Ranked #1
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
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30mins
Ranked #2
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
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28mins
Ranked #3
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
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28mins
Ranked #4
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
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30mins
Ranked #5
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
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28mins
Ranked #6
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
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28mins
Ranked #7
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
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28mins
Ranked #8
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
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28mins
Ranked #9
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
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28mins
Ranked #10
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
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29mins
Ranked #11
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
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28mins
Ranked #12
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
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29mins
Ranked #13
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
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28mins
Ranked #14
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
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28mins
Ranked #15
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
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28mins
Ranked #16
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
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28mins
Ranked #17
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
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28mins
Ranked #18
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
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28mins
Ranked #19
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
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43mins
Ranked #20
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
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28mins