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The Niggle
Something was bothering me last week – one of those annoying niggles that lurks at the back of your mind without you being able to put your finger on exactly what it is. It was there at the intimate evening … Continue reading
A brilliant communicator
We rate Robin Kermode very highly as a conference speaker on the art of communication, exerting leadership and getting across a message. Robin is an actor by training (he played John Major in Oscar-winning The Iron Lady). He is also … Continue reading
Reasons to be cheerful
This week we hosted our Breakfast Club 2012 finale at the RAC with an End of Year Review. Discussing the year’s big events were Daniel Finkelstein, Oliver Kamm and Richard Lambert, moderated by BBC Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis.With so many different issues … Continue reading
IPCC Chair: “2 degree rise in climate temperature could raise sea levels by 1.4m”
Great HARDtalk interview with Chair of the International Panel on Climate Change, Rajendra Pachauri, is certainly worth a watch. Presenter and interviewer Stephen Sackur raised some difficult issues, including questioning the IPPC’s credibility and the realism of shifting energy consumption … Continue reading
AdAsia 2011 to feature industry-leading speakers
This year’s AdAsia 2011 conference, to be hosted in New Delhi, India from 31 October to 3 November, will feature as keynote speakers some of the world’s most influential business personalities and marketing experts. The high-profile list of speakers so … Continue reading
TEDGlobal 2011 kicks off in Edinburgh
This year’s TEDGlobal conference is under way in Edinburgh and promises not to disappoint in showcasing some of the world’s leading thinkers and expert public speakers. The usual format is that the speakers are given a maximum of 18 minutes … Continue reading
Assessing Ed
Yesterday evening’s public discussion at LSE, which Chartwell attended, saw Mehdi Hasan (Senior Editor at the New Statesman) and Charlie Beckett (Director of POLIS) examine Labour leader Ed Miliband’s current performance and future prospects. Mehdi argued that it would be … Continue reading
Assange appears on panel discussion at London’s Frontline Club
Last week the Frontline Club in London hosted a panel discussion with WikiLeaks’s Julian Assange and extroverted Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek; Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman was the moderator. Zizek, an expert speaker on politics and philosophy, argued that the leaked … Continue reading
Jeremy Paxman’s university quiz attempt was a challenge too far
Jeremy Paxman has made a career out of ruthlessly interrogating politicians and other powerful figures, and is well known for acerbic put-downs directed at the know-it-alls as a presenter on the University Challenge TV quiz show. In recent comments to … Continue reading
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