- Ethics: Lord Bichard of Nailsworth discusses the ethical challenges of balancing the privacy of the individual against the protection of the community
2010: Lord Bichard, Director of the Institute for Government, explores the ethical challenges faced by the state when it obtains sensitive data on its citizens. (19mins 17sec).
- Politics and Society: Mike Trace on Global Drug Policy
2010: Mike Trace, Chair of the International Drugs Policy Consortium, here analyses the global development of drugs policy over the last fifty years. Have the UN conventions on drugs reduced the harms caused by drug abuse and drug traficking? If not, why not? (20mins 19sec).
- Law and Society: Dr Jeff King on the status of "Social Rights"
2010: Dr Jeff King, CUF Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at Oxford University, here discusses the status of social rights such as the rights to education, housing and welfare. Are these rights legally recognised? Do they have the same status as human rights? If so, how are they enforced in the UK? (50mins 39sec)
- Society: The Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury on the Built Environment and Climate Change
2009: Lord Smith, Chairman of the Environment Agency, discusses ways to improve our buildings to make them more energy efficient and better able to cope with the challenges of climate change. (26mins 42sec).
- Society: An Interview with Danny Kushlick on Drugs Policy
2009: Judge Daniel Pearce-Higgins QC interviews Danny Kushlick, Head of Policy at Transform, about the UK's drug control policy. (10mins 55sec).
- Ethics: Professor Caney on who should bear the burden of climate change
2009: Simon Caney, Professor of Political Theory at the University of Oxford, discusses the philosophical problems involved in developing a principle of justice which applies to the threat of climate change. (29min 51sec)
- Society: Dr Kate Meagher on how organisations of the poor and marginalised in contemporary Africa could gain political influence
2009: Dr Kate Meagher, of the LSE Development Studies Institute, discusses why social organisations which represent marginalised people in Nigeria fail to influence political decisions taken by government. (38min 14sec)
- Religion & Society: Ruth Gledhill discusses the relationship between religion and the news
2009: Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent for The Times, talks about the nature of religious news (11mins 27sec)
- Society: Professor Anne Power on the role of the built environment in shaping society
2009: Anne Power, Professor of Social Policy and Director of Housing and Communities at the LSE discusses the possibilities for tackling social problems through the built environment.
- Arts: Sir John Tusa discusses how the arts should be funded
2009: Sir John Tusa on: "The Arts: A Suitable Case for Treatment". Sir John is introduced by the chairman of Trustees at Cumberland Lodge, Sir Stephen Wall (43mins 55sec).
- Arts: An extract of a poetry reading given by Sir Andrew Motion
2009: Sir Andrew Motion reads an extract of the poem "Harry Patch", read on the day before the unexpected announcement of Harry Patch's death. This is followed by a reading of "The Mower".
- Religion & Society: Interview with Charlie Beckett, Director of POLIS, on the state of religious news coverage in the UK
2009: Charlie Beckett, Director of POLIS - the journalism thinktank at the London School of Economics, discusses the challenges of reporting on religious matters in the 21st century
- Society: Professor Furedi discusses the nature of fear in modern society
2009: Professor Frank Furedi, Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent discusses the question: "What is fear and what makes communities confident?"
- Law & Society: HH Judge Daniel Pearce-Higgins QC explains the Criminal Justice System
2009: HH Judge Daniel Pearce-Higgins QC explains the Criminal Justice System and explores some of the challenges it currently faces
- Arts & Society: Vikki Heywood on 'An Imaginary Collection of Notionally Identical Experiments'
2009: Vikki Heywood, Executive Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, talks about what makes for an effective arts organisation at our March 2009 conference entitled: Do we have the Arts Funding System we deserve?
- Law & Society: Julie Spence on the public's perception of crime and justice
2009: Julie Spence, Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire, discusses why people are more afraid of crime than ever when the statistics show that levels of crime are decreasing
- Politics: An interview with Robert Culshaw on the Antarctic Treaty
2009: Robert Culshaw, Deputy Director of the British Antarctic Survey, talks about how the Antarctic Treaty enables international scientific collaboration
- Politics: An interview with Professor Klaus Dodds on the Antarctic Treaty
2009: Klaus Dodds, Professor of Geopolitics at Royal Holloway, discusses the creation of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959, its current geopolitical significance and the challenges it faces in the future
- Ethics: Dr Kai Spiekermann on Carbon Offsetting
2009: Dr Kai Spiekermann discusses the ethics of carbon offsetting
- Society: Lynne Berry on Social Cohesion
2008: Lynne Berry, Chief Executive of the WRVS, discusses what makes for a cohesive society at a conference entitled "Trumpeting the Voluntary: Social Conscience and the Third Sector".
- Society: Professor Christopher Bigsby on American Culture
2008: Is the exporting of American culture a new form of imperialism? Professor Christopher Bigsby discusses whether there is any such thing as 'American' culture.
- Religion & Society: Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor discusses what the religiosity of America means for the rest of the world
2007: Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster, discusses the religiousity of America in a conference entitled: The World's View of America
- Law & Society: The Rt Hon Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers discusses alternatives to prison
2007: The Rt Hon Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, discusses alternatives to custody
- Ethics: Dr Tom Shakespeare on Pre-Natal Diagnosis for Disability
2003: Dr Tom Shakespeare, research fellow at the Institute for Policy and Practice at Newcastle University, discusses the ethics of pre-natal diagnosis (PND) for disability.
- Cumberland Lodge Archives: An early student visitor, C.D. Curling, recalls his first visits to the Lodge in the 1950s
1978: An interview between Walter James, former Principal of Cumberland Lodge, and C.D. Curling, an early visitor to the Lodge.
