The Reith Lectures Episodes Available now
A Civil Society In Embryo—Geoffrey Hosking - The Rediscovery of Politics
3/6 Professor Geoffrey Hosking investigates the embryonic state of a civil Soviet society.
The Return Of The Repressed—Geoffrey Hosking - The Rediscovery of Politics
2/6 Professor Geoffrey Hosking investigates the communal amnesia found in Soviet society.
A Great Power in Crisis—Geoffrey Hosking - The Rediscovery of Politics
1/6 Professor Geoffrey Hosking analyses how a 'glasnost' affects the Soviet economy.
Stand Up and Be Misunderstood—Alexander Goehr - The Survival of The Symphony
6/6 Professor Alexander Goehr stresses why society must fight to save the symphony.
Let the People Sing—Alexander Goehr - The Survival of The Symphony
5/6 Professor Alexander Goehr explores the creation of 'community' music by modern composers.
A Licence for Licence—Alexander Goehr - The Survival of The Symphony
4/6 Professor Alexander Goehr explores how avant-garde music lost its edge.
Past and Present—Alexander Goehr - The Survival of The Symphony
3/6 Professor Alexander Goehr diagnoses the pressures of contemporary music-making.
An Orchid In the Field of Technology—Alexander Goehr - The Survival of The Symphony
2/6 Professor Alexander Goehr judges the effect of recorded sound on our perception of music.
The Old Warhorse—Alexander Goehr - The Survival of The Symphony
1/6 The composer Alexander Goehr discusses rise and fall of the Symphony.
Lions Under the Throne—John McCluskey - Law, Justice and Democracy
6/6 Lord McCluskey concludes his lectures on the state of the British legal system.
