Photos from the BBC archives reveal some of the many illustrious figures who have delivered the Reith Lectures, from Bertrand Russell in 1948 to Dr Atul Gawande in 2014. Image caption, The first Reith ...

Dr. Gwen Adshead has studied the minds of violent perpetrators for more than 30 years. She believes listening to perpetrators can help us understand what causes their behaviour in the first place, and ...

There are 30 visual areas in the human brain that use a variety of short cuts or heuristics to perceive the world. The artist can tap into this circuitry to more optimally excite these areas using ...

Michael Sandel '75, who is well known for his enganging oratory, was recently selected by the BBC to deliver its esteemed Reith Lectures for 2009. Sandel, the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of ...

According to Atul Gawande medicine lies at “the messy intersection of science and human fallibility”. Named as one of the world’s most influential thinkers by Time in 2010, Gawande is a world renowned ...

The Reith Lectures were inaugurated in 1948 by the BBC to mark the historic contribution made to public service broadcasting by Sir John (later Lord) Reith, the corporation's first director-general.

This year's Reith Lectures are given by Onora O'Neill, who was born in Northern Ireland in 1941. She studied philosophy, psychology and physiology at Oxford, and went on to complete a doctorate at ...

Man’s inability to dominate machines was laid bare, Philippa Perry got to the bottom of desire, and a Bullseye tribute bridged the generation gap The Reith Lectures (Radio 4) | BBC Sounds Consumed By ...