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Bertrand Russell - Authority and the Individual
Bertrand Russell examines the effects of increasing state control.
The Role of Individuality
Bertrand Russell argues for the importance of individual initiative in a community.
The Conflict of Technique and Human Nature
Bertrand Russell considers the role of human nature in the development of society.
Control and Initiative: Their Respective Spheres
Bertrand Russell considers the roles of state control in a progressive society.
Individual and Social Ethics
Bertrand Russell argues for personal morality over tribal customs to guide conduct.
Cyril Radcliffe - Power and the State
British Rule In India
Lord Radcliffe examines the early period of British istration in India.
Arnold Toynbee - The World and the West
The Psychology of Encounters
Professor Arnold Toynbee considers the psychological effects of culture.
Robert Oppenheimer - Science and the Common Understanding
The Sciences and Man's Community
Professor Robert Oppenheimer explains how human communities resemble atoms.
Oliver Franks - Britain and the Tide of World Affairs
The Atlantic Bridge
Sir Oliver Franks analyses the political relationship between Britain and the USA.
Nikolaus Pevsner - The Englishness of English Art
The Geography of Art
Nikolaus Pevsner explores the English national character as expressed in of art.
Hogarth and Observed Life
Nikolaus Pevsner considers the 'Englishness' of the artist William Hogarth.
Reynolds and Detachment
Nikolaus Pevsner examines the contradiction at the heart of Sir Joshua Reynolds' work.
Perpendicular England
Nikolaus Pevsner examines 'the most English creation in architecture'.
Blake and the Planing Line
Nikolaus Pevsner places the artist William Blake in the context of an English tradition.
Constable and the Pursuit of Nature
Nikolaus Pevsner examines the flowering of English landscape painting in the 18th century.
Architecture and Planning: The Functional Approach
Nikolaus Pevsner explores how England's town centres have traditionally been planned.
Edward Appleton - Science and the Nation
Industrial Science
Professor Edward Appleton analyses the functional sciences created for industry.
Science and Education
Professor Edward Appleton considers how to teach science in order to inspire new talent.
George Kennan - Russia, the Atom and the West
The Problem of Eastern and Central Europe
Professor George F Kennan considers the effect of Soviet Satellite States in Europe.
The Military Problem
Professor George Kennan discusses the military tensions between the Russia and the West.
Bernard Lovell - The Individual and the Universe
The Origin of the Universe 1
Professor Bernard Lovell contemplates the implications of evolutionary theory.
The Origin of the Universe 2
Professor Bernard Lovell explores the continuous creation theory of the universe.
Peter Medawar - The Future of Man
Future of Man
Professor PM Medawar considers the future of human evolution.
Edgar Wind - Art and Anarchy
The Fear of Knowledge
Edgar Wind explores how knowledge allows our aesthetic perception of art to be heightened.
The Mechanization of Art
Edgar Wind considers how machines have influenced the production and evaluation of art.
Art and the Will
Edgar Wind contemplates the influence of the human will over the creation of art.
Margery Perham - The Colonial Reckoning
African Nationalism
Margery Perham explores how anti-colonialism led to emancipation in Africa.
The Problem of White Settlement
Margery Perham considers the problem of the European colonists.
George Carstairs - This Island Now
Vicissitudes of Adolescence
Professor George Carstairs considers why teenagers are drawn to violence and sex.
Albert Sloman - A University in the Making
The Fulfilment of Lives
Dr Albert E Sloman considers how to build a social environment within the university.
Leon Bagrit - The Age of Automation
New Opportunities for Social Enrichment
Sir Leon Bagrit considers Britain's global future in the automated age.
