Our 2026 Longford Lecturer…
…is Charlie Taylor (pictured above), HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for the past six years. As he nears the end of his term, he will take as his theme ‘Wasting Time: Missed Opportunities for Change‘. The Lecture is on Wednesday 4 November, 6.30pm, at Church House, Westminster SW1P 3NZ. It is being sponsored by AtkinsRéalis, the construction and engineering firm who areour partners in our employability programme, and the barristers’ chambers 23ES
A chance to watch the lecture live
Tickets – for which we make no charge, so the lecture is open to all, though we ask those who can afford it to make a donation of £20 per ticket via our Just Giving page – went up on Eventbrite on Monday 7 September and were all booked within a couple of hours. If you would like to put your name on the waiting list for any returns, contact Sara Boxer to register your name – or to ask to put your name on our mailing list to be in pole position for next year’s lecture announcement. We will be offering a Livestream of the lecture on the night. Ask Sara to send you details of that. And a film of the lecture will be available by midday on November 5 for you to watch.
- Watch the 2024 Longford Lecture by Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
- Lecture broadcast live on National Prison Radio
- Watch George The Poet’s 2021 lecture by clicking here
- Revisit past lectures in pictures and print