A blog post by Cumberland Lodge Fellow, Avani Tandon Vieira, on our December 2020 webinar, Dialogue & Debate: Film & Social Impact[…]
Truth, dignity and impact: The role of film in contemporary politics
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Towards Justice: Responding to Past Harms – Participant reflections
A blog post by Cumberland Lodge Fellows, Kristin O’Donnell, reflecting on our January 2021 webinar, Towards Justice: Responding to Past Harms[…]
Explorations of decolonisation: Keeping up the Christmas spirit, in Cumberland Lodge style
A blog post by Cumberland Lodge Fellow, Linamaria Pintor Escobar, on our 2020 Commonwealth & International Student Christmas Conference[…]
The UK’s changing faith and belief landscape: Exploring religious diversity
A blog post on the opening session of our virtual conference on Faith & Belief 2040, in November 2020[…]
Reflections on the 2020 Cumberland Lodge Annual Debate: Arts and the Union
On 5 November 2020, Cumberland Lodge hosted its Annual Debate in collaboration with Goodenough College, London, discussing the cultural bonds between the United Kingdom’s four nations and the role the arts can play in building social cohesion across the British Isles. This year, unusually, the panel discussion took place online, due to restrictions on large[…]
Finding sources of moral courage in a rapidly changing world
A blog post on our virtual Faith & Belief 2040 conference session on ‘Moral Courage’, held on 19 November 2020[…]
Time travelling with purpose: Social cohesion and its future
A blog on the virtual Faith & Belief 2040 conference, written by Cumberland Lodge Fellow Anna Kumacheva[…]
Reflections on the UK’s changing faith and belief landscape and impacts on identity
A blog post from Cumberland Lodge Fellow Dareen Assaf exploring the ‘Impacts on Identity’ session from the recent ‘Faith & Belief 2040’ virtual conference.[…]
A Trojan horse? Social mobility in the UK
Is education the answer to social mobility? This was the premise of the webinar hosted by Cumberland Lodge on Wednesday 4 November 2020, which tackled several different questions relating to the persistent challenge of social mobility in the UK. So what do we mean by ‘social mobility’? Social mobility is about making sure that every[…]
The politics of language
In this Dialogue & Debate webinar entitled ‘Mind your Language!’, Cumberland Lodge explored the complex politics behind language and terminology. The discussion tackled questions about the control and regulation of language, and considered the role of the Government, the media and minority groups in deciding what is deemed to be ‘Politically Correct’. Guest panellists This[…]