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Denis Donoghue - The Arts Without Mystery

The Zealots of Explanation

Denis Donoghue explores how and why people destroy the mystery of art.

• 30 mins

Denis Donoghue - The Arts Without Mystery

The Domestication of Outrage

Irish literary critic Denis Donoghue evaluates how the creation of art can be a mystery.

• 30 mins

Denis Donoghue - The Arts Without Mystery

The Parade of Ideas

Denis Donoghue examines how critics influence society's perception of art.

• 30 mins

Denis Donoghue - The Arts Without Mystery

A Cherishing Bureaucracy

Denis Donoghue analyses how the categorisation of art is destroying its mystery.

• 30 mins

Denis Donoghue - The Arts Without Mystery

The Anxious Object

Denis Donoghue evaluates the destruction of raw art by interpretation.

• 30 mins

Denis Donoghue - The Arts Without Mystery

A Talent For Conviction

Irish literary critic Denis Donoghue explores societies' need to over analyse art.

• 30 mins

Douglas Wass - Government and the Governed

United Thoughts & Counsels

Sir Douglas Wass examines what we mean by 'government'.

• 30 mins

Douglas Wass - Government and the Governed

Cabinet: Directorate or Directory?

Sir Douglas Wass analyses the effectiveness of the British Parliamentary Cabinet.

• 30 mins

Douglas Wass - Government and the Governed

The Privileged Adviser

Sir Douglas Wass asks which Civil Service reforms would strengthen it and which weaken it.

• 30 mins

Douglas Wass - Government and the Governed

Critical Opposition - Part of the Policy

Sir Douglas Wass examines the executive power of Parliament.

• 30 mins

Douglas Wass - Government and the Governed

Opening Up Government.

Sir Douglas Wass examines the effect on government of more public access to information.

• 30 mins

Douglas Wass - Government and the Governed

Participation - the Sole Bond

Sir Douglas Wass makes the case for a more autonomous Royal Commission.

• 30 mins

John Searle - Minds, Brains and Science

A Froth on Reality

Professor John Searle examines the connections between the mind and the brain.

• 30 mins

John Searle - Minds, Brains and Science

Beer Cans & Meat Machines

Professor John Searle considers whether a digital computer can be taught to think.

• 30 mins

John Searle - Minds, Brains and Science

Grandmother Knew Best

Professor John Searle examines the discipline of cognitive science.

• 30 mins

John Searle - Minds, Brains and Science

Walk to Patagonia

Professor John Searle analyses how our mental activities can produce our behaviour.

• 30 mins

John Searle - Minds, Brains and Science

A Changing Reality

Professor John Searle explores the limitations of human behavioural science.

• 30 mins

John Searle - Minds, Brains and Science

The Freedom of the Will

Professor John Searle examines the evidence for and against the existence of free will.

• 30 mins

David Henderson - Innocence and Design

The Power of Do-it-Yourself Economics

David Henderson examines the power of do-it-yourself economics.

• 30 mins

David Henderson - Innocence and Design

Soap Opera in High Places

David Henderson examines the leading elements of do-it-yourself economics.

• 30 mins

David Henderson - Innocence and Design

Needs, Centralism & Autarchy

David Henderson considers the contrasts between different economic processes.

• 30 mins

David Henderson - Innocence and Design

Orthodox Economists versus the People

David Henderson explores the role of international trade on economics.

• 30 mins

David Henderson - Innocence and Design

DIYE plus the Lobbies: Counting the Cost

David Henderson examines how influential economists really are.

• 30 mins

David Henderson - Innocence and Design

Markets, States & Economics

David Henderson considers the wider context of market states and economics.

• 30 mins

John McCluskey - Law, Justice and Democracy

The Chill and Distant Heights

Lord McCluskey questions the role judges perform in sentencing criminals.

• 30 mins

John McCluskey - Law, Justice and Democracy

The Clanking of Medieval Chains

Lord McCluskey examines how judges come to their conclusions.

• 30 mins

John McCluskey - Law, Justice and Democracy

Hard Cases and Bad Law

Lord McCluskey argues ultimate responsibility for legislation lies with Parliament.

• 30 mins

John McCluskey - Law, Justice and Democracy

Trusting the Judges

Lord McCluskey argues for the more unambiguous adjudication.

• 30 mins

John McCluskey - Law, Justice and Democracy

An Enormous Power

Lord McCluskey argues against the enactment of a Bill of Rights in the United Kingdom.

• 30 mins

John McCluskey - Law, Justice and Democracy

Lions Under the Throne

Lord McCluskey concludes his lectures on the state of the British legal system.

• 30 mins