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3 weeks ago | 
oxfordliteraryfestival.org | Ken Hom |Colin Thubron |Peter Carey |Lucy Worsley
Vice-Chancellor’s Interview.
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3 weeks ago | 
oxfordliteraryfestival.org | Peter Carey |Lucy Worsley |Matthew Parris |Tim Waterstone
Founding editor of Prospect magazine and policy analyst David Goodhart argues for new policies that support gender equality while also recognising the importance of stable families and community life. Goodhart says changes to family life over the last 60 years have brought good things, including increased opportunities for women, greater freedom and autonomy, and more equality in domestic life.
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4 weeks ago | 
oxfordliteraryfestival.org | Lucy Worsley |Ken Hom |Colin Thubron |Peter Carey
Journalist and author Rod Dreher says the West has become closed to the idea that the universe contains the supernatural but argues that we might just find it under our noses. Dreher explains how to encounter and embrace wonder in the world. He uses history, cultural anthropology, neuroscience and the ancient Church to show how to reconnect with the natural world and the Christian tradition.
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1 month ago | 
oxfordliteraryfestival.org | Tim Waterstone |Peter Carey |Matthew Parris |Colin Thubron
Oxford Debate: Rising Fascism? 2:00pm I hour 15 minutes Department for Continuing Education: Lecture Theatre £8 - £15 Political commentator Matthew Goodwin and academic Professor Justin Schlosberg debate the nature of fascism and whether concern about an apparent rise is justified.
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2 months ago | 
financialpost.com | Howard Levitt |Peter Carey
For about five to seven years now, it has been the hiring philosophy of major corporations and governments, as well as institutions of higher learning. As read, it is a comforting phrase. After all what could be better when hiring than promoting diversity, being inclusive and being fair. It just sounds so darn good!Why then are so many organizations turning away from DEI en masse?
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
oxfordliteraryfestival.org | Peter Carey |Matthew Parris |Tim Waterstone |Lucy Worsley
Well-known feminist lawyer Harriet Wistrich talks about some of her high-profile cases and explains why she believes the law is not fit for purpose for half the population. Wistrich has acted in many well-known cases including Sally Challen, who won an appeal against her conviction for the murder of her coercively controlling husband, and the victims of taxi driver and serial rapist John Worboys.
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Dec 31, 2024 | 
oxfordliteraryfestival.org | Kazuo Ishiguro |Colin Thubron |Peter Carey |Lucy Worsley
Journalist, author and feminist campaigner Julie Bindel looks at what defines lesbian culture, love and friendship and asks why lesbians often face a particular hostility. Bindel says lesbians face particular challenges when compared with the experiences of gay men. She argues that lesbians continue to suffer from bigotry and discrimination because sexism and enforced gender codes are still unchallenged.
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Dec 26, 2024 | 
oxfordliteraryfestival.org | Peter Carey |Anne Tyler |Matthew Parris |Tim Waterstone
Three authors in the Yale University Press Little Histories series, mathematician Dr Snezana Lawrence, art critic Dr Charlotte Mullins and philosopher Dr Nigel Warburton each give a short talk to mark the 20th anniversary of the first publication of the series in English. Lawrence, a senior lecturer at Middlesex University, London, is author of A Little History of Mathematics. She looks at how our ancestors thought about numbers and how they used mathematics to explain the world around them.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
oxfordliteraryfestival.org | Matthew Parris |Lucy Worsley |Peter Carey |Ken Hom
Three philosophers, Dr Stephen Law, Emma Swinn and Nigel Warburton, discuss their approach to encouraging public discussion of philosophical issues and helping to democratise a notoriously inaccessible subject. Philosophy addresses some of the most important matters of concern to us. Do we have any moral obligations and, if we do, what are they and to whom are they owed? Does God exist? How do we know things? What are the characteristics of a good argument?
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
australianstage.com.au | Peter Carey |Peter Bleby
From the moment that you take your seat in the Dunstan Playhouse to see this production, you will be aware, well before the start of the play, as the audience comes in, that this is going to be an unusual piece of theatre. On a wide open, bare stage, where the backstage and wings areas are fully visible and apparently lit by a single globe, the cast is seen moving about, disporting various 19th century under garments, all doing their individual verbal and physical warmups.
