Dr. Gwen Adshead has studied the minds of violent perpetrators for more than 30 years. She believes listening to perpetrators can help us understand what causes their behaviour in the first place, and ...

Photos from the BBC archives reveal some of the many illustrious figures who have delivered the Reith Lectures, from Bertrand Russell in 1948 to Dr Atul Gawande in 2014. Image caption, The first Reith ...

Michael Sandel '75, who is well known for his enganging oratory, was recently selected by the BBC to deliver its esteemed Reith Lectures for 2009. Sandel, the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of ...

From the attack on the U.S. Capitol building, to the gilets jaunes movement in France, to the convoy encampment in Ottawa, people throughout the democratic world are angry. Public opinion polls in the ...

The Reith Lectures were inaugurated in 1948 by the BBC to mark the historic contribution made to public service broadcasting by Sir John (later Lord) Reith, the corporation's first director-general.

This year's Reith Lecturer is the distinguished musician and conductor Daniel Barenboim. A child prodigy as a pianist, Barenboim has since branched out into conducting and matured to become one of the ...

From the surreal return of Boris Johnson at the Covid inquiry to sex etiquette at the theatre, it’s been a strange old week Naga Munchetty (Radio 5 Live) | BBC Sounds The Reith Lectures (Radio 4) | ...

According to Atul Gawande medicine lies at “the messy intersection of science and human fallibility”. Named as one of the world’s most influential thinkers by Time in 2010, Gawande is a world renowned ...

The Reith Lectures were inaugurated in 1948 by the BBC to mark the historic contribution made to public service broadcasting by Sir John (later Lord) Reith, the corporation's first director-general.