Past lectures
Past lectures
- 17th November 2011The 2011 Longford Lecture
The 10th anniversary Longford Lecture was given by the distinguished broadcaster, Jon Snow on the theme of 'Crime, Punishment and the Media' on November 17, 2011. To read the full text, click here.
- 17th November 2011Jon Snow: 'Crime, Punishment and the Media'
Award-winning broadcaster, Jon Snow, took as his title "Crime, Punishment and The Media" when he delivered the tenth Longford Lecture at Church House, Westminster, on November 17, 2011, in an event chaired by the director of Liberty, Shami Chakrabati.
- 16th November 2010Martha Lane Fox: 'Views from a dot com dinosaur: why the digital disruption hasn't even started yet'
Martha Lane Fox, the government's Digital Inclusion Champion, delivered the ninth annual Longford Lecture on the e-revolution and social exclusion Church House, Westminster Tuesday November 16, 2010.....
- 2nd December 2009Sir Hugh Orde: 'War is easy. Peace is the difficult prize'
Sir Hugh Orde is the former Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and current President of the Association of Chief Police Officers.
- 12th November 2008'We Cannot Build Our Way Out of the Prisons' Crisis'
As a one-off, the trustees decided that the 2008 Longford Lecture should take the form of a debate, addressing widespread public concern about the state of the prison system and in particular government plans to build new large 'Titan' prisons. The title was 'We Cannot Build Our Way Out Of The Prisons' Crisis' and over 500 people gathered in Church House, Westminster, on Wednesday November 12 to take part in the debate. The event was introduced by Roger Alton, editor of the Independent, sponsors of the Longford Lecture, and it was chaired by the broadcaster, Jon Snow.
- 23rd November 2007President Mary McAleese: 'Changing History'
Mary McAleese, President of Ireland, gave the 2007 Longford Lecture.
- 3rd December 2006Clive Stafford Smith: 'They Just Don't Get It: British Politicians and the Lessons They Learn from America'
A dual passport holder, British-born Clive Stafford Smith has represented prisoners on America's Death Row and in Guantanamo Bay. He founded the charity Reprieve.
- 5th December 2005Brenda Hale: 'The Sinners and the Sinned Against, Women in the Criminal Justice System'
On the centenary of Lord Longford's birth, Brenda Hale (Baroness Hale of Richmond), Britain's first female Law Lord, delivered the following lecture at Church House, Westminster.
- 16th February 2004Archbishop Desmond Tutu: 'The Truth and Reconciliation Process - Restorative Justice'
On February 16, 2004, at Church House, Westminster, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the South African Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, gave the Third Longford Lecture.
- 5th July 2003Bishop John Sentamu: 'Towards a Global Paradigm of Justice: Truth, Restoration and Reconciliation'
Bishop John Sentamu, the Uganda-born Anglican Bishop of Birmingham, gave the 2003 Longford Lecture. (In November 2005 he was installed as the Archbishop of York.)
- 11th July 2002Cherie Booth QC: 'The Law, the Victims and the Vulnerable'
Cherie Booth QC, the distinguished human rights lawyer, gave the inaugural Longford Lecture at Church House, Westminster.