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Shakespeare in Lockdown

by • 27th April 2020

Harriet Metcalfe discusses Professor Julie Sanders virtual lecture on Shakespeare in the time of lockdown. ...

Martin Luther King remembered through memorial lecture

by • 16th November 2019

The life and work of the social reformer and abolitionist Frederick Douglass was commemorated on Wednesday 13th through the form of a Martin Luther King Memorial Lecture. Titled...

Guardian columnist gives lecture on political crisis

by • 3rd December 2018

Last week Guardian columnist George Monbiot led one of the Newcastle University Insight lectures titled; ‘Out of the wreckage: a new politics for an age of crisis’ based on...

Public lecture explores why “where you live can kill you”

by • 26th November 2018

“Health divides: where you live can kill you”: it’s an arresting title, which was fitting for a lecture delivered with the exact same sense of urgency and passion. Part of...

Sexism and the City: University Insights lecture explores gender mainstreaming in architecture

by • 22nd October 2018

On Thursday 11th October, a feminist spoke at a university; it is hardly surprising, but the topic of her lecture certainly proved out of the ordinary. Marion Roberts –...

Jane Robinson’s lecture captures Hearts and Minds

by • 20th February 2018

Zoe Crowther went along to the latest Insights lecture, by the author Jane Robinson...

400 Years of the Bard

by • 3rd May 2016

First off I was surprised at how full the Curtis Auditorium was. There was a lot of people, many I recognised from coming into work, so I plonked myself into a seat and avoided...