10 (September 2021) The Pursuit of Truth – A Necessity or a Fool’s Errand? by Dr Nikhil Krishnan, Fellow of Robinson College and lecturer in philosophy, University of Cambridge.
9 (March 2021) Why Poetry Matters by Dr Corinna Russell, Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and a member of the University’s Faculty of English.
8 (January 2021) Climate change – what are the solutions and what will they cost? by Sir David King, founder and Chair of the Centre for Climate Repair in Cambridge; Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, University of Cambridge; Master of Downing College, 1995 to 2000; UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser, 2000 to 2007 and Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative on Climate Change, 2013 to 2017; currently also Chair of Independent SAGE. [See recording of lecture]
7 (September 2020) Artificial Intelligence – How Much is it Likely to Impact Your Life? by Professor Richard Harvey, Professor at the School of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia; also IT Livery Company Professor of Information Technology, Gresham College, London.
6 (January 2020) Civilising the World – The Highways and Byways of International Justice by Sir Christopher Greenwood, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge; former British judge at the International Court of Justice and Professor of International Law at the London School of Economics.
5 (September 2019) Higgs Bosons, Black Holes and the Structure of Space: News from the Frontiers of Physics and the Large Hadron Collider by Professor Andy Parker, Professor of High Energy Physics and Head of Department, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
4 (June 2019) Reflections on the Causes and Consequences of Genocide – Lessons from the Balkans and elsewhere by Professor Cathie Carmichael, Professor of European History, University of East Anglia.
3 (April 2019) Regenerative medicine – can we help the brain repair itself? by Professor Charles ffrench-Constant, Professor of Medical Neurology, University of Edinburgh.
2 (January 2019) Young Versus Old – A Democratic Time Bomb by Professor David Runciman, Professor of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge.
1 (October 2018) 500 years of Cambridge Spies – Lessons for the Modern World by Professor Christopher Andrew, Emeritus Professor of Modern and Contemporary History and former Chair of the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge.