisis Management

Director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs and political economist Sir Andrew Shonfield gives the sixth of... Read more

12 Dec 1972

28mins

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Constable and the Pursuit of Nature

Constable and the Pursuit of Nature

This year's Reith lecturer is Dr Nikolaus Pevsner, the German-born British scholar of history of art and architecture, a... Read more

20 Nov 1955

28mins

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Hogarth and Observed Life

Hogarth and Observed Life

This year's Reith lecturer is Dr Nikolaus Pevsner, the German-born British scholar of history of art and architecture, a... Read more

23 Oct 1955

29mins

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Reynolds and Detachment

Reynolds and Detachment

This year's Reith lecturer is Dr Nikolaus Pevsner, the German-born British scholar of history of art and architecture, a... Read more

30 Oct 1955

28mins

Ranked #12

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Perpendicular England

Perpendicular England

This year's Reith lecturer is Dr Nikolaus Pevsner, the German-born British scholar of history of art and architecture, a... Read more

6 Nov 1955

29mins

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From Technocracy to Democracy

From Technocracy to Democracy

Director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs and political economist Sir Andrew Shonfield gives the fifth of... Read more

5 Dec 1972

28mins

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European Foreign Policy Towards Asia & the Soviet Bloc

European Foreign Policy Towards Asia & the Soviet Bloc

Director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs and political economist Sir Andrew Shonfield gives the fourth o... Read more

28 Nov 1972

28mins

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The American Connection

The American Connection

Director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs and political economist Sir Andrew Shonfield gives the third o... Read more

21 Nov 1972

28mins

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The French Spirit and the British Intruder

The French Spirit and the British Intruder

Director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs and political economist Sir Andrew Shonfield gives the second o... Read more

14 Nov 1972

28mins

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Melting Pot or Bag of Marbles?

Melting Pot or Bag of Marbles?

This year's Reith lecturer is political economist Sir Andrew Shonfield. Currently the Director of the Royal Institute of... Read more

7 Nov 1972

28mins

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A Common Ground

A Common Ground

The British academic and Assistant Director General of UNESCO Richard Hoggart explores the concepts of communication in ... Read more

21 Dec 1971

28mins

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The Loss of the Stable State

The Loss of the Stable State

This year's Reith lecturer is the influential thinker Donald Schon. Previously a Professor of philosophy at the Universi... Read more

15 Nov 1970

43mins

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Where Does Responsibility Lie?

Where Does Responsibility Lie?

The Vice-President of the Conservation Foundation in Washington, DC and renowned ecologist Sir Frank Fraser Darling expl... Read more

14 Dec 1969

28mins

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