Hay Festival lectures Podcast
1) Building the future
Dr Tim Minshall (Christ's 1993), University Senior Lecturer in Technology Management Engineers are fantastic – they are the people who change the world. Engineers put a man on the moon, develop the i...Show More
2) What is Britishness today?
Dame Fiona Reynolds (Newnham 1976), Master of Emmanuel College and former Director-General of the National Trust. In a world of rapid change and global, multicultural influences we explore the place ...Show More
3) “Only a pen can ease my pain”: voices from renaissance convents
Dr Abigail Brundin (Magdalene 1991), University Senior Lecturer in the Department of Italian, Pilkington Prize winner 2013 In C17th Italy, the number of girls and young women entering convents rose r...Show More
4) The lessons of the New Deal
Tony Badger, Paul Mellon Professor of American history and Master of Clare College In 2009, as in 1933, a charismatic president succeeded a discredited president at a time of economic crisis and with...Show More
5) The future is nano
Sir Mark Welland, Professor of Nanotechnology There's been a lot of hype about nanotechnology, but what is it and what is a realistic expectation of what it can do? Professor Welland will look at how...Show More
6) Equality
Jacqueline Scott, Professor of Sociology, in conversation with Gaby Hinsliff, author of Half a Wife Despite much progress in the world of work, women are still often held back by carrying the domesti...Show More
7) Living with earthquakes: know your faults
James Jackson, Professor of Earth Sciences Earthquakes in the last decade have revealed that rich nations have become very resilient in terms of loss-of-life, while much smaller earthquakes have kill...Show More
8) What makes us fat?
Sadaf Farooqi, Professor of Metabolism and Medicine In an age of obesity where sugary, fatty food is available 24/7, will it ever be possible to control our appetites? Professor Farooqi will describe...Show More
9) Do nice guys finish last – or first?
Simon Blackburn, Professor of Philosophy, and Chris Blackhurst, editor of The Independent Trust in British public life has now reached catastrophically low levels for parliament, the press, the banks...Show More
10) Bad moves: how decision-making goes wrong
Professor Sahakian discusses the process of normal decision-making – our strategies, biases that affect us and influential factors. She will describe the abnormal patterns found in patients with condi...Show More
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